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The Southern California Local Government Leadership Academy (SCLGLA) was developed by the College of the Extended University at Cal Poly Pomona, in partnership with local cities.

Offered throughout numerous Southern California cities, the SCLGLA is of great benefit to participants. This program facilitates the training of future city leaders through cost-effective instruction from experts in the field of city management. Preparing the next generation of leaders to successfully transition into senior executive positions, this program focuses on leadership skills and managerial effectiveness through the development of effective communication, strategic thinking and innovative ways to negotiate and foster collaboration within local government.

Participants of the program benefit from networking opportunities with other city employees, along with the opportunity to learn from senior level leaders, such as City Managers and Assistant City Managers. Additionally, local cities benefit from the community service instructor participants provide.

The Learning for Cities Advisory Committee offers advice, guidance, program oversight, and instructor/course curriculum quality, to the SCLGLA. The committee also provides local cities the opportunity to discuss possible future training program collaborations. Consisting of five to seven volunteer members, the committee includes a representative from each consortium of the SCLGLA, a representative from the College of the Extended University, a representative from Cal Poly Pomona Political Science Department, and a current participant of the SCLGLA.

Contact Rebecca Pang at 909.869.4495, for more information on how to offer this training in your area.

Dear Leadership Academy Participant,

On behalf of your city, local participating cities and the College of the Extended University at Cal Poly Pomona, I congratulate you for your commitment to becoming a leader of tomorrow.

As a member of the Southern California Local Government Leadership Academy (SCLGLA), you are counted among a select group of cities, as noted below:

Academy 1: Arcadia, Covina, Irwindale, Monrovia, Pomona, West Covina
Academy 2: Arcadia, Covina, Irwindale, Monrovia, Pomona, West Covina
Academy 3: Azusa, Bradbury, Ontario, Rancho Cucamonga, San Dimas, Upland
Academy 4: La Mirada, Monterey Park, Pico Rivera, Rosemead, Santa Fe Springs, Sierra Madre
Academy 5: Azusa, La Verne, Ontario, Rancho Cucamonga, San Dimas, Upland
Academy 6: Azusa, Compton, CRA of City of Los Angeles

The SCLGLA consist of seven courses: Leadership with a New Perspective, The Role of Creativity and Innovation in Leadership, Strategic Communication, Balancing Power and Influence, Strategic Thinking and Decision Making, The Impact of Budget and Finance, and Ethical Responsibility. The courses consist of leadership competencies that will enable you to become a successful leader. They are as follows:

1. Promote creativity and innovation
2. Learn to communicate effectively
3. Create and lead teams/others
4. Promote integrity and respect
5. Practice strategic thinking and decision making
6. Exercise financial responsibility
7. Foster relationships
8. Develop a vision
9. Support flexibility to organizational change
10. Assess situations quickly and accurately
11. Business acumen/business-specific knowledge (not included in the SCLGLA)

A number of the leadership competencies you will learn, will be immediately applicable in your current role, and the remaining will become useful as you gain more responsibility in your future role(s).

After completing a total of forty-eight (48) hours of instructor-led courses, you will receive the Southern California Local Government Leadership Academy Certificate. If you are interested in receiving college credit for participating in the SCLGLA, you must take the Special Topic in Government Leadership courses, only after receiving the certificate of completion.

As a participant of the SCLGLA, be sure to emerge yourself in the many benefits of the program, namely, the opportunity to network with employees from other cities, as well as, senior level experts. Learn from the past experience of instructors and participants, and what it takes to be a successful leader, eventually forming your own leadership competencies to guide you through future endeavors.

Sincerely,
Rebecca Pang

Rick Cole

Rick Cole is the City Manager for the City of Ventura and an instructor for the College of the Extended University at Cal Poly Pomona. He has 25 years of leadership in both the theory and practice of urban revitalization and has been called “one of Southern California’s most visionary planning thinkers” by the Los Angeles Times. His accomplishments as a public servant in local government have had a major impact in the cities in which he has been employed. He brought to completion in a seven-year process with unanimous Council approval a new General Plan for the City of Ventura that has been praised by the Ventura County Star as a “model of environmental responsibilities.” He has been recognized by Governing Magazine as one of their “2006 Public Officials of the Year,” the only City Manager and the only Californian chosen. He has been honored by the Congress for the New Urbanism with their 2005 “Civic Arts” award. Mr. Cole has been a speaker for groups and associations such as the American Institute of Architects, American Planning Association, National Black Caucus, and National Trust for Historic Preservation, National League of Cities, Urban Land Institute, U.S. Green Building Council and International City/County Managers Association. He taught U.S. Government at Pasadena City College; served as an Adjunct Professor at Fuller Theological Seminary and served as a Senior Fellow at Occidental College’s Urban and Environmental Policy Institute. He has an AB from Occidental College in American Studies and an MS from Columbia University in journalism.

Francis M. Delach

Francis M. Delach is the City Manager for the City of Azusa and an instructor for the College of the Extended University at Cal Poly Pomona. He has more than 23 years of experience in local government in various leadership and staff positions. Francis taught at the University of La Verne, Public Administration and was a guest lecturer for the California State University Fullerton and CSU Los Angeles, Public Administration Program. He has held positions relating to the public sector as a City Manager, Assistant City Manager, Budget Officer, City Annexation Coordinator, Analyst, etc. He is a member of the International City Managers Association, the President of the Board of Directors for Covina Area Emergency Aide, the President of the Intercommunity Medical Center Foundation Men’s Club, the Vice President of the San Gabriel Valley City Managers Association and the appointee of the National League of Cities as delegate on the Local Government Advisory Committee to the National Streamlined Sales Tax Committee Project. Francis has been past president of South Hills Kiwanis; past representative of League of California Cities League Partner, professional advisory committee, serving as resource to the League of California Cities Revenue & Tax Committee; and past member of League of California Cities, Financial Task Force. Francis has an MPA with an emphasis in finance from California State University, Fullerton and a BA in political science and history from Azusa Pacific University, Azusa.

William R. Kelly

William R. Kelly is a Principal Consultant at Urban Futures Inc., located in Orange, California. Urban Futures Inc. is a finance, redevelopment and planning consulting firm. Mr. Kelly most recently was the City Manager of Arcadia for 14 years. He was an adjunct professor and an adjunct assistant professor for various universities. He has taught for the Graduate School of Pubic Policy and Administration at Cal State Long Beach, the Graduate School of Environmental Planning at Cal State San Francisco, and the Graduate School of Pubic Administration at Golden Gate University, San Francisco. He has more than 31 years of experience in local government in various leadership and staff positions. He has held a number of positions relating to the public sector, namely Principal Consultant, Deputy City Manager/Director of Community Development, Director of Development Services, Director of Public Works, and Director of Planning and Building. His educational background includes doctoral studies in executive management from Claremont Graduate University; Executive MBA and MA in management from Claremont Graduate University; MPA from the University of Southern California; and a BS in city planning from Cal Poly Pomona.

Linda C. Lowry

Linda C. Lowry is the City Manager for the City of Pomona and an instructor for the College of the Extended University at Cal Poly Pomona. She has more than 25 years of experience in local government in various leadership and finance positions. She has held positions relating to the public sector as a City Manager, Assistant City Manager, Deputy City Manager, Assistant Executive Director/Controller, City Administrator, Assistant City Administrator, Finance Director/Treasurer, Assistant Finance Director and Chief Financial Officer, Finance Director. She is the past Chair for the San Gabriel Valley City Manager Association and Diamond Bar YMCA Branch Board; a Vice Chair of the Pomona Valley YMCA Board; Treasurer of California Philharmonic Orchestra Foundation Board Member; Past Treasurer of Diamond Bar Rotary; and member of the League of California Cities, Contract Cities Association and International City Management Association. Linda is currently attending Claremont Graduate School, Drucker School of Management for her Executive MBA and is a Certified Public Accountant. Her other educational background includes a BS in Business Accounting from California State University, Long Beach and a BA in English from University of California, Irvine.

Scott Ochoa

Scott Ochoa is the City Manager of Monrovia, the Executive Director for the Monrovia Redevelopment Agency, and an instructor for the College of the Extended University at Cal Poly Pomona. He has more than 14 years of experience in local government in various leadership and staff positions, including Assistant City Manager and Assistant Executive Director of Monrovia. He has a BA from Claremont McKenna College in policy research and practical application; and an MPA from the University of Southern California in public entrepreneurship and public finance.

Raymond R. Patchett

Raymond R. Patchett is the former City Manager of Carlsbad, an instructor, author, and co-author of various publications relating to leadership in the public sector. He has numerous years of teaching experience and more than 30 years of experience in local government in various leadership and staff positions. His accomplishments as a public servant have had a major impact in the cities in which he has been employed. His experience as an instructor includes leadership training, organizational development, and management of urban government. Mr. Patchett has presented workshops to groups and associations such as the International City/County Management Association, the Berkeley Executive Seminar, Innovation Groups, and California City Manager Association. In addition, he presented the 2006 graduation keynote address for the San Diego State University, School of Public Administration and Urban Studies, and was a presenter at the Transforming Local Government Conference. He has a BS from the University of Southern California in public administration; an MS from California State University at Los Angeles in public administration; and an MS from Pepperdine University in organization development.

Michael Paules

Michael Paules is the City Manager of San Gabriel, an instructor, author of publications relating to the public sector. He has numerous years teaching experience and more than 30 years of experience in local government in various leadership and staff positions. His accomplishments as a public servant have had a major impact in the cities in which he has been employed. His experience as an instructor and an educator include being an adjunct faculty and MSPA Program Advisory Council member at California State University, Los Angeles, a past guest lecturer at Amori Public University in Japan, and a lifetime instructor in Public Administration for the California Community Colleges. Mr. Michael Paules is a Credentialed Manager and Advisory Board member on Graduate Education for the International City/County Management Association, a SGVCOG Transportation Committee member, a past Orange County Region president of the Municipal Management Assistants of Southern California and a past City Managers’ Association international exchange delegate. Mr. Paules has been honored with the International City/County Management Association "Award for Local Government Education,” the “James C. Howland Award for Urban Enrichment" from the National League of Cities, the "Helen Putnam Award of Excellence" from the League of California Cities, the “California Healthy City Special Recognition Award," presented by the Western Consortium for Public Health and the “Chairman’s Award” presented by the San Gabriel Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross. He has been honored by the USC for achievement in urban administration with the “Fletcher Bowron Award.” He has a B.A. in political science from Cal State Fullerton, and a MPA from University of Southern California.

“The City of Rancho of Cucamonga was looking to design a customized training program that would meet the needs of our employees who were seeking to move up into higher level leadership roles and expand their knowledge and skills. It was important that the program have an academic curriculum, but be taught by hands-on instructors with extensive real-world experience in local government. Instructors that could relate to, and bring to life, the situations and challenges that the participants face every day. The Leadership Academy is just that kind of program and the model that Cal Poly Pomona has developed allows each group of cities to customize and adjust the curricula and instructors as they go, based on actual feedback from participants. It is an excellent program that provides a practical solution to the ongoing challenge of mentoring and preparing the next generation of local government professional.”

John Gillison
Deputy City Manager/Administrative Services
City of Rancho Cucamonga

“The class I teach zeroes in on creativity and innovation, something the participants don't find enough of in local government. They are excited about overcoming the barriers to new thinking and new solutions. They leave fired up about making a difference when they get back to work.”

Rick Cole
City Manager
City of Ventura

“The leadership academy has been a great learning experience. It has provided me with the tools I need to improve my work environment and prepare myself for my future career.”

Marcy Marquez
Grants Specialist
City of Rosemead

“The Local Leadership Academy is led by knowledgeable and experienced instructors. The wealth of information gained through the academy has given me the strength and confidence to implement and achieve great goals.”

Ericka Hernandez
Assistant to the City Clerk
City of Rosemead

“As an instructor and a city manager I am able to observe first hand the benefits of ongoing education for our key staff. Working in the classroom environment, instructors and students are able to challenge each other with real-world case studies and examples that everyone can relate to. Meanwhile, back at the office, it is plain to see that our key staff members who participate in this program are growing and stretching their understanding of local government service to new ideas and concepts. The Leadership Academy is a great tool for any employer who earnestly endeavors to develop and cultivate the next generation of public sector professionals.”

Scott Ochoa
City Manager
City of Monrovia

"As a former city manager and as an instuctor in the program it is easy to see how the Leadership Academy has and will help local goverments train and develop future leaders. The students have been bright and truly interested in the course topics and discussions."

William R. Kelly
Principal Consultant at Urban Futures Inc.
Former City Manager of Arcadia

Rebecca Pang
Program Development Manager
College of the Extended University
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
3801 W. Temple Avenue, Bldg. 220A, Ste. 206
Pomona, CA 91768
Tel: 909.869.4495 / Fax: 909.869.5077
Email: rpang@csupomona.edu

Edith Barahona-Castro
Program Assistant
College of the Extended University
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
3801 W. Temple Avenue, Bldg. 220A, Ste. 206
Pomona, CA 91768
Tel: 909.869.4398 / Fax:909.869.4475
Email: eobarahona@csupomona.edu

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