Courageous, Equity-minded and Success-focused Leader
Contact Dr. Trickey at rtrickey@drtrickey.org
Courageous, Equity-minded and Success-focused Leader
Contact Dr. Trickey at rtrickey@drtrickey.org
Dr. Rafe Edward Trickey, Jr. is an experienced, empowering, courageous, visionary, equity-minded and success-focused leader, who has enjoyed an extensive career in education, public-benefit corporations and public service. He maintains that creating success pathways, empowering people, and expanding equitable access are important, because we’re all in this together. For over four decades, he’s championed the maxim that when some among us are not succeeding, none of us is really succeeding.
Over the course of his leadership career, Rafe has cultivated a robust record specializing in student success, innovation and mobilizing resources to improve educational outcomes and life opportunities. During his leadership tenures, the institutions he has served have secured new resources and realized measurable improvements in service population success. Rafe maintains particular research and service commitments on utilizing a collective-impact framework to guide collaboration focused on systems change, promoting and mentoring more women into top leadership positions (including superintendent positions, chancellorships, presidencies, executive directorships and public office), and the impacts evaluator attitudes, the role congruity biases many people consciously and unconsciously maintain, and evaluation practices have on perceptions of leader efficacy and leader success and persistence. He also is committed to closing opportunity gaps for students and creating and delivering success-support pathways to individuals experiencing housing and food insecurity, as well as developing and implementing programs that uplift indigenous and other underrepresented and disproportionately impacted students.
Rafe, who was the first in his family to attend and graduate college, holds a Doctorate in Educational Leadership from the University of California, San Diego, a Master of Science in Education degree from the University of Southern California, a Master of International Affairs degree from Columbia University in the City of New York, a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and in History from the University of California, Santa Barbara, an Associate of Arts degree in Behavioral and Social Sciences from Modesto Junior College, a Certificate in Fund Raising with a Specialization in the Institutional Development Process from the University of California, Los Angeles and a California Community College Instructor Credential in Government, valid for life.
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
Doctor of Education
Major in Educational Leadership
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Master of Science in Education
Major in Educational Policy, Planning, and Administration
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
Master of International Affairs
Specializations in International Finance and Banking and East Asia/The Pacific Basin
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA
Bachelor of Arts
Double Major in History and Political Science, Graduated with High Honors
MODESTO JUNIOR COLLEGE
Associate of Arts
Major in Behavioral and Social Sciences, Graduated with Honors
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES
Certificate in Fund Raising
Specialization in the Institutional Development Process
Superintendent/President and Chief Executive Officer, West Kern Community College District/Taft College
Board of Directors Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer, North San Diego County Promise
City Treasurer, City of Oceanside
Leadership Coach, Achieving the Dream
President, Comanche Nation College
President and Chief Executive Officer, Sisseton Wahpeton College
Vice President of Planning and Institutional Development, College of the Marshall Islands
Vice President of Student Services, College of the Marshall Islands
Executive Director of Development and External Relations, Citrus Community College District
President and Chief Executive Officer, California Highway Patrol 11-99 Foundation
Economist, International Financial Markets Division, International Finance Department, Research Function, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
President and Chief Executive Officer, Greater Pacific Planning and Effectiveness Group
Board of Directors Chairperson and Former Treasurer, North San Diego County Promise
Board of Directors Member, Central Valley Higher Education Consortium
Board of Directors Member, Taft Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors Member, Taft College Foundation
Member, Rotary Club of Taft
Member, Kiwanis Club of Taft
Member, Soroptimist International Club of Taft
Co-Chairperson, Alliance for Regional Solutions Racial Justice Committee
Member, Alliance for Regional Solutions CEO Leadership Council
Member, Palomar College Black/African American Community Advisory Council
Commissioner, City of Oceanside Housing Commission
Board of Directors Member and Treasurer, Break the Silence Against Domestic Violence
Board Member, American Indian Higher Education Consortium
Executive Body Member, Republic of the Marshall Islands HIV/STD/TB National Advisory Committee
Founder and Board Member, Foundation for College Access Services
Board Member, Coyote Canyon Caballos d’Anza
Council of International Advisors Member, University College of the Caribbean
Board Member, Kiwanis Club of Glendora
Board Member, Rotary Club of Palos Verdes Sunset
Partners Board Member, Weingart Center Association
Stephen S. Goodspeed Intern, Vice Chancellor, Student and Community Affairs, University of California, Santa Barbara
Blessed Spouse of Barbara Lee Hamilton, Esq., Assistant City Attorney, City of Oceanside (Married Since 1986)
Proud Father of Sydney (Born in 1991), Conal (Born in 1994) and Spencer (Born in 1997)
Delighted Grandfather of Aniyah, Gregory, Chantima, and Saint
Grateful Steward to Daisy (Also Known as Scout--Our Yellow Labrador Retriever Rescue)
Rewarded First-generation College Student and Graduate
Honored Holder of a Lifetime California Community College Instructor Credential in Government