PCC President Perfumo Resigns
By Pasadena Independent
Published: Thursday, August 27th, 2009
Pasadena City College President and Superintendent Paulette Perfumo has resigned from her post for personal family reasons, as announced after a closed PCC Board meeting last night, August 25, 2009.
The Pasadena City College Board of Trustees held a special meeting in order to discuss the appointment of a new college president. Perfumo had been on leave since August 6, and members of the board did not know where she was.
Perfumo intends to relocate to Northern California to be closer to her family, as stated in a press release. However, she will continue to work in a special administrative assignment at PCC where she will “provide focus on projects related to legislation, advocacy, and new grant opportunities.”
She intends to retire after this final position at PCC, said the press release.
Following her sudden request for a leave, the President’s Office at PCC said, “that’s all it is,” providing no further information regarding Perfumo’s decision. Lisa Sugimoto, Vice President of Student for Student and Learning Services, has been acting as president since Perfumo’s surprising leave.
In February, the PCC Board of Trustees extended Perfumo’s contract through 2011, and evaluated her performance during a meeting on August 5, and were debating as to whether her contract would be extended by another year.
As posted on the PCC website, a special meeting was held to entertain a “Public Employee Appointment (College President)” listing on their agenda, during a closed session of the Board. And now, the Board of Trustees of the Pasadena Area Community College District and Dr. Paulette J. Perfumo have came to the agreement to renounce her position.
Rumors about Perfumo’s resignation or firing have been circulating.
According to “Pasadena Sub Rosa Blog,” it was rumored that Perfumo’s decision for a leave came in response to a vote of “no confidence,” by the PCC Board of Trustees. She is supposedly discussing a settlement package pending her resignation or firing.
It is reported that Perfumo’s compensation and benefits with her new job at PCC have not yet been decided. However, when her contract as Solano Community College’s Superintendent-President was terminated in 2006, Perfumo continued to receive monthly installments on her annual salary, annual retirement contributions, and annual medical pay, in accordance with her contract.
Perfumo has had a long history with the California Community Colleges system. In 1978, she began her college teaching career as a child development and parenting faculty member at College of the Canyons. She later rose to administrative positions, serving as President and Superintendent of Solano Community College in Fairfield from 2003 to 2006. She has also served as the Deputy Superintendent and Vice President of Education Services at Ohlone College in Fremont and two years as the Assistant Superintendent and Vice President of Instruction at Lassen Community College in Susanville. Appointed as the eleventh President of PCC in 2007, Perfumo’s request for leave came almost two weeks before her two year anniversary at PCC.
By Kyle Khandikian
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