
Bridge Every Gap in Student Success
Let’s Create Landmarks in the California Community College System Together
ONE STUDENT. ONE SYSTEM.
ONE STATE. ONE PARTNER. ONE GOAL.
Charged with nurturing the largest, most diverse student population in the nation, California Community Colleges face more challenges than ever before. To deliver the kind of engaging, holistic, digitally-transformed, always-on learning experiences every student expects and deserves. We want to work with you to help create new landmarks in the journeys of your students, your institutions, and the whole state of California.
One student. One system. One state. One partner. One goal.
The California ECH Leadership Team is looking forward to continuing our great work together so we can deliver the most valuable experience for the nation's largest system of higher education!
Learn more about how the ECH is partnering with California Community Colleges.

Ellucian. Supporting California Community Colleges - today and tomorrow.
Every student in California is unique, and each faces an evolving set of academic and personal challenges. Ellucian can empower you to meet those challenging needs – even in the most challenging times.
Hear from Ellucian President and CEO, Laura Ipsen, to learn more.
HOW ELLUCIAN CAN HELP YOU CREATE NEW LANDMARKS IN:
Read the Ovum whitepaper to gain key insights into how building common platforms will enable the state’s community colleges to achieve against these key objectives.

We have a wealth of information at our fingertips…The question becomes, do we have the courage to implement it, and do we have the systems in place to evaluate it, and do we have the opportunity to continue to improve on it.
Chancellor Eloy Oakley
MONUMENTAL INNOVATION: TOUR CALIFORNIA’S NEWEST HIGHER EDUCATIONAL LANDMARKS
Look at how other California Community Colleges are reaching digital transformation and ensuring business continuity with Ellucian.

Difficulty brings its own rewards
Share in the transfer experiences of three California students
MEET DEVON, EMEKA, AND MARISSA
Hear about the ups and downs of their transfers from two- to four-year institutions, their experiences before, during, and after the transfer process, and their ideas on how technology could help ease the transition.

Prioritizing the student experience
Allen Hancock College empowers student success through digital integration
AHC’s DIRECTOR OF IT SERVICES, ANDY SPECHT, SHARES THE DETAILS
Find out how Allan Hancock College is leveraging the power of Ellucian Ethos to enable students to succeed in a competitive job market. Through the unification of Ellucian Banner and Jobspeaker, AHC created a unique career platform aimed connecting students with hundreds of potential employers.
Raising the Performance Ceiling
Foothill-De Anza Community College District’s transformed IT with the cloud
JOE MOREAU, VICE CHANCELLOR TECHNOLOGY, EXPLAINS HOW
Discover first-hand how the cloud has helped Foothill-De Anza cut the time its IT staff spend on basic systems monitoring and maintenance, increased their time focusing on student- and faculty-facing projects, enhanced business continuity across mission critical systems, and boosted agility and elasticity.
Automate to create campus-wide efficiencies
California Institute of integral Studies succeeds through automation. Learn how.
CIIS STREAMLINES WORKFLOWS WITH ELLUCIAN
Discover how the CIIS has saved effort, time, and money, and captured greater efficiencies through automating workflows and integrating systems and processes with the solutions suite geared specifically to higher education.
CA COVID RESOURCES
Access Ellucian’s range of specialist COVID resources created just for California Community Colleges like yours.

COVID-19 Top Tips & ERP Reference Guides
COVID-19 Community Tips and our recommendations for complying with the Chancellor’s Office guidance.

COVID-19 Top Tips & ERP Reference Guides
Learn about recent adjustments that need to be made to your ERP.

COVID-19 Top Tips & ERP Reference Guides
In an effort to support the higher ed community, we will continually update the resources found here.
CALIFORNIA NEWS & RESOURCES
Ellucian Collaboration Hub Team
A critical part of working with any company is the team you are going to work with day to day. At Ellucian, we believe in multi-disciplinary teams that allow us to have higher ed experts as well as technical expertise. The Ellucian team directly supporting California Community colleges consists of 13 individuals focused on improving our relationship with you and helping your teams get the most value out of our solutions.

Danna Gianforte
Vice President for Digital Transformation

Scott Ruud
Director, California Ellucian Collaboration Hub

Deepa Prasad
Product Manager

John Thomas
Account Executive

Bob Ganzel
Regional Sales Manager

Ranga Narayanan
Director, Professional Services

Mike Alstrom
General Manager

Jody Dixon
Director, Strategic Assurance

Joanne Worsham
Director, Cloud Transition

Dani Twomey
Director, Professional Services

Brett Ho
Director, Global Support
Please let us know if you want to hear more about what we’re doing in California.