MEET THE COMMITTEE

Meet the Citizen’s Bond Oversight Committee Members

As part of the process to improve our campus with Measure E funds, the El Camino Community College District Board of Trustees appointed a nine-member Citizen’s Bond Oversight Committee. The committee is charged with informing the public about bond revenue expenditures and to actively review and report on the expenditure of bond funds.

As mandated by Proposition 39, the committee must include at least seven individuals, each representing different constituency groups in our community. District vendors, contractors, consultants and employees are not permitted to serve on the committee.
 

Darlene Love
Darlene Love is active in numerous community organizations, including the Olivet Lutheran Church, the Hawthorne President's Council for Low Income Families, and Moneta Gardens Improvement Program in Hawthorne. A member of the Hawthorne Chamber of Commerce and a civil service commissioner for the City of Hawthorne, Ms. Love also serves as president of the Hawthorne Women's Club and chaplain for the Hawthorne Chapter of the Lions Club, among other volunteer activities.

Frances Mullen
Frances Mullen is the community representative to the oversight committee, and an active member of the Torrance Rotary Club, where she has held many leadership positions, including president. She is also a longtime member of the Torrance Chamber of Commerce, recently participating in the North Torrance High School mentor program. In the Torrance business community, she owned and operated two successful Curves for Women franchises and has been an outside sales representative in the printing industry. 

Richard Browning 
Richard Browning is a licensed contractor who has worked on projects with federal, state, and city governments in several capacities. In the community, he is a member of the Torrance Planning Commission, and has served on the Torrance Airport Commission as a member and chairman, in addition to numerous Torrance sub-committees. He is also a past president and treasurer of Council of Homeowners Association of Torrance (CHAT).



Richard Montgomery
Richard Montgomery is a local business owner in Manhattan Beach and is the mayor pro-tem of Manhattan Beach. He is a 20-year resident with a long and varied history of service to the City of Manhattan Beach. He is the former president of the Manhattan Beach Old Hometown Fair, former member of the Planning Commission, Leadership Manhattan Beach and current board of director of the Manhattan Beach Chamber of Commerce.

Thomas H. Quintana
Thomas H. Quintana, a Hawthorne resident, is a public relations consultant for the City of Hawthorne, the Hawthorne School District and the Centinela Valley Union High School District. He serves as the business organization representative for the Citizen’s Bond Oversight Committee. Quintana is active in a variety of community organizations, serving as a three-term past president of the Hawthorne Family YMCA; a past president and current secretary of Rotary Club of Hawthorne; and past president, executive director of the Hawthorne Chamber of Commerce, among others. He is a graduate of El Camino College and California State University, Dominguez Hills.