Chris Reed 
President
Trustee Area 6

Chris Reed is a longtime resident of Porterville. She has served TCOE for more than 30 years, including as a county board member, as the board liaison for the federal Head Start program (operated by the Early Childhood Education Program) and as a board member for the Eleanor Roosevelt Community Learning Center, which serves families with home-schooled children. She also volunteers at Sierra Vista Hospital as a Pink Lady.

Trustee Area No. 6 includes all the area embraced in the following school districts: Alta Vista, Hot Springs, Sequoia Union, Springville Union, Strathmore Union; a majority of Exeter Unified, and a majority of Porterville Unified.
Term expires December 2028.
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Tony Rodriguez 
Vice President 
Trustee Area 7

Tony Rodriguez grew up in the Woodville area, attending Woodville Union School and graduating from Monache High School in Porterville. He received his bachelor's degree in mathematics and teaching credential from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and received his master’s degree in educational administration from the University of San Francisco.

Mr. Rodriguez began his teaching career in San Jose, moving to Watsonville where he taught until 1990. He and his wife decided to move back to the Central Valley so that he could teach at Tulare Union High School. In 1997, Rodriguez became the school’s vice principal and then the district’s assistant superintendent of curriculum. Mr. Rodriguez was selected as superintendent for the Tulare Joint Union High School District in 2017, retiring in 2021. Rodriguez’s wife is also a teacher.

Trustee Area No. 7 includes all the area embraced in the following school district: Tulare City.
Term expires December 2026.
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Celia Maldonado-Arroyo
Trustee Area 1

Ms. Maldonado-Arroyo is retired from the position as Associate Dean of the Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS) at College of the Sequoias. Prior to her work at COS, she held positions with Fresno City College and Fresno Unified School District. Additionally, she has served as the State President of the Association of Mexican American Educators, and a board member of Radio Bilingue, the Tulare/Kings Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and United Way of Fresno.

Trustee Area No. 1 includes all the area embraced in the following school districts: Dinuba Unified, Kings River Union, Traver Joint, and a portion of Visalia Unified.
Term expires December 2026.
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Ruben Macareno
Trustee Area 2

Representing Trustee Area 2, Ruben Macareno has served as a school board trustee for Farmersville Unified School District and a Farmersville City Councilmember. He is a graduate from Farmersville schools and Exeter Union High School. He is an alumni of California State University, Los Angeles, where he studied political science. A media and political consultant, Mr. Macareno has previously written for the Visalia Times-Delta, the Mineral King Publishing Company, and had a 20-plus year career at the Los Angeles Times in its public relations and newsroom divisions. 

Trustee Area No. 2 includes all the area embraced in the following school districts: Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified, Farmersville Unified, Lindsay Unified, Monson-Sultana Joint Union, Outside Creek, Stone Corral, Three Rivers Union, Woodlake Unified; portions of Exeter Unified, Visalia Unified.
Term expires December 2028.
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Tom Link
Trustee Area 3

Mr. Link was born and raised in Visalia. He attended Visalia schools and College of Sequoias, and graduated from Fresno State with a Bachelor's of Science in Marketing. He served six years in the Air National Guard. He is retired from his family business, Link's Men's & Women's Wear. Mr. Link's wife is a retired Visalia elementary school teacher of 35 years. His two daughters both teach for Visalia Unified School District. Mr. Link has served on the Advisory Board for the Superintendent of Visalia Unified, is a past board member for the College of Sequoia's Foundation, and a past recipient of the Phi Delta Kappa "Friends of Education" Man of the Year. He is also past chairman of the Visalia Parks and Recreation Commission and past chairman of the California State Parks and Recreation Board of Trustees.

Trustee Area No. 3 includes all the area embraced in the following school district: Liberty; a portion of Visalia Unified.
Term expires December 2028.
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Judy Coble
Trustee Area 4

Mrs. Coble is retired from the Tulare Joint Union High School District, where she served as the director of state and federal programs. At the district, her experience included coordinating all categorical projects, serving as administrator for the agricultural department, directing all alternative education placements, and heading the expulsion committee. Mrs. Coble also served as a member of the Tulare Pro Youth Board and the Tulare Volunteer Bureau. She and her family have lived in the Sundale Union School District for over 40 years. Her daughter, Jenna, attended Sundale and is now an ag teacher at Farmersville High School. Her granddaughters currently attend Sundale Union. Mrs. Coble and her husband, Vergil, enjoy traveling to the central coast and spending time with their granddaughters.

Trustee Area No. 4 includes all the area embraced in the following school districts: Allensworth, Alpaugh Unified, Burton, Columbine, Ducor Union, Earlimart, Hope, Richgrove, Sundale Union, Sunnyside Union, Terra Bella Union, Woodville Union; the southern portion of Pixley Union, the western portion of Porterville Unified.
Term expires December 2026.
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Mike Waters
Trustee Area 5

Representing Trustee Area 5, Mike Waters has served as a middle school teacher, high school teacher, high school varsity coach, middle school principal, high school principal, and district office area administrator for Visalia Unified School District. Mr. Waters holds a Bachelor of Arts in management from Fresno Pacific University and a master's in secondary teaching from Chapman University. He attended elementary and secondary schools in Porterville, graduating from Monache High School. He and his wife have three children and eight grandchildren.  

Trustee Area No. 5 includes all the area embraced in the following school districts: Buena Vista, Oak Valley Union, Palo Verde Union, Pleasant View, Rockford, Saucelito, Tipton, Waukena Joint Union; the northern portion of Pixley Union, and the southwest portion of Visalia Unified.
Term expires December 2028.
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