LAKEPORT, Calif. – Mendocino College Superintendent/President Arturo Reyes announced that the Mendocino College Board of Trustees has confirmed Judy Kanavle as director of the Lake Center in Lakeport.

Kanavle’s permanent appointment to the job becomes effective June 1.

She came to the Lake Center in February 2018 as its interim director.

In her time at the center, Kanavle has been reported to be an effective advocate for students and programs in Lake County.

She has been working at Mendocino College since July of 2016 when she began as the college’s first Adult Education Block Grant director.

She led a consortium of adult educators very successfully until she became the interim Lake Center director in 2018.

Her education includes a master's degree in public administration from Columbia University, a bachelor’s from U.C. Berkeley in environmental economics and an associate’s degree from Mendocino College.

Before she joined Mendocino College, Kanavle held a variety of positions in project management, community development and program facilitation. She is highly trained as a facilitator and brings that skill and many others to her work at the college.