Experience
Aurelio Salazar, Jr. has over 20 years of nonprofit and government experience working in the Monterey County Board of Supervisor’s office for District 1, Chair of the Monterey County Planning Commission, Chair of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Local Recipient Organizations, and Board President of the Hartnell Community College District. Most recently he was appointed to the City of Salinas’ Measure G Oversight Committee.
157% increase in associate degrees awarded
275% increase in certificates degrees awarded
63% increase in student transfers to the UC and CSU systems
Reaffirmation of accreditation in 2015
5% salary increase for faculty in 2020
35% increase in full-time faculty positions
54% increase in number of high school graduates enrolling at Hartnell
$167 million in construction funding through Measure T
$100 million in external grant funding secured