Lawrence Cox, Chief Executive Officer of El Camino College Compton Center, was terminated on Feb. 24 for an undisclosed reason. Genethia Hudley-Hayes, the state appointed trustee of the Compton Center decided on the termination and announced this move without any further explanation. 

Saul Panski, vice president of the Compton Center, said it was a personnel matter and that currently the chief business officer, Daniel Villanuev,a is taking over until a new CEO is chosen.

Cox was evaluated at the end of last year, but after his current evaluation the result was what led Hudley-Hayes to her decision, Panski said.

“The new CEO will come up with his or her priorities on how to move forward,” Panksi said. “But as an institution this will not affect the partnership with EC.”

Panksi assured the EC Academic Senate on March 1 that the Compton Center has nothing to worry about while dealing with this transition. EC can rest assured that during these times, the district will stay strong and move forward.

“We want to really make sure that academic quality is there,” Thomas Fallo, president of EC, said. “Then we will worry about the district functions as we go.”