President Dr. Thomas Fallo was honored with the Pacesetter of the Year award by the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations (NCMPR) this year, Ann Garten, director of Community Relations, said.
“He said he was very grateful to be honored this year,” Garten said.
Nominations for this award came from hundreds of colleges in six regions such as Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
“I nominated him for demonstrating overall leadership at EC,” Garten said.
The panel of judges consisting of Chief Eexecutive Officers from two-year colleges reviews the nominations and selects the Pacesetter of the Year. District recipients of this award automatically become nominees for the National Pacesetter of the Year.
“The award is given to chief executive officers at a junior or technical college who show leadership strategies and support the principles to public relations and marketing,” Garten said.
The Pacesetter of the Year award recognized Fallo for his years of leadership at the EC focusing on fiscal stability while guiding the campus through a period of unprecedented growth and progress.
“In September, the CEO’s review the nominations. Then in March of every year, the award is given at the (NCMPR) annual regional conference,” Garten said.
His dedication as an advocate for student success was also applauded.Projects such as the President’s Circle and the college’s scholarship night has been established and is growing under his leadership.
The college was nominated as a top education institution in the L.A. Business Journal’s inaugural “Business Hall of Fame,” recognizing outstanding leaders, businesses and organizations.
“I do what I’m doing not for awards, but for the benefit of our students,” President Fallo said.
As an EC alumnus, Fallo knows the value of a community college education and is a board member of several organizations dedicated to advancing community colleges regionally and nationally.
His response to help the EC’s Compton College when it was struggling to survive was that of being an early advocate for the college that lost its accreditation but not its place in the community.
“I am appreciative for the awards, but I am only trying to help students achieve their goals,” Fallo said.
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Fallo set to receive Pacesetter award at regional conference
By Janae' Green
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November 12, 2009
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