Area 3
Elected to Office
2014
Community colleges offer students opportunities to prepare for four-year college, learn new skills to help advance in the workplace, and realize personal enrichment. While studying at a community college, I built a foundation from which I was able to achieve my higher educational goals. I want others to have similar opportunities.
Biography
Since being elected, Trustee Anne Kepner has served in various leadership roles on the Board. She currently serves as President (Chair) of the Mission-West Valley Land Corporation Investment Committee, is a member of the Audit Budget and Oversight Committee, and the Legislative and Policy Oversight Committee.
Kepner is an attorney and partner in a small boutique law firm in San Jose; she has litigated civil matters for more than 25 years and also works as a private mediator. She has volunteered in the community for decades, serving on various non-profit boards, teaching continuing education classes, and serving for eight years on the Housing Loan and Rehabilitation Committee for the City of Santa Clara. Currently, she serves as President of the Santa Clara High School PTSA and Chair of the Mission City Community Fund.
Kepner is a product of the California public school system; she attended public schools from kindergarten through law school. She studied at UC Irvine, De Anza Community College, San Jose State University, and UC Hastings College of the Law. Ensuring access to a quality education is her top priority.
Kepner resides in Santa Clara with her husband and three children.