Area 7
Elected to Office
2016
Eliminating barriers to educational success for our students has been a primary goal in order to ensure that ALL students have the opportunity for success. This goal, combined with support for and recognition of our educators and staff, are the very essence of what I believe is a community college.
Biography
Trustee Susan Fish is an attorney and a registered nurse. After working with two medical malpractice defense firms, she established her own law firm in 2020, working exclusively in many medical-related areas.
Trustee Fish has served on the Town of Los Gatos Planning Commission, the Town of Los Gatos Rent Advisory Commission, and on the Board of Trustees for Lincoln Law School of San Jose. She currently serves on the Mission-West Valley Land Corporation Investment Committee and chairs the Audit and Budget Oversight Committee.
She has lived in the Santa Clara Valley for most of her life, is a graduate from West Valley College, a parent of two West Valley College graduates, and a faculty spouse for 26 years. Her ties to the District are long and strong.
Trustee Fish was instrumental in bringing The College of Adaptive Arts, offering education opportunities for special needs adults, to the West Valley campus. CAA is the first such program in the nation and offers WVC students the opportunity to earn college credits mentoring special needs students.