Lesley Bonds recently joined the Foundation for California Community Colleges as a Guided Pathways Regional Coordinator for the Los Angeles/Orange County region. Previously, Bonds spent nearly six years with Bakersfield College as the Director of Student Success & Equity where she was responsible advancing student equity and completion using the guided pathways framework. Her key assignments included the College Promise, Transfer Pathways, and oversight of the Student Equity & Achievement Program. She earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina Wilmington and her master’s in College Student Affairs Administration from the University of Georgia.