Laura Metune

Laura joined LTCC's senior leadership team in May 2020, where she focuses on identifying and securing grants and funding, and establishing state-level relationships and partnerships to help support securing additional funding for various college purposes. Before joining LTCC, Laura served as Vice Chancellor of External Relations with the California Community Colleges (CCC) Chancellor’s Office, where she and her team represented the CCCs before the legislative and executive branches of the state and federal governments. She developed the agency’s policy and advocacy direction, supported budget advocacy and negotiations, and secured grant resources for specific projects including monies to support research for DACA students and to support the California Promise Program. Prior to working with the CCCCO, she served as the chief consultant for the Assembly Committee on Higher Education, helping to write and win passage of numerous landmark pieces of education-related legislation. She has worked with a number of legislators as legislative director and consultant since 2001. Laura is a first-generation college graduate and a former community college student. She transferred from American River College to earn her bachelor's degree in Government from CSU Sacramento.