Raymond Gamba

Ray has had a three-decade-long career in higher education, including as a full-time and adjunct teacher, lecturer, researcher and statistical consultant, academic department chair, and dean at several community colleges and universities in California. Before joining LTCC in Summer 2022, Ray was the Dean of Social Science and Distance Education at West Valley College in Saratoga, where he managed nine different academic departments and led the college's distance education program. Prior to that, he served at City College of San Francisco for nearly 20 years, starting as a tenured psychology instructor before eventually transitioning into college administration as Dean of the School of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Multicultural Studies, then as Dean of the School of Health, Physical Education and Social Services.

Ray earned both his Ph.D. and his Master's in Applied Social Psychology from Claremont Graduate University. His bachelor's in psychology came from the University of San Francisco.