San Mateo County Community College District Names Tom Bauer Vice Chancellor of Auxiliary Services and Enterprise Operations

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The Board of Trustees of the San Mateo County Community College District unanimously approved the creation of the position Vice Chancellor of Auxiliary Services and Enterprise Operations and appointed Director of Auxiliary Services Tom Bauer into that position at its regular meeting on June 22, 2011. Tom will assume his new position on July 1, 2011. Tom joined the District in February 2005 as Director of Bookstore Operations overseeing the bookstore operations at College of San Mateo, Skyline College and Cañada College. In November 2006, Tom was promoted into the position Director of Auxiliary Services after the three cafeteria operations and district wide vending were added to his organization.

After two years of planning, design and building, the District opened a state-of-the-art fitness and aquatic center on the campus of College of San Mateo in the newly constructed Health and Wellness Building in April 2010. The San Mateo Athletic Club (SMAC) is a 24,500-square-foot Fitness Center along with an aquatics complex containing a 50-meter Olympic-size competition pool along with a 25-meter instructional pool for Adaptive Fitness and other group exercise classes. SMAC is a multi-use facility that serves a number of District programs, including credit classes, non-credit classes, community education and adaptive fitness. Also operating as an enterprise, the SMAC is a community-centered, fee-based operation offering numerous service options to the San Mateo campus community and the community at large. At the end of the first year in operation, the athletic club has more than 3,400 members and is positioned to end the year with a financial surplus. This is significant as the initial proforma for the operation did not project a surplus until the third year of operation. This very successful operation falls under the Auxiliary Services organization under Tom’s direction. In addition, the Auxiliary Services organization assumed the reprographic operation at Skyline College and opened an addition site at College of San Mateo.

The Auxiliary Services organization has grown significantly under Tom’s leadership since 2006. The change in the classification in Tom’s position to Vice Chancellor more accurately reflects the significant increase in responsibilities that have been assigned to the position.