Throughout his more than two decades as a higher education executive, Marco Baeza, EdD has effectively stabilized human resources operations at numerous institutions, guiding schools, districts, and other public-sector organizations through major organizational transitions. A few of his career achievements include overseeing successful collective bargaining negotiations with California labor units, establishing beneficial labor-management partnerships, and modernizing HR administrative procedures and policies while maintaining compliance with the California Education Code, state labor laws, and district governance standards. Marco Baeza, EdD, has also optimized staffing practices, enabling school districts to attract qualified educators and school leaders more effectively.
As the vice president of Walla Walla Community College, Marco Baeza, PhD, functions as an executive partner to the college’s instructional leadership staff. He has strengthened the institution’s minimum qualifications and equivalency framework and guided Walla Walla through various staffing challenges. He previously spent six years as an executive leadership partner with Coast Community College District in Costa Mesa.
Marco Baeza received his doctor of educational leadership from the University of Southern California. In addition to earning a master of science in administration and education from California Baptist University and a government and political science degree from California State University, Sacramento, he completed a theatre arts and history degree from San Jacinto.