The Friends of Petaluma Campus Trust are a group of interested Petaluma citizens who, along with the Bear Cub Athletic Trust and AG Trust, operate under the auspices of the SRJC Foundation as an auxiliary committee committed to the development of the Petaluma Campus. The Friends formed as a volunteer organization in 1997 to increase community awareness and support for our original Phase I campus. These individuals are recognized throughout our local community as a dedicated and highly visible group of leaders and volunteers who give generously of their own personal resources and time to raise funds, serve as campus ambassadors and strengthen connections with residents, private businesses and public entities throughout the South County area. In 2006, in anticipation of our Phase II expansion and Phase III renovation, the Friends embarked upon a $1 million fundraising campaign that established two endowments for the Petaluma Campus; one in support of the overall campus and another in support of the Mahoney Library. The names of donors who contributed to that campaign are memorialized on plaques throughout the campus and on a donor wall of honor in the Administration lobby.

Endowment investment returns provide a wide array of equipment, materials and programmatic resources to enrich and strengthen Petaluma Campus science and technology education, student and community life, and support expansion of the Herold Mahoney Library, with particular focus on items not provided by state, local or bond funds. Thanks to the generosity of our community, the $1 million goal was achieved in 2011 with a final $250,000 legacy gift for student scholarships. Over the past three years, investment returns from the Petaluma Campus and Mahoney endowments have provided over $30,000 in supplemental funds for library reference books and materials, start-up supplies and equipment for microbiology and chemistry, computers for use in the open lab for students taking digital media courses, a math calculator rental program, and other needs.  A separate fundraising effort helped the campus acquire a Steinway B concert grand piano for the Carole L. Ellis Auditorium. The Friends are currently engaged in their 88 Keys Campaign, a project to create an endowment for the preservation and maintenance of the piano and hosting the 2nd Annual Building Community Breakfast on June 6, 2013 in the Physical Fitness Center on the Petaluma Campus.  For more information, please contact Kimberly Kalember at (707) 778-3927.

Membership
Christina Kauk - Chair
Doris Tolks - Vice Chair
Ron Malnati - Immediate Past Chair
Rich Albertoni
Wally Bragdon
John Dado
Curt Groninga - SRJC Foundation Board of Directors
Marsha Harris
Noah Jacobson
Carol Libarle
Kerry Mahoney Davison
Dave Martinelli
Rod Moore
Tony Parrish
Warren Payne
Onita Pellegrini - SRJC Board of Trustees
Ray Pounds
Phil Talamantes - Emeritus

SRJC Staff
Kate McClintock - Executive Director, Foundation
Jane Saldaña-Talley - Vice President, Petaluma Campus
Kimberly Kalember - Exec. Assistant, Petaluma Campus
Molly Matheson - SRJC Faculty Representative