Kimberly Collins Email & Phone Number

San Bernardino

Calexico, California

Executive Director of a regional data and research center at the Imperial Valley Campus of San Diego State University Researched and compiled socio-economic, industrial, demographic, environmental, trade and other related indicators on the Imperial Valley and California-Baja California Border for an on-line database maintained at the Center Outreached and liaison with Federal, State, and Local governing agencies to coordinate work and goals of the Center Conducted and managed research projects on the environment (particularly air and water), socio-economic development, planning for the future, and overall quality of life issues in the Imperial-Mexicali border region  Developed, coordinated, and edited publications, such as website and economic bulletins for monthly publication Organized quarterly workshops and annual conferences to educate the decision makers and community members on topics related to the research conducted at the Center Wrote grant applications and fundraise to maintain the operations and research of the Center – approximately $2 million raised from US Department of Agriculture, US Economic Development Administration, US Environmental Protection Agency, California Endowment, Southwest Consortium for Environmental Research and Policy, SBC phone company, and Imperial County local governments, agencies, and banks Partnerships with local governments, chambers of commerce, regional economic development corporations; Mexican universities: COLEF, UABC, Cetys; US universities: San Diego State University-San Diego, Arizona State University, New Mexico State University, University of Utah, University of Texas, El Paso, Northern Arizona University Outreached to media organizations Hired and managed staff and research assistants for the everyday running of the organization Developed and maintained a community advisory board

Doctor In Philosophy, Applied Social Sciences, Concentration In Public Administration

Dissertation Topic: Local Government Capacity and Quality of Life in the U.S.-Mexican Border Region: The Case of Calexico and Mexicali.

Certificate In Rural Community Development

Masters Of Arts, Political Science, Concentration In International Relations

Bachelors Of Arts, Political Science, Minor In History