Riverside County Schools Trustee Meets With Obama

Riverside County Board of Education Trustee Elizabeth R. Toledo is in Washington, D.C., today to meet with members of the Obama Administration and attend an intimate reception with the president, according to a news release.

Toledo, 28, was one of a small number of members of the Young Elected Officials Network invited to the White House to discuss issues facing states and localities, said Rick Peoples, spokesperson for the Riverside County Office of Education.

“I am honored and humbled by the opportunity to represent Riverside County in this monumental meeting with President Obama and the Administration,” Toldeo said in the news release.

“It is refreshing to collaborate with other young leaders that are working to create positive changes in their community, together, we realize that we are shaping the present and future of this great nation.”  

Impressively, Toledo was first elected to the Coachella Valley Unified School District in 2006 at the age of 23.

After completing a term with CVUSD, Toledo was appointed to the Riverside County Board of Education in 2011, where she held the role of president of the board, replacing Dr. Bill Kroonen.

Toledo represents District 6 on the board, made up of Coachella Valley Unified School District, Desert Center Unified School District, Desert Sands Unified School District and Palo Verde Unified School District.

The Young Elected Officials Network, a project of People for the American Way Foundation, provides support and training for more than 600 progressive state, county and city elected officials from all 50 states, Peoples said.

“We are thrilled to be able to take the observations and concerns of so many young, elected officials to President Obama and the Administration,” said Andrew Gillum, executive director, Young Elected Officials Network.

“These young leaders are on the front lines of change, fighting for the values of fairness, equality and opportunity in their home communities.

"President Obama, a successful grassroots leader himself, understands that national movements are built by individual citizens and their elected representatives working hard to bring about positive change in their own communities..."