Introducing Jacob Poore, New Regional COE Director for South Central Coast
College of the Canyons and the statewide COE team are thrilled to announce that Jacob Poore has been hired as the new regional COE director for the South Central Coast! Jacob is excited to join the South Central Coast region and support regional career education and workforce development efforts. Jacob brings a plethora of experience to the role – most recently with the Orange County COE where he began as a research analyst in 2018 and advanced to assistant regional director in 2023. With nearly 10 years of higher education and data experience at both the community college and four-year university levels, Jacob understands the importance of data-driven decision-making to create, develop, and modify programs to improve student outcomes.
Now hosted at College of the Canyons, the South Central Coast COE (SCC COE) will support the region by providing timely and actionable labor market information for in-demand, high growth, living wage jobs that are vital to the South Central Coast economy. The SCC COE will produce reports and data tools that provide stakeholders with insight into the regional labor market, its future direction, and the educational training programs needed to meet those workforce needs.