Daniel Moore has been appointed as the new vice president of administrative services, and at the time of the interview he had only been working for “a week and a couple days.”
In this position, individuals deal with the money and finances and physical management, such as the buildings at Fresno City College.
“I’m one of the few vice presidents on the executive team and the president’s cabinet where there is a lot of important strategic decisions that from a group think approach [I] have already been a part of on a local level, here at the college and even district wide,” Moore said.
What updates can FCC expect in the future?
Since Moore is new to the position, he is uncertain of the future changes FCC will see.
Moore and his team are looking into the “cost benefit analysis” for all future projects, however they are looking especially close at the math and science building. A cost benefit analysis is where Moore and his team can predict future impact such as: cost, student experience and other outcomes such as demolishing buildings and building them back up.
“It is on the radar of leadership, just to see how we can improve that structure and some others that I’ve become aware of,” Moore said.
Measure Q was passed on Aug. 6, 2024, which granted the State Center Community College District $698 million to expand facilities, according to the SCCCD website.
Moore would be in charge of what to do with some of Measure Q’s money at FCC. He said that he and his team are taking a data driven approach to make sure they are fair, starting with a mechanical, electrical and plumbing evaluation.
“You know it’s not every day you get a measure like that passed,” Moore said. “So let’s do the very best job we can to get the most bang for the buck and the most return on investment for the objectives we do choose to green light.”
There are desires to update Ratcliffe Stadium but no set plans to do so yet, according to Moore.
Moore said that when FCC’s West Fresno Center Campus was built, there was already thought of potential future expansion. However, there are still no set plans to expand that campus.
“I think there is a strong desire to evaluate opportunities for such and I have meetings coming up to see what some of those things may or may not be,” Moore said.
The FCC Brand to Moore
While Moore has been in this position he has heard many stories that surprise him, such as the relationship between students and their parents.
“I hear so many stories of people’s parents who went here, and in some cases people’s parents taught here,” Moore said.
Furthermore he is “blown away” at the positive energy, passion and dedication at FCC.
“In my experience living in all parts of the country this feels like a four year with the resources, athletic programs and all the cool offerings,” Moore said.
He describes this as the FCC brand and he is excited to be a part of it.
“If you start with the end in mind and understand what the big things are, you can start working backwards towards the lower hanging fruits,” Moore said.
Moore has also heard “students first” from some people he interacted with.
“That unanimous consent of what the priority is, knowing that is the baseline, that is a fantastic solid foundation to build great things from,” Moore said.
Who is Daniel Moore?
Moore is originally from Boston, Massachusetts. In 2014, he settled in California with his wife and three kids.
Since moving, he has four dogs and a cat, and is more of a dog person.
“One of the reasons we love being out here in California is because people love their animals, walking them all the time,” Moore said.
Moore is a first-generation college student and athlete. He used to play football until he was injured.
He left that college since he was there on a scholarship basis and started working. Moore went back to college to get a bachelor’s degree and graduated from Penn State with an undergraduate in business and high distinction.
He then furthered his education at the University of Maryland with his first master’s degree in information technology management and his second one a master of business administration.
His ultimate goal in this position is to help students in any way that he can.
“Knowing that everything I do is helping young people walk down that path that I did on my own, that does it for me,” Moore said.
What are Moore’s qualifications?
Before Moore moved to California he worked at the federal level at places such as the Department of Energy Headquarters, the Department of Defense, the National Nuclear Security Administration and his favorite the Smithsonian Institution.
The Smithsonian Institution is a museum, education, and research complex, according to the Smithsonian Institution website.
While this was his favorite place to work, he wanted to move up, but there were no opportunities to because “everybody wanted to [go there] and once they did they didn’t want to leave because it was such a great place to work,” Moore said.
After he left those jobs, he moved to Palo Alto, California to work at the office of the Skadden Arps Slate Motor and Flom law firm where he oversaw the Palo Alto, San Francisco and some responsibilities at the Los Angeles offices. He was an operations manager. However with that position, the work life balance was hard, according to Moore.
He was then recruited by San Joaquin County to be its capital projects administrator. He was able to get five new buildings built in a three year period, whereas in the past 32 years the company had only built four buildings.
After that, the position of vice president of administrative services opened up and it reminded him of his time at Smithsonian Institution, therefore looking for something a little more challenging, he took the job.
“I promise I’m going to do the best I can,” Moore said.
