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Education Consultant Carol Campbell Fox Is New USC Trustee

July 14, 2011

Carol Campbell Fox MS ’62, an independent educational consultant and outgoing president of the USC Alumni Association, has been elected to a five-year term on the USC Board of Trustees.

“Carol has long been admired as one of the Trojan Family’s hardest-working volunteers,” said President C. L. Max Nikias in announcing Fox’s election to the board. “She has given her energy, enthusiasm, and expertise to so many university organizations and programs, ranging from Town and Gown to the commemoration of USC’s 125th anniversary. I am delighted to welcome her as a member of our Board of Trustees, and am confident USC will benefit greatly from her dedication to her alma mater as well as her broad experience as an educational professional.”

Fox has taught professionally at several Southern California universities — including USC and California State University, Los Angeles — and coordinated an innovative teacher-training program for UCLA Education Extension, where she also served as associate director. She has experience in educational television as well, as a producer and on-camera talent for the Educational Television Network’s Parent Connection series.

Fox has worked in several school districts and served as a consultant for the Los Angeles County Office of Education. In addition, she was appointed by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to the Child Care Advisory Board and the Child Care Planning Council of Los Angeles County.

At her alma mater, Fox’s tenure as president of the USC Alumni Association Board of Governors for 2010-11 — marking the 125th anniversary of the association’s founding — encompassed a number of milestones. She sat on the advisory committee for the inauguration of President C. L. Max Nikias in October 2010 and was involved with the Trojan Family Reception Tour, which introduced the new president and his wife, Niki C. Nikias, to alumni, parents and friends across the country. Fox also took part in the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Epstein Family Alumni Center, the association’s new headquarters in the Ronald Tutor Campus Center.

In spring 2009, Fox co-chaired the host committee of the inaugural USC Women’s Conference, which brought together nearly 400 women for a program spanning issues ranging from health to financial empowerment.

Her previous service on the USC Alumni Association Board of Governors includes terms as secretary and as chair of the board’s university 125th anniversary and history station committees. She also participated in the university-wide USC History Project.

As president of Town and Gown, USC’s largest and oldest women’s support group, from 2002 to 2004, Fox played a leadership role in the organization’s centennial celebration. She has served the group in many capacities, from helping develop Town and Gown’s first competitive merit-based scholarships to overseeing a multimillion-dollar endowment as finance chair.

Currently, Fox is vice-chair of the Board of Councilors of the USC Rossier School of Education, a position she has held since fall 2010.

A past president of the Trojan Guild of Los Angeles, Fox also is a member of the Trojan League of South Bay, the San Pedro-Peninsula Norris Cancer Guild and the USC University Hospital Guild. She has served on the USC Alumnae Coordinating Council, an umbrella organization encompassing 19 alumnae groups, and is a presidential-level member of the university’s premier support group, USC Associates.

In appreciation for her years of service to her alma mater, Fox received a USC Alumni Service Award in 2006. In 2007, she was honored with the USC Rossier School’s Recognition of Outstanding Support/Service for Education (ROSE) Award; established in 1990, the ROSE Award recognizes those who have helped advance knowledge and practice in the field of education.

Fox resides in Rancho Palos Verdes and is the proud parent of a second-generation Trojan, her son, Chris ’92, a USC volunteer leader currently serving as president of the Trojan Club of San Pedro-Peninsula.


Contact: USC Media Relations at (213) 740-2215, or uscnews@usc.edu