Lizette Ponthier is the Director of Financial Aid & Scholarships at Diablo Valley College, where she oversees the administration of federal and state financial aid and scholarship programs designed to help students meet their college costs.
Lizette has worked in higher education for over 25 years, with twenty of those years working in financial aid and scholarship administration within the Contra Costa Community College District. She holds a master’s degree in Education with an emphasis in Higher Education Leadership at California State University, Sacramento and a bachelor’s degree in Sociology and Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.
Lizette is passionate about promoting financial aid as a means of making college more affordable for community college students and is proud of her collaborations districtwide to use technology to improve the student experience navigating the financial aid process at DVC. Outside of work, she enjoys reading, taking her dogs to the dog park, and road trips.