California

ACE affiliates in California offer a variety of activities aimed at helping young people explore potential careers in architecture, engineering and construction.

In addition, both local affiliates and the ACE national office provide financial assistance to students who pursue a post-high-school course of study leading to a career in the building industry.

You can find an ACE affiliate in virtually every major California city. In addition to their immediate vicinity, some of these affiliates include local towns as well. For example, ACE Los Angeles extends to Pasadena, Rosemead, Santa Ana and Santa Monica, while ACE San Francisco reaches out to Oakland and San Jose.

To learn more about California’s ACE affiliates and their programs, click on the cities under California to the left.

ACE Mentor Summer Camp

The ACE Mentor Program of America’s California Council hosted the firstever ACE Summer Camp, July 18-23, 2011 at Sacramento State University. ACESummer Camp is a six-day summer program for the best and brightest highschool juniors from each California ACE affiliate.

Congratulations to the fifteen outstanding ACE Mentor students selected to participate this year:

Austin Lemire-Baeten, Liberty Ranch High School, Galt, CA
Cameron Hoyt, Oak Ridge High School, El Dorado Hills, CA
Casey Wong, Kennedy High School, Sacramento, CA
Christopher Crump, Monterey Trail High School, Sacramento, CA
Emilie Merckling, Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, CA.
Jonathan Strohl, Patrick Henry High School, San Diego, CA
Kelly Morrison, Oakland Tech, Oakland, CA
Leiasa Horanic, Liberty High School, Madera, CA
Lisette Gonzalez, John Marshall High School, Los Angeles, CA
Maria Torres, San Diego High School, San Diego, CA
Raul Martinez, Franklin High School, Los Angeles, CA
Rosalina Iniquez, Edison High School, Fresno, CA
Sandra Herrera, Roybal High School, Los Angeles, CA
Ulises Valdez-Vargas, Amino Pat Brown High School, Los Angeles, CA

Statewide Donation

In 2010, the combined California ACE Mentor Programs received a donation from the Golden State Builders Exchanges (GSBE) to provide scholarship money to students via the California Council. The primary responsibility of this council is to make decisions on scholarship disbursements and to organize statewide ACE events. For more information how to become a part of CalCouncil, please email Stephanie Davi Ercolini .

For information on GSBE, its 26 member Builders Exchanges and Associations, and the 20,000+ contractors they represent, please click the logo below.