Judith Valles spent 23 years at SBVC as a Spanish instructor and an administrator. She was the first Latina President of a California Community College. Valles was mayor of the City of San Bernardino from 1998 to 2006. She was inducted in the Hall of Fame in 1991.

Judith Valles was the first Latina President of a California Community College. The daughter of Mexican immigrants, Valles graduated from San Bernardino High School and completed two years of study at SBVC in 1953. She graduated from the University of Redlands with a major in English in 1956 and taught elementary and high school for several years. Valles earned an M.A. in Spanish Literature at the University of California, Riverside, in 1966 and did doctoral work at UCLA. Valles was appointed to the SBVC faculty in 1965 and taught Spanish until 1984. She headed the Department of Foreign Languages from 1972 to 1976, chaired the Division of Humanities from 1976 to 1981 and was Dean of Extended Day and Summer Session from 1981 to 1983. Valles was the Administrative Dean of Academic Affairs from 1983 to 1987, the chief instructional officer at the college, and briefly held the position of Executive Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs from 1987 to 1988. Valles was appointed President of Golden West College in 1988 and was chief executive until retiring in 1993. Valles has served as acting President of Coastline Community College and was a San Bernardino Community College District trustee.  She produced and hosted a Spanish-speaking television show, "Impacto," for KVCR-TV and has been involved in the performing arts. She received the Citizen of Achievement Award from the League of Women Voters in 1989 and the YWCA Outstanding Women of Orange County Award  in 1990. Valles was mayor of the City of San Bernardino from 1998 to 2006. Valles was inducted into the SBVC Alumni Hall of Fame in 1991.