Key Contacts

Key DVC Contacts

Student Services Contacts

Admissions and Records

Gabe Harven, Director - gharven@dvc.edu

Assessment Center

Sonja Nilsen - snilsen@dvc.edu
Kim Christiana, Manager - kchristiana@dvc.edu

Counseling

Cathy Walton-Woodson - cwoodson@dvc.edu

Disability Support Services

David Hagerty, Manager - dhagerty@dvc.edu
Yeni Galvez Hernandez - ygalvez@dvc.edu

Dual Enrollment Programs

Rosa Armendariz (College Now) - rarmendariz@dvc.edu
Ada Ocampo (Diamante Scholars) - aocampo@dvc.edu
Sarah Peterson (College Connect) - sapeterson@dvc.edu

Educational Talent Search

Ramona Harrell-McCoy - rharrelmccoy@dvc.edu

EOPS/CARE/CalWORKs/START

Rachel Luna, Manager - rluna@dvc.edu
Mercedes Lezama (START) - mlezama@dvc.edu
Marcia Perata (CalWORKs) - mperata@dvc.edu
LaReese Stitts-Hunt (Fresh Success) - l.stitts251@dvc.edu

Financial Aid

Lizette Ponthier, Manager - lponthier@dvc.edu
Kristain Brunt - kbrunt@dvc.edu

Learning Communities (Puente, Umoja, MESA, PACE)

Rosa Armendariz, Dean - rarmendariz@dvc.edu

San Ramon Campus

Ann Uawithya - auawithya@dvc.edu

Student Life

Todd Farr, Manager - tfarr@dvc.edu
John Christensen (Clubs) - jchristensen@dvc.edu
Dietra Prater-Slack (Food Pantry) - dprater-Slack@dvc.edu

Upward Bound

John Trujillo - jtrujillo@dvc.edu

Welcome Services

Kim Christiana, Manager - kchristiana@dvc.edu

Veterans Services

Jeniffer Monroy - jmonroy@dvc.edu

Instructional Program Contacts

Division/Department/Program	Dean/Dept Chair/ Program Coordinator	Email
*Arts & Communication Division*	Janette Funaro, Dean	jfunaro@dvc.edu
	Leticia Rodriguez, Administrative Assistant III	lrodriguez@dvc.edu
Art	Koblik, Department Chair	kkoblik@dvc.edu
Art Digital Media and FTVE	Joann Denning, Department Chair	jdenning@dvc.edu
Communication Studies	Adam Perry, Department Chair	aperry@dvc.edu
Drama	Beth McBrien, Department Chair	bmcbrien@dvc.edu
Technical Theater	Nicole Hess-Diestler	ndiestler@dvc.edu
World Language and Cultures	Akihiko Kumamura, Department Chair	akumakura@dvc.edu
Humanities/Philosophy	Ruth Miller, Department Chair	rmiller@dvc.edu
Music	Matt Zebley, Department Chair	mzebley@dvc.edu
Music Industry Studies	Nick Vasallo	nvasallo@dvc.edu
Division/Department/Program	Dean/Dept Chair/ Program Coordinator	Email
*Biological & Physical Sciences*	Charles Ramos, Interim Dean	cramos@dvc.edu
	Linda Barnes, Administrative Assistant III	lbarnes@dvc.edu
Biological Science	Kimberly Taugher, Department Chair	ktaugher@dvc.edu
Horticulture	Bethallyn Black, Program Lead	bblack@dvc.edu
Oceanography	Program co-Leads: John Freytag/ Julia Willsie	jfreytag@dvc.edu jwillsie@dvc.edu
Dental Assisting and Dental Hygiene	Tonette Steeb, Program Director	tsteeb@dvc.edu
Chemistry	Ellen Beaulieu, Department Chair	lbeaulieu@dvc.edu
Physical Science	Mike Quinn, Department Chair	mquinn@dvc.edu
Astronomy	Paul Sasse Jean Chiar, Co-leads	psasse@dvc.edu jchiar@dvc.edu
Geography/GIS	Binita Sinha	bsinha@dvc.edu
Geology	Jason Mayfield	jmayfield@dvc.edu
Physics	Program Co-Leads Yousef Hamida Shuleen Martin	yhamida@dvc.edu shmartin@dvc.edu
Division/Department/Program	Dean/Dept Chair/ Program Coordinator	Email
*Business, Computer Science, Culinary Arts & Community Ed.*	Charlie Shi, Dean	cshi@dvc.edu
	Antoinette Da Luz, Administrative Assistant III	adaluz@dvc.edu
Business	Arek Puzia, Department Chair	apuzia@dvc.edu
Culinary Arts	Aaron Prater, Department Chair	aprater@dvc.edu
Culinary Arts	Squire Davidson, Program Manager	sdavidson@dvc.edu
Computer Science	Heidi Gentry-Kolen	hkolen@dvc.edu
Computer Network Technology	Bijan Houshiar	bhoushiar@dvc.edu
Division/Department/Program	Dean/Dept Chair/ Program Coordinator	Email
Counseling/Support Services Division	Emily Stone, Dean	estone@dvc.edu
Counseling & Student Success	Carrie Sadighian, Administrative Assistant III	csadighian@dvc.edu
Counseling	Steering Committee: Raine Dougan Hideo Nakano-Hiraku Taylor Harrison	rdougan@dvc.edu tharrison@dvc.edu hnakano@dvc.edu
Disability Support Services	David Hagerty, Manager	dhagerty@dvc.edu
	Nicole Despins, Department Chair	ndespins@dvc.edu
Special Education	Carrie Million	cmillion@dvc.edu
PUMA/Learning Communities	Rosa Armendariz, Dean	rarmendariz@dvc.edu
PUMA/Learning Communities	Kristina Gomez, Administrative Assistant III	kgomez@dvc.edu
Dual Enrollment Programs	College Now - Rosa Armendariz Diamante Scholars - Ada Ocampo	rarmendariz@dvc.edu aocampo@dvc.edu
Division/Department/Program	Dean/Dept Chair/ Program Coordinator	Email
English Division	James Noel, Dean	jnoel@dvc.edu
	Vacant, Administrative Assistant III
English	Dorian Eidhin, Department Chair	deidhin@dvc.edu
Learning Center/ESL	Coordinators: Laurie Sample Vacant	lsample@dvc.edu
Division/Department/Program	Dean/Dept Chair/ Program Coordinator	Email
Kinesiology & Public Health	Christine Worsley, Dean	cworsley@dvc.edu
	Kyle Alvarado, Program Coordinator	kalvarado@dvc.edu
Athletic Director	Christine Worsley	cworsley@dvc.edu
Kinesiology	Department Chairs Cailin Mullins Mike Chisar	cmullins@dvc.edu mchisar@dvc.edu
Athletic Training/Coaching	Mike Chisar	mchisar@dvc.edu
Fitness Instruction/Personal Training	Shelly Pierson	spierson@dvc.edu
Sports Medicine	Wendy Holt	wholt@dvc.edu
Addiction Studies	Brandon Ignatowski	bignatowski@dvc.edu
Nutrition	Teresita Saechao	tsaeschao@dvc.edu
Public Health	Kristen Colchico, Department Chair	kcolchico@dvc.edu
Division/Department/Program	Dean/Dept Chair/ Program Coordinator	Email
Library, Educ. Tech and Learning Support Division	Vacant
	Katherine Jinter, Administrative Assistant III	kjinter@dvc.edu
Library	Lynda Letona, Department Chair	lletona@dvc.edu
Library Technology	Tamar Kirschner, Program Coordinator	tkirschner@dvc.edu
Division/Department/Program	Dean/Dept Chair/ Program Coordinator	Email
Mathematics and Engineering Division	Despina Prapavessi, Dean	dprapavessi@dvc.edu
	Auri Grispo, Administrative Assistant III	agrispo@dvc.edu
Mathematics	Julie Walters, Department Chair	jwalters@dvc.edu
Architecture/Engineering	Jeffrey Smith, Department Chair	jsmith@dvc.edu
Construction	Jeffrey Smith	jsmith@dvc.edu
Electronics/Electricity/Energy	Manuel Covarrubias	mcovarrubias@dvc.edu
Division/Department/Program	Dean/Dept Chair/ Program Coordinator	Email
San Ramon Campus Division	Jennifer Tejada, Senior Dean (Interim)	ktribble@dvc.edu
	Catherine Franco, Dean (Interim)	jtejada@dvc.edu
	Maureen McCollum, Satellite Center Coordinator	mmccollum@dvc.edu
	Theresa Estrada, Administrative Assistant III	testrada@dvc.edu
Applied Arts/Social Science	Carolyn Warren, Department Chair	CaWarren@dvc.edu
Computer Information Systems/Business	Mario Tejada, Department Chair	mtejada@dvc.edu
Language Arts	Renee Swindle, Department Chair	rswindle@dvc.edu
Mathematics	Department Co-Chairs Ed Cruz Glenn Scott	ecruz@dvc.edu gscott@dvc.edu
Science	John Polos, Department Chair	jpolos@dvc.edu
Physical Sciences	Diane Lawrence, Program Lead	dlawrence@dvc.edu
Division/Department/Program	Dean/Dept Chair/ Program Coordinator	Email
Social Sciences Division	Obed Vazquez, Dean	ovazquez@dvc.edu
	Lisa Martin, Administrative Assistant III	lmartin@dvc.edu
Administration of Justice	Matt Morrissey, Department Chair	mmorrissey@dvc.edu
Early Childhood Educ/Educ	Paul Pitner, Department Chair	ppitner@dvc.edu
Children’s Center	Rebecca Thomson, Director	rthomson@dvc.edu
Children's Center	Michelle Minty, Administrative Assistant III	mminty@dvc.edu
Political Science	Scott MacDougall, Area Convener	smacdougall@dvc.edu
Anthropology	Steve Johnson	sjohnson@dvc.edu
Economics	Andrea Sorce	asorce@dvc.edu
History	John Corbally	jcorbally@dvc.edu
Journalism	Mickey Huff, Department Chair	mhuff@dvc.edu
Political Science	Scott MacDougall	smacdougall@dvc.edu
Psychology	Rochelle Burnaford	rburnaford@dvc.edu
Social Science and Sociology	Lisa Smiley-Ratchford	lsmiley-ratchford@dvc.edu
Social Justice	Sanghamitra (Sangha) Niyogi Albert Ponce	sniyogi@dvc.edu aponce@dvc.edu
Division/Department/Program	Dean/Dept Chair/ Program Coordinator	Email
Workforce Development Division	Beth Arman, Senior Dean	barman@dvc.edu
	Briseida Elenes, Workforce Development Manager	belenes@dvc.edu
	Joellen Heaney, Administrative Assistant III	jheaney@dvc.edu
Work Experience	Mike Chisar	mchisar@dvc.edu

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