2023-2028 EMP Task Force Members

  • Adrian Chacon, Human Resources Benefits Technician
  • Arlis Bortner, Assoc. VP of Information Technology Services
  • Dean Caivano, History & Political Science
  • Dee Sigismond, Dean, Institutional Effectiveness
  • Dustin Thompson, Student Support Coordinator
  • Garrick Grace, Dean of Innovation
  • Jennifer Henmi, Administrative Assistant II, BRC
  • Jennifer McBride, English Professor/Rising Scholars Coordinator
  • Jourdan French, Student Services Assistant, A&R
  • Julie Clark, Mathematics Professor, STEM
  • Kamini Singh, Business Applications Analyst, ITS
  • Kimberly Freitas, Associate Director, Business & Fiscal Services
  • Mary “Nikki” Maddux, Director of Agriculture
  • Michael McCandless, Vice President of Student Services
  • Pamela Huntington, Faculty Instructional Designer
  • Rachel Colleen Gray, Enrollment & Retention Specialist, ORC
  • Richard Ornelas, Professor Mechanized Ag
  • Saheba Khurana, Chemistry Professor, L.B.
  • Seth Derner, Vivayic
  • Seth Heinert, Vivayic
  • Stacie Warner, Vivayic
  • Wil Hodnett, Vivayic

Task Force Timeline & Presentations

Date  Meeting Topics
March 23, 2023 Academic Senate Town Hall Meeting
Classified Senate Town Hall Meeting
Employee Town Hall Meeting
March 22, 2023 ASMC Town Hall Meeting
March 10, 2023 Employment Relations Primer
February 24, 2023 Task Force
January 26 and 27, 2023 Task Force Two Day Innovation Challenge Event and Student Panel
January 26, 2023 All day Task Force Meeting
January 20, 2023 Task Force Sense Making Workshop to revue data and survey results
December 13, 2022 Survey links were sent out to Merced Community College District students and community partners
November 14, 2022 EMP Task Force meeting
October 11, 2022 EMP Task Force Kick-Off meeting