Retirement & Recognition Event

Celebrate with us!

We are looking forward to celebrating our newest group of retirees, as well as celebrating some outstanding individuals as part of our Retirement & Recognition event! Please join us ONLINE on Thursday, Sept. 9th at 4pm for the festivities!

If you’re part of the retirement class of 2020-21, tell us what your next steps in retirement are before Sept. 1st so you can be included in the event!

Next Steps in Retirement

Celebrating You!

SMC Retirement Celebration 2021

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2020-21 Retirees

Name	Department	Years of Service
Eve Adler	Health Sciences	22
Delores Akins Raveling	SSSP	21
Lauri L. Arneson	Emeritus	13
Patricia Burson	Library	23
Joyce Cheney	English	41
Carolyn C. Dammer	Financial Aid	25
Frank Dawson	Center for Media and Design	22
Martha Daza-Whitfield	Center for Wellness and Wellbeing	11
Carol H. Evans	Events	32
Damon J. Fierro	Operations	23
Yolanda Fierro	Campus Police	25
Gail Fukuhara	Counseling	32
Antonio Gallegos	Operations	12
Cheryl Gee	KCRW	32
Cristina M. Hamblet	Fiscal Services	23
Rudy Henry	Warehouse / Receiving	25
Manuel Francisco Islas	Auxiliary Services	22
Michael A. Jimerson	Cosmetology	35
Joshi John	Academic Computing	30
Brenda K. Johnson Benson	Student Services	35
Trena G. Johnson	Institutional Research	19
Kathryn S. Kerce	Campus Police	29
Erica K. Leblanc	Academic Affairs	24
Bradley Lemonds	Communication	25
Marcia A. Lewis	Campus Police	22
Charles Mark-Walker	Marketing	20
Jennifer Merlic	Academic Affairs	29
Cynthia M. Moore	Purchasing / Receiving/ Mailroom	10
Rogelio Rodriguez	Operations	29
Karen Sasaki	Admissions and Records	40
James Masaji Serikawa	Media Center / Graphics Center	31
Adriene W. Smith	Superintendent/ President/ Risk Management	22
Kyle D. Smith	Events	19
Frank Taylor	KCRW	37
Roland J. Valdez	Campus Police	15
Barbara Vick	Child Center	33
Nani Vigil	DSPS	13
Craig Walter	Campus Police	33
Bronwyn Webber-Gregg	Health Sciences	17

25 Year Honorees

Name	Department
Andrew Abel	Operations
Benny Blades	Counseling
Thomas Carter	SMC Performing Arts Center
Mark Engfer	Technical Support Services
Gina Jerry	CSIS
James Murphy	Physical Science
Delia Padilla	Human Resources
Lee Peterson	Academic Computing
Alvin Ponce	Operations
Arnulfo Reyes	MIS
Dan Rojas	MIS
Peter Smith	Facilities

Newly Tenured

Name	Department
Carl Baccus	Counseling
James Bergman	Music
Vanessa Bonilla	Counseling
Nicole Chan	Design Technology
James Cheesman	Music
Auriele Chevant-Aksoy	Modern Languages
Tyffany Dowd	Counseling
Keith Everett	Business
Faridian Forouzan	Physical Science
Matthew Hancock	Mathematics
Leticia Montoya	Counseling
Paul Jimnez	Counseling
Thomas Paccioretti	Business
Alaisen Reed	CSIS
Bridgette Robinson	English
Kayta Rodriguez	Business
Jeremiah Selvey	Music
Aaron Simo	Mathematics
Briana Simmons	Art
Saman Soleymani	Mathematics
Erin Steinberger	Business
Yukiko Tsuboi	Modern Languages
Olivia Vallejo	Counseling
Yamisette Westerband	Social Sciences

Newly Hired

Name	Department
Madalene Esquivias	Financial Aid
Luis Gallego	Procurement, Contracts & Logistics
Hamidreza Majidi	Mathematics
Giovanni Ortega	STEM Scholars Program
Ashley Price	Emeritus

In Memoriam Retirees

Name	department	dECEASED dATE
Barbara Dangelo	Bursar's Office	12/20/20
Ronald Davis	Art	10/7/2020
Thomas Donner	Superintendent/President	1/20/2021
Arnold Doty	Construction Technology	11/1/2020
John Duganne	Design Technology	4/12/2021
Dorothy Ehrhart-Morrison	Board of Trustees	6/18/2021
William Elliot	Emeritus	8/16/2020
Allison Fujii	Counseling	1/2/2021
Edwin Harte	Auxiliary Services	5/30/2021
Joan Healy	Health Science	4/3/2021
Janie Jones-Harding	Theatre Arts	1/27/2021
Carmen Koebel	Media Center/Graphic Center	12/27/2020
Jasmine Lieb	Emeritus	1/29/2021
Alvin Lyles	Music	6/15/2021
Tommy Martinez	Bookstore	2/7/2021
Diane McLaughlin	Life Sciences	11/4/2020
David Muller	Facilities	10/29/2020
Danny O'Fallon	Kinesiology	1/9/2021
Jackelyne Portal-Purdy	Academic Affairs	12/31/2020
Eleanor Reich	Emeritus	5/1/2021
Clyde Smith	Communication	11/24/2020
Edith Tesdahl	Business	5/5/2021
Wallace Umber	Emeritus	1/28/2021
Natividad Vazquez	EOPS	9/18/2020

In Memoriam Employees

Name	Department
Edward Hernandez	Operartions
Jasmine Lieb	Emeritus