Title V: Meet Your Team

If you need additional assistance, your completion teams are here to help. Each academic area has a main contact person in departments such as, Financial Aid, L/LRC, Counseling, and even faculty.

Please select the academic area your major is under to contact the right team member for you.

Business & CIS

	Division Dean: Resource for full and part-time faculty while facilitating college and division goals	Student Support Coach: Knowledge of on-campus support services for holistic student success	Student Academic Coach: L/LRC faculty or staff connecting students to learning resources and discipline specific assistance & support
Name	Henry Hua	Ayman Gadalla	Annette Young
Title	Dean of Business & CIS	Instructional Assistant	Librarian
Email	hhua@cypresscollege.edu	agadalla@cypresscollege.edu	ayoung@cypresscollege.edu

	Faculty Peer Coach: Knowledge of faculty needs for continued high touch service	Faculty Data Coach: Faculty trained to interpret and integrate student success data in the work of the division/department	Embedded Counselor: Discipline-specific guidance for students
Name	Alireza Moady	Peter Molnar	Robert Grantham
Title	Instructor, CIS	Instructor, CIS	Counselor, Business
Email	amoady@cypresscollege.edu	pmolnar@cypresscollege.edu	rgrantham@cypresscollege.edu

	Financial Aid Coach: Responsible for in-reach and primary point of contact for Financial Aid resources	Career Coach: Reduce the number of Undeclared and Exploratory Majors within each Academic Community to increase awareness of discipline-specific careers	Transfer Coach: Provide support services to increase students’ exposure to four-year institutions to facilitate completion and transfer
Name	Christopher West	Ruby Pastrana	Noor Altoma
Title	Financial Aid Coordinator	Adjunct Counselor	Transfer Coach
Email	cwest@cypresscollege.edu	rpastrana@cypresscollege.edu	naltoma@cypresscollege.edu

Career Technical Education

	Division Dean: Resource for full and part-time faculty while facilitating college and division goals	Student Support Coach: Knowledge of on-campus support services for holistic student success	Student Academic Coach: L/LRC faculty or staff connecting students to learning resources and discipline specific assistance & support
Name	Kathleen Reiland	Dominique Somoano	Joyce Peacock
Title	Dean of CTE	Administrative Assistant I	Librarian
Email	kreiland@cypresscollege.edu	dsomoano@cypresscollege.edu	jpeacock@cypresscollege.edu

	Faculty Peer Coach: Knowledge of faculty needs for continued high touch service	Faculty Data Coach: Faculty trained to interpret and integrate student success data in the work of the division/department	Embedded Counselor: Discipline-specific guidance for students
Name	Lisa Clark/Ed Valdez	Stephanie Rosati	Jeannie Mitsch
Title	Instructor, Culinary Arts/Instructor, Aviation & Travel Careers	Instructor, Culinary Arts	Counselor
Email	lclark@cypresscollege.edu; evaldez@cypresscollege.edu	srosati@cypresscollege.edu	jmitsch@cypresscollege.edu

	Financial Aid Coach: Responsible for in-reach and primary point of contact for Financial Aid resources	Career Coach: Reduce the number of Undeclared and Exploratory Majors within each Academic Community to increase awareness of discipline-specific careers	Transfer Coach: Provide support services to increase students’ exposure to four-year institutions to facilitate completion and transfer
Name	Nai Hilo	Ruby Pastrana	Noor Altoma
Title	Financial Aid Coordinator	Adjunct Counselor	Transfer Coach
Email	nhilo@cypresscollege.edu	rpastrana@cypresscollege.edu	naltoma@cypresscollege.edu

Fine Arts

	Division Dean: Resource for full and part-time faculty while facilitating college and division goals	Student Support Coach: Knowledge of on-campus support services for holistic student success	Student Academic Coach: L/LRC faculty or staff connecting students to learning resources and discipline specific assistance & support
Name	Katy Realista	Temperence Dowdle	Leslie Palmer
Title	Dean of Fine Arts	Student Services Specialist	Librarian
Email	krealista@cypresscollege.edu	tdowdle@cypresscollege.edu	lpalmer@cypresscollege.edu

	Faculty Peer Coach: Knowledge of faculty needs for continued high touch service	Faculty Data Coach: Faculty trained to interpret and integrate student success data in the work of the division/department	Embedded Counselor: Discipline-specific guidance for students
Name	Janet Owen Driggs	Michael Brydges	Renay Laguana-Ferinac
Title	Instructor, Art	Instructor, Communications	Counselor, Fine Arts
Email	jdriggs@cypresscollege.edu	mbrydges@cypresscollege.edu	rlaguana.ferinac@cypresscollege.edu

	Financial Aid Coach: Responsible for in-reach and primary point of contact for Financial Aid resources	Career Coach: Reduce the number of Undeclared and Exploratory Majors within each Academic Community to increase awareness of discipline-specific careers	Transfer Coach: Provide support services to increase students’ exposure to four-year institutions to facilitate completion and transfer
Name	Nai Hilo	Amanda Garcia	Noor Altoma
Title	Financial Aid Coordinator	Adjunct Counselor	Transfer Coach
Email	nhilo@cypresscollege.edu	agarcia@cypresscollege.edu	naltoma@cypresscollege.edu

Health Science

	Division Dean: Resource for full and part-time faculty while facilitating college and division goals	Student Support Coach: Knowledge of on-campus support services for holistic student success	Student Academic Coach: L/LRC faculty or staff connecting students to learning resources and discipline specific assistance & support
Name	Rebecca Gomez	Jodie Thomas	Leslie Palmer
Title	Dean of Health Sciences	Administrative Assistant II	Librarian
Email	rgomez@cypresscollege.edu	jthomas@cypresscollege.edu	lpalmer@cypresscollege.edu

	Faculty Peer Coach: Knowledge of faculty needs for continued high touch service	Faculty Data Coach: Faculty trained to interpret and integrate student success data in the work of the division/department	Embedded Counselor: Discipline-specific guidance for students
Name	Thu Pham	Jolena Grande	Kelly Carter
Title	Instructor, Nursing	Instructor, Mortuary Science	Counselor, Health Science
Email	tpham@cypresscollege.edu	jgrande@cypresscollege.edu	kcarter@cypresscollege.edu

	Financial Aid Coach: Responsible for in-reach and primary point of contact for Financial Aid resources	Career Coach: Reduce the number of Undeclared and Exploratory Majors within each Academic Community to increase awareness of discipline-specific careers	Transfer Coach: Provide support services to increase students’ exposure to four-year institutions to facilitate completion and transfer
Name	Christopher West	Ruby Pastrana	Noor Altoma
Title	Financial Aid Coordinator	Adjunct Counselor	Transfer Coach
Email	cwest@cypresscollege.edu	rpastrana@cypresscollege.edu	naltoma@cypresscollege.edu

Kinesiology

	Division Dean: Resource for full and part-time faculty while facilitating college and division goals	Student Support Coach: Knowledge of on-campus support services for holistic student success	Student Academic Coach: L/LRC faculty or staff connecting students to learning resources and discipline specific assistance & support
Name	Vacant	Tayler Thomas	Joyce Peacock
Title	Dean of Kinesiology	Administrative Assistant III	Librarian
Email	n/a	tthomas@cypresscollege.edu	jpeacock@cypresscollege.edu

	Faculty Peer Coach: Knowledge of faculty needs for continued high touch service	Faculty Data Coach: Faculty trained to interpret and integrate student success data in the work of the division/department	Embedded Counselor: Discipline-specific guidance for students
Name	Anthony Hutting	Sergio Cutrona	Dana Bedard
Title	Instructor, Baseball Coach	Instructor, Kinesiology	Counselor, Kinesiology
Email	ahutting@cypresscollege.edu	scutrona@cypresscollege.edu	dbedard@cypresscollege.edu

	Financial Aid Coach: Responsible for in-reach and primary point of contact for Financial Aid resources	Career Coach: Reduce the number of Undeclared and Exploratory Majors within each Academic Community to increase awareness of discipline-specific careers	Transfer Coach: Provide support services to increase students’ exposure to four-year institutions to facilitate completion and transfer
Name	Christopher West	Ruby Pastrana	Noor Altoma
Title	Financial Aid Coordinator	Adjunct Counselor	Transfer Coach
Email	cwest@cypresscollege.edu	rpastrana@cypresscollege.edu	naltoma@cypresscollege.edu

Language Arts

	Division Dean: Resource for full and part-time faculty while facilitating college and division goals	Student Support Coach: Knowledge of on-campus support services for holistic student success	Student Academic Coach: L/LRC faculty or staff connecting students to learning resources and discipline specific assistance & support
Name	Eldon Young	Diana Domingo	Annette Young
Title	Dean of Language Arts	Administrative Assistant I	Librarian
Email	eyoung@cypresscollege.edu	ddomingo@cypresscollege.edu	ayoung@cypresscollege.edu

	Faculty Peer Coach: Knowledge of faculty needs for continued high touch service	Faculty Data Coach: Faculty trained to interpret and integrate student success data in the work of the division/department	Embedded Counselor: Discipline-specific guidance for students
Name	Stephanie Tran	Kathy Wada	Therese Mosqueda-Ponce
Title	Instructor, English	Instructor, ESL	Counselor, humanities
Email	stran@cypresscollege.edu	kwada@cypresscollege.edu	tmponce@cypresscollege.edu

	Financial Aid Coach: Responsible for in-reach and primary point of contact for Financial Aid resources	Career Coach: Reduce the number of Undeclared and Exploratory Majors within each Academic Community to increase awareness of discipline-specific careers	Transfer Coach: Provide support services to increase students’ exposure to four-year institutions to facilitate completion and transfer
Name	Nai Hilo	Amanda Garcia	Noor Altoma
Title	Financial Aid Coordinator	Adjunct Counselor	Transfer Coach
Email	nhilo@cypresscollege.edu	agarcia@cypresscollege.edu	naltoma@cypresscollege.edu

Science, Engineering, & Math

	Division Dean: Resource for full and part-time faculty while facilitating college and division goals	Student Support Coach: Knowledge of on-campus support services for holistic student success	Student Academic Coach: L/LRC faculty or staff connecting students to learning resources and discipline specific assistance & support
Name	David Vakil	Belinda Allan	Joyce Peacock
Title	Dean of SEM	Instructional Assistant Career Center	Librarian
Email	dvakil@cypresscollege.edu	ballan@cypresscollege.edu	jpeacock@cypresscollege.edu

	Faculty Peer Coach: Knowledge of faculty needs for continued high touch service	Faculty Data Coach: Faculty trained to interpret and integrate student success data in the work of the division/department	Embedded Counselor: Discipline-specific guidance for students
Name	Sarah Jones	David Nusbaum	Ernesto Heredia
Title	Instructor, English	Instructor, Mathematics	Counselor, SEM
Email	sjones@cypresscollege.edu	dnusbaum@cypresscollege.edu	eheredia@cypresscollege.edu

	Financial Aid Coach: Responsible for in-reach and primary point of contact for Financial Aid resources	Career Coach: Reduce the number of Undeclared and Exploratory Majors within each Academic Community to increase awareness of discipline-specific careers	Transfer Coach: Provide support services to increase students’ exposure to four-year institutions to facilitate completion and transfer
Name	Christopher West	Amanda Garcia	Noor Altoma
Title	Financial Aid Coordinator	Adjunct Counselor	Transfer Coach
Email	cwest@cypresscollege.edu	agarcia@cypresscollege.edu	naltoma@cypresscollege.edu

Social Sciences

	Division Dean: Resource for full and part-time faculty while facilitating college and division goals	Student Support Coach: Knowledge of on-campus support services for holistic student success	Student Academic Coach: L/LRC faculty or staff connecting students to learning resources and discipline specific assistance & support
Name	Lisa Gaetje	Evelyn Lindey	Monica Doman
Title	Dean of Social Sciences	Administrative Assistant II	Librarian
Email	lgaetje@cypresscollege.edu	elindley@cypresscollege.edu	mdoman@cypresscollege.edu

	Faculty Peer Coach: Knowledge of faculty needs for continued high touch service	Faculty Data Coach: Faculty trained to interpret and integrate student success data in the work of the division/department	Embedded Counselor: Discipline-specific guidance for students
Name	Steven Estrada	Angela deDios	Mymy Lam
Title	Instructor, Ethnic Studies	Instructor, Psychology	Counselor, Humanities
Email	sestrada@cypresscollege.edu	Adedios@cypresscollege.edu	mlam@cypresscollege.edu

	Financial Aid Coach: Responsible for in-reach and primary point of contact for Financial Aid resources	Career Coach: Reduce the number of Undeclared and Exploratory Majors within each Academic Community to increase awareness of discipline-specific careers	Transfer Coach: Provide support services to increase students’ exposure to four-year institutions to facilitate completion and transfer
Name	Nai Hilo	Amanda Garcia	Noor Altoma
Title	Financial Aid Coordinator	Adjunct Counselor	Transfer Coach
Email	nhilo@cypresscollege.edu	agarcia@cypresscollege.edu	naltoma@cypresscollege.edu