Academic Senate

LMC Faculty Committee Representation

Committee Service 

The LMC Academic Senate recognizes the benefits to our students, faculty, and the college gained by a variety of personal and professional experiences, values, and perspectives that derive from individuals from diverse backgrounds. We respect and are committed to promoting equal opportunity and inclusion of diverse voices and opinions. According to our Bylaws, the Senate encourages all faculty to volunteer in Academic Senate, its subcommittees (Curriculum Committee, Distance Education Committee, and Teaching and Learning Committee), task teams, and activities; Shared Governance Council subcommittees; 4CD committees; and management hiring committees - all through the Academic Senate's self-nomination and statement of interest submission and agenda-based confirmation process.

Senate's Role in Committee Representation

The Committee Appointments section of the The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges' (ASCCC's) Local Senates Handbook [within Resources] states:

All faculty appointments to any college body dealing with academic and professional matters as defined in Title 5 Regulations, except for those specifically called out as being appointed by the bargaining agents, are to be made by the academic senate. Local academic senates may choose to delegate the responsibility for making certain appointments to the senate president without formal senate approval. Appointments to non-senate committees are made by the academic senate after consultation between the local academic senate president and the college president or chancellor (Title 5 Powers).

Process to Represent and Serve

To put yourself forward for committee membership and to take a turn to rotate onto a committee, submit the following to the current Academic Senate Vice President [Paula Gunder] by the agenda request deadline dates provided on Senate Home or according to the specific call out announcement's time frame. 

  1. Your name
  2. Your department
  3. Name of committee for which you are volunteering to serve
  4. Your statement of interest [Faculty volunteering for committee appointments (including hiring committees) will be expected to submit an official “statement of interest” in advance of the meeting during which their names will appear on the agenda.  This statement should include the candidate’s position at the college, why they are interested in the position, and any relevant college/work/personal experience they have that they feel makes them a good candidate for the position (LMC Academic Senate Bylaws, lines 175-181).]

Understanding and Support: Committee membership positions are part of our participatory governance structure and shared governance process, and upon Senate confirmation, faculty who volunteer to represent all of us on a committee take on the following responsibilities: 

  1. attending each committee meeting
  2. actively participating and taking notes on committee agenda items
  3. sharing/reporting out to the Academic Senate at our meetings on committee happenings
  4. connecting with the Academic Senate Council as warranted to agendize 10+1 policy, practice, procedure, and decision-making items for Discussion or First Readings to inform, enable discussion, and to give Academic Senators' time and opportunity to consult with their constituent groups, provide input and feedback, and ask and have questions answered

In your representative role, if you ever are unsure about any aspect of your committee service, including what you should be bringing to Senate and how to do so, ask the Council. 


Committees and Faculty Representatives

Accreditation Steering Committee 

Meetings: 

     Faculty Members
  • Adrianna Simone - Academic Senate Co-President (SP24-FA25)
  • Louie Giambattista - Academic Senate Co-President (SP24-FA25)

Box 2A / New Full-Time Faculty Position Committee 

Meetings: 

     Faculty Members
  • Academic Senate President (or designee) - Adrianna Simone and Louie Giambattista (SP24-FA25)
  • United Faculty Vice President (or designee) -  Marcella Lapriore

Career and Technical Education Committee (CTEC) 

Meetings:   2nd Tuesdays, 1:00-2:00

     Faculty Members
  • CTE faculty (This committee fills its own membership seats.) 

Curriculum Committee (CC)

Meetings:    1st and 3rd Wednesdays, 2:30-4:30

     Faculty Members
  • Von Wolf,  Math – Brentwood Center (FA25-SP27)
  • Open Membership Seat  -  Business and Management
  • Open Membership Seat - CTE
  • Open Membership Seat  -  Counseling
  • Sara Toruno-Conley, English - Distance Education (SP25-FA26)
  • LD Green and Scott Warfe – English (FA25-SP27)
  • Jordan Clark, Math - Math (FA24-SP26) 
  • Open Membership Seat - Arts, Humanities, Communication
  • Open Membership Seat - Arts, Humanities, Communication
  • Roseann Erwin - Librarian (FA25-SP27)
  • Alexa Moore, ECE – Health, Behavior, and Social Sciences (FA25-SP27)
  • Open Membership Seat - Health, Behavioral, and Social Sciences
  • Adrianna Simone , SJSES– Social Justice Studies & Ethnic Studies (FA25-SP27)
  • Shane Nourizdeh, Biology – Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math (FA25-SP27)
  • Open Membership Seat - Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math 

Distance Education Committee (DE)

Meetings:    1st and 4th  Mondays, 2:00-3:00

     Faculty Members
  • Sara Toruno-Conley - English (FA24-SP26)
  • Erlinda Jones - Early Childhood Development (SP25-FA26)
  • Benaz Mendewala - Physical Sciences (SP25-FA26)
  • Cindy McGrath - Journalism (SP25-FA26)
  • Michelle Mack and Nina Ghiselli - Counseling (SP25-FA26)
  • Marie Arcidiacono Kaufman - Speech (SP24-FA25) - Sabbatical Return (FA25-SP26) 
  • Maria Perrone - BRT Math (FA24-SP26)

District Governance Council (DGC)

Meetings:  1st  Tuesday, 1:00-3:00

     Faculty Members
  • Adrianna Simone - LMC Academic Senate Co-President (FA25-FA25)
  • Open Membership Seat

Enrollment Strategy and Planning Committee 

Meetings:    1st and 3rd Tuesday, 3:30-4:30

Faculty Members
  • Caitlin Mitchell - English (FA25-SP27)
  • Open Membership Seat

Equal Employment Opportunity Committee (EEO)

Meetings:  2nd Tuesday, 2:30-4:30

     Faculty Members
  • Open Membership Seat
  • Open Membership Seat
  • Open Membership Seat

Faculty Senates Coordinating Council (FSCC)

Meetings:  1st  Tuesday, 10:30-12:00

     Faculty Members
  • Adrianna Simone - LMC Academic Senate Co-President (FA25-FA25)
  • Open Membership Seat

General Education Committee (GE)

Meetings:   2nd and 4th  Wednesdays, 1:00-2:25

     Faculty Members
  • Bob Moore - Physical Science 
  • Sara Toruno-Conley - English 
  • Cindy McGrath - Journalism; Arts and Humanities 
  • Haydee Lindgren - Counseling (FA24-SP26)
  • David Hlusak - History; Social & Behavioral Sciences (FA24-SP26)
  • Matt Escajeda - Mathematics (FA25-SP27
  • Adrianna Simone - Ethnic and Multicultural Studies (FA24-SP26)

Grade Appeal Committee

Meetings: As needed throughout each semester

     Faculty Members

The Academic Senate approved the Grade Appeal Ad Hoc Standing Task Team on March 10, 2025 to support faculty serving on grade appeals.

  • Maria Peronne, Mathematics (FA25-SP27)
  • Jancy Rickman, Biology (FA25-SP27)
  • Penny Wilkins, Business (FA25-SP27)
  • Melissa Wheeler, Biology (FA25-SP27)
  • Louie Giambattista, Computer Science, AS Co-President (SP24-FA25)
  • Adrianna Simone, Ethnic & Social Justice Studies, AS Co-President (SP24-FA25)

Graduation Committee

  Meetings: 

     Faculty Members
  • Mindy Capes - Physical Science (FA25-SP27)

Institutional Development for Equity and Access (IDEA)

Meetings:   3rd  Thursday, 2:30-3:50

     Faculty Members
  • Joe Bahlman - Biology (FA25-SP27)
  • Nico Peck - English (FA25-SP27)

Local Planning Group (LPG)

Meetings:   4th Thursday, 3:15-4:00

     Faculty Members
  • Katie Berryhill - Astronomy (FA25-SP27)
  • Jill Buettner - English (FA25-SP27)
  • Erlinda Jones - Early Childhood Education (FA25-SP27)

Planning Committee 

Meetings:   3rd  Thursday, 2:00-4:00

     Faculty Members
  • Christina Goff - Library (FA25-SP27)
  • Paula Gunder - English as a Second Language (FA24-SP26)
  • John Schall - Art and Graphic Design (FA24-SP26)

Professional Development Advisory Committee (PDAC)

Meetings:   4th Thursday, 2:00-3:00

     Faculty Members
  • Katie Berryhill - Astronomy (FA25-SP27)
  • Jill Buettner - English (FA25-SP27)
  • Erlinda Jones - Early Childhood Education (FA25-SP27)

Sabbatical Leave Committee 

(Districtwide Standing Committees and Work Groups 25-26)

Meetings: 

     Faculty Members
  • Aprill Nogarr -English (FA24-SP26)
  • Marie Arcidiacono - Speech & Communication (FA25-SP27)

Safety and Security Committee 

Meetings:   3rd  Thursday, 3:00-3:55

     Faculty Members
  • Penny Wilkins - Business (FA25-SP27)
  • Victor Coronado-Barraza - World Languages (FA25-SP27)
  • Kurt Crowder - Physical Science (SP24-FA25)

Shared Governance Council (SGC)

Meetings:   2nd and 4th Wednesdays, 2:00-4:00

     Faculty Membership
  • Louie Giambattista - Computer Science (SP24-FA25)
  • Eric Sanchez, - Art, Humanities, & Philosophy (FA25-SP27)
  • Max Trujillo - Ethnic Studies / Social Justice Studies (FA24-SP26)

Student Success Team Committee (SST)

Meetings:   3rd Monday, 10:30-12:00

     Faculty Membership
  • Jessenia Suarez - Biology (FA25-SP27)
  • Open Membership Seat

Sustainability Committee

Meetings: 3rd Wednesday, 2:00-3:00

     Faculty Membership
  • Matthew Taylor - Economics (FA25-SP27)
  • Yollotl Lopez - English (FA25-SP27)
  • Open Membership Seat

Teaching and Learning Committee (TLC)

Meetings:  2nd Tuesday, 2:30-3:55
Work Group: 4th Tuesday, 2:30-3:55

     Faculty Membership
  • Randi Osburn - Early Childhood Development, TLC Chair ( FA25-SP27)
  • Cindy McGrath - Mathematics, CSLO/PSLO Assessment Coordinator ( FA25-SP27)
  • Adrianna Simone - Ethnic Studies / Social Justice Studies, General Education Assessment Coordinator/Chair ( FA25-SP27)
  • Sharlice Wright ( __ - __)  - Counseling, Student Services, faculty lead/designee
  • Roseann Erwin - Librarian ( __ - __)
  • Brittney West - Counseling, CTE Representative (FA24-SP26)
  • Devon DeRuen - Part-Time Faculty at Large (FA25-SP27)
  • Girlie Sison - Math and Sciences Department Chair representative/designee
  • Erlina Jones - Distance Education, Chair/designee (SP25-FA26)
  • Open Membership Seat - Curriculum Committee, Chair/designee 

Technology Advisory Committee (TAG)

Meetings:  4th Tuesday, 2:00-3:00

     Faculty Membership

This committee's convening is unknown as of FA25 as we await the designation of a new chair by SGC.

  • Roseann Erwin - Library (FA24-SP26)
  • Open Membership Seat
  • Open Membership Seat


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