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College Leadership

College Leadership

This is an archived copy of the 2021-2022 catalog. To access the most recent version of the catalog, please visit http://catalog.miracosta.edu.

Board of Trustees

President, Trustee Area 2 (Cardiff, Rancho Santa Fe) - Rick Cassar, M.S.

Vice President, Trustee Area 1 (Del Mar, Solana Beach) - Anna Pedroza, M.S.

Trustee Area 3 (Encinitas, La Costa) - Jacqueline Simon, M.A.

Trustee Area 4 (Carlsbad) - Frank Merchat, B.S.

Trustee Area 5 (South Oceanside) - George McNeil, M.A.

Trustee Area 6 (Northwest Oceanside) - David Broad, Ph.D.

Trustee Area 7 (Northeast Oceanside) - William C. Fischer, Ph.D.

Superintendent/President - Sunita Cooke, Ph.D.

Student Trustee - Alma Cuevas

Administrative Officers

Superintendent/President - Sunita Cooke, Ph.D.

Vice President, Administrative Services - Tim Flood, M.P.A.

Vice President, Human Resources - Charlie Ng, M.B.A.

Vice President, Instructional Services - Denée Pescarmona, M.A.

Vice President, Student Services - Alketa Wojcik, Ed.D.

Associate Vice President, Institutional Advancement - T.B.A.

Director, Public and Governmental Relations, Marketing, and Communications - Kristen Huyck, Ed.D.

Interim Dean, Library and Academic Information Services - Scott Conrad, Ed.D.

Dean, Admissions and Student Support - Freddy Ramirez, Ed.D.

Dean, Arts and International Languages - Jonathan Fohrman, M.A.

Dean, Continuing and Community Education - John Makevich, M.S.

Dean, Career Education and Workforce Development - Albert Taccone, Ph.D.

Dean, Counseling and Student Development - Wendy Stewart, Ed.D.

Dean, Letters, Humanities, and Communication Studies and San Elijo Campus Site Administrator - Antonio Alarcon, M.A., M.F.A

Dean, Math and Sciences - Michael Fino, Ed.D.

Dean, Instructional Services - Zhenya Lindstrom, M.S.

Dean, Research, Planning, and Institutional Effectiveness - Christopher Tarman, M.A.

Dean, Student Affairs - Nick Mortaloni, Ed.D., LCSW

Associate Dean, Career Education - Benjamin Gamboa, M.B.A.

Associate Dean, Nursing and Allied Health - Sandy Comstock, M.S.N.

Department Chairs

Administration of Justice - Steve Isachsen

Adult High School - Angela Senigaglia

Art - Gilbert Neri

Automotive Technology - Paul Katson

Biological Sciences - Suzie Bailey, Ph.D.

Biotechnology - Barbara Juncosa, Ph.D.

Business - Delores Loedel

Career Studies and Services - Donna Davis

Chemistry - Kent McCorkle, Ph.D.

Child Development - Claudia Flores

Communication Studies - Eric Robertson

Computer Science - Michael Paulding, Ph.D.

Computer Studies and Information Technology - Rick Cassoni (Fall 2021)/Steve Isachsen (Spring 2022)

Counseling - Donny Munshower

Dance - Trisha Hanada-Rogers

Design - Paul Clarke

Disabled Students Programs and Services - Jeff Higginbotham

English as a Second Language - Mary Gross 

General Noncredit and Short-Term Vocation - Erica Duran

History - Robert Bond, Ph.D.

Horticulture - Megan Allison

International Languages - Rosa Viromontes

Kinesiology, Health, and Nutrition - Casey McFarland

Letters, Pre-Transfer - Jacob Strona

Letters, Transfer - Maria Figueroa

Library Science - Glorian Sipman

Mathematics - Leila Safaralian, Ed.D.

Media Arts and Technologies - Leigh Cotnoir

Music - Steve Torok

Noncredit English as a Second Language - Ruth Gay

Nursing and Allied Health - Sue Simpson

Philosophy - Isabel Luengo, Ph.D.

Physical Sciences - Joe Salamon, Ph.D.

Psychology - Krista Byrd

Social Science - Lynne Miller, Ph.D.

Sociology - Sean Davis (Fall 2021)/Alicia Lopez (Spring 2022)

Theatre and Film - Tracy Williams

Academic Senate

President - Luke Lara, Ed.D.

Vice President - Leila Safaralian, Ed.D.

Coordinating Officer - Robin Allyn

Full-Time Faculty Representatives

Senator - Yesenia Balcazar

Senator - Zulema Diaz

Senator - Jim Julius

Senator - Himgauri Kulkarni, Ph.D.

Senator - Delores Loedel

Senator - Tyrone Nagai

Senator - Gilbert Neri

Senator - Oswaldo Ramirez

Associate Faculty Representatives

Senator - Michael Arce

Senator - Ingrid Bairstow

Senator - Karla Cordero

Senator - Hossein Ravanbaksh

Senator - Krista Warren

Ex-Officio Member - Sunita Cooke, Ph.D.

Classified Senate

President - ​Carl Banks

Vice President ​Ingrid Philips

Treasurer - Marlesha Keys

Secretary ​Kaarina Towey

Senator - Angelena Boles

Senator -​ Allison Cotter

Senator ​Donney Cummings Jr.

Senator - Maria-Isabel Rocha Duarte

Senator - Carrie Everts

Senator - Omar Jimenez

Senator - Silvia Martinez

Senator - Jacob Sneary

Ex-Officio Member - Sunita Cooke, Ph.D.

Campus Locations

MiraCosta Community Learning Center

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Oceanside, CA 92058
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MiraCosta Oceanside Campus Building

1 Barnard Drive
Oceanside, CA 92056
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MiraCosta San Elijo Campus

3333 Manchester Avenue
Cardiff, CA 92007
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MiraCosta Technology Career Institute Building

2075 Las Palmas Drive
Carlsbad, CA 92011
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