The College formed an Accreditation Steering Committee (ASC), co-chaired by the Vice President of Academic Affairs/Assistant Superintendent/Accreditation Liaison Officer and the Faculty Co-Chair for Accreditation.  ASC membership included the Superintendent/President, vice presidents, faculty leaders from the Academic Senate and faculty union, classified professional leaders from the Classified Senate and classified union, the leader of Associated Student Government, and other administrators identified as the experts/specialists from various sites or areas deemed important to the process, including Institutional Research and Public Relations. Each Standards Committee, was designed to include at least one administrator and one faculty member serving as co-chairs, and one classified staff member. Student participants were included as they were available. Calls for volunteers were made via email announcements to recruit a wide variety of participants to assist in the self -evaluation process and employees were encouraged to consider joining one or more subcommittees.

Accreditation Steering Committee Membership

• Frank Chong, Superintendent/President
• Jessica Russell, Faculty Co-Chair
• Julie Thompson, President, Academic Senate Sarah Hopkins, Vice President, Human Resources (Interim)
• Gene Durand, Vice President, Human Resources
• Jeremy Smotherman, Senior Director, Institutional Effectiveness Research and Planning
• Sandy Sigala, SEIU Local 1021, Chapter President
• Pedro Avila, Vice President, Student Services/Assistant Superintendent  
• Delashay Carmona Benson, President, Student Government Assembly
• Kate Jolley, Vice President, Finance and Administrative Services
• L Jane Saldana-Talley, Vice President, Academic Affairs, Accreditation Liaison Officer
• Matthew Long, Executive Dean, Petaluma Campus
• Sean Martin, President, All Faculty Association
• Debbie Weatherly, President, Classified Senate
• Erin Bricker, Director, District and Community Relations

Standards Committees Leadership and Members