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Shared Governance Standing Committees
Faculty Representative Email
President's Council 

Cherise Mantia

Grant Richards

cmantia@gavilan.edu

grichards@gavilan.edu

PIPR-RAP Committee

Jane Maringer-Cantu

Erin Crook

David Argudo

Simone Reyes

 

jmaringer@gavilan.edu

ecrook@gavilan.edu

dargudo@gavilan.edu

sreyes@gavilan.edu 

 

Technology Committee

Sabrina Lawrence

Jane Maringer-Cantu

Dana Young

slawrence@gavilan.edu

jmaringer@gavilan.edu

dyoung@gavilan.edu

Equal Opportunity Employment Committee
Enrollment Management Committee
Student Success and Equity Committee
Facilities and Grounds Committee David Behroozi

dbehroozi@gavilan.edu

Health and Safety Committee

 

Curriculum

Raylene Potter (chair)

James Ghiorzi

Nikki Dequin Bena

Jane Maringer-Cantu

Eric Lopez

Gardenia Angeles

Scott Sandler

Ellen Venabule

Nick Park

Patrick Yuh

Gilbert Ramirez

Nicole Cisneros

Grant Richards

Carla Velarde-Barros

rpotter@gavilan.edu

jghiorzi@gavilan.edu

ndequin@gavilan.edu

jmaringer@gavilan.edu

elopez@gavilan.edu

gangeles@gavilan.edu

ssandler@gavilan.edu

evenabule@gavilan.edu

npark@gavilan.edu

pyuh@gavilan.edu

gramirez@gavilan.edu

ncisneros@gavilan.edu

grichards@gavilan.edu

cvelardbarros@gavilan.edu

Equivalency

Leslie Tenney

John Lango

Bradley Stone, Ph.D.

Cherise Mantia

ltenney@gavilan.edu

jlango@gavilan.edu

bstone@gavilan.edu

cmantia@gavilan.edu

Faculty of the Year

Debbie Gilstrap 

John Lango

Celia Marquez 

dgilstrap@gavilan.edu

jlango@gavilan.edu

cmarques@gavilan.edu

Faculty Professional Learning Committee

Denise Besson (chair)

Nicole Cisneros

Susan Turner

Elena Dachkova

Kelly Glass 

Celia Marquez

dbesson@gavilan.edu

ncisneros@gavilan.edu

sturner@gavilan.edu

edachkova@gavilan.edu

kglass@gavilan.edu

cmarquez@gavilan.edu 

Institutional Efficiency Task Force (IETF)

Leslie Tenney

Ken Wagman

ltenney@gavilan.edu

kwagman@gavilan.edu

Learning Council

 

Senate Sub-Committees Membership

Email

Academic Senate Steering Committee

Cherise Mantia (Chair)

cmantia@gavilan.edu

Academic Staffing Committee

 

 

Accreditation Committee

Kimberly England

Dana Young

kengland@gavilan.edu

dyoung@gavilan.edu

Meaningful Assessment

Nick Park

Kimberly England

Scott Sandler 

Nikki Dequin Bena

Jane Maringer-Cantu

Kyle Hull

 npark@gavilan.edu

kengland@gavilan.edu

ssandler@gavilan.edu

ndequin@gavilan.edu

jmaringer@gavilan.edu

khull@gavilan.edu

Distance Education Committee

Sabrina Lawrence

Peter Howell

slawerence@gavilan.edu

phowell@gavilan.edu 

Guided Pathways

 Kimberly England

kengland@gavilan.edu 

Institutional Effectiveness (IEC) Erin Crook (chair) ecrook@gavilan.edu
Technology Dana Young dyoung@gavilan.edu
Equity Committee

Carla Velarde-Barros

 cvelardebarros@gavilan.edu

 

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Resolution AY24-25-002: Faculty Support and Guidance for AI Integration
Resolution AY24-25-004: Institutional Support for AI Integration
Resolution AY24-25-003: Equity-Minded Approaches to AI Implementation
Resolution AY24-25-001: Revising Academic Honesty Policy
Resolution AY24-25-005: Department-Level AI Integration



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