Committee on Professional Relations

Save the Date! Faculty Luncheon "Decades of Distinction" Thursday, April 23, 2026d

Purposes

The purposes of the Professional Relations Committee are:

  • Identifies, coordinates, and rewards faculty excellence via such programs as The Outstanding Faculty Awards ceremony
  • Recommends criteria, policies, and procedures for academic rank
  • Recommends policies and procedures governing academic freedom
  • Develops and recommends policies and procedures governing the ethical behavior of faculty
  • Implements the college's procedures for the review of Faculty Service Areas
  • Monitors trends and practices on issues within the committee's scope and communicates them to the college

Meeting Information 

Committee meetings are scheduled from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. on the third Tuesday of the month during fall and spring semesters.

*Committee meetings will be held on Zoom until further notice.

2026-27 Meeting Dates

September 15
October 20
November 17
December 15
January 19 
February 16
April 20
May 18

2026-2027 Committee Membership

Name Role Constituency Year
Lisa Boutin-Vitela Committee Chairperson   26-27
Peter Moloney Faculty Representative Business Education 26-27
Claudia Quilizapa Faculty Representative Counseling 26-27
Donna Robinson Faculty Representative Fine Arts and Communications 26-27
Anne Contreras Faculty Representative Health Occupations 26-27
Veronica Sanchez Faculty Representative Humanities and Social Sciences 26-27
VACANT Faculty Representative Kinesiology  
Michelle Kim Faculty Representative Liberal Arts 26-27
Paula Pereira Faculty Representative Library 26-27
Phuong Nguyen Faculty Representative Science, Engineering, and Math 26-27
Dahlene W. Holliness Faculty Representative Student Accessibility Services 26-27
Rossi Petrova Faculty Representative Technology 26-27
Sherryl Carter ACCME Representative Continuing Education 23-24
Pamela Sepulveda ACCME Representative Falcon's Nest 24-25
Sarah Pirtle CSEA Representative Media Services 23-24
Wendy Thomas Confidential Representative Office of the President 24-26
VACANT ASCC Representative Student   

For more information about the committee, please contact Lisa Boutin-Vitela.