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

2026-27 Committee Membership

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

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