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District A
 Jessica
Morris
Mendocino College
1000 Hensley Creek Road
Ukiah, CA 95482
E-mail:
jmorris@mendocino.edu
Term: 2010-2012
Represents:
Mendocino College Part-time Faculty, Lassen College, Shasta
College, College of the Siskiyous, Napa Valley College, and
Butte College
Jessica has been with Mendocino College
since 2001. She is a college counselor, as well as an
instructor in the Guidance Department. Her educational
background is in Psychology, Child Development, Family
Relations, Sociology, and Career and Life Planning.
Jessica is currently the local
president for her chapter, as well as the interim treasurer.
She is the Chief Negotiator, Grievance Chair, and is
involved directly with the scholarship committee. She serves
on the Academic Senate, as well as other faculty groups and
organizations, continuing to represent, support, and fight
for the rights of part-time faculty.
Jessica also specializes in Conflict
Management and Resolution as well as Anger Management. She
is a Certified instructor for the State of California,
providing instruction in the areas of Anger Management,
Family & Domestic Violence, Child Abuse & Endangerment. Her
background also includes sexual assault training and
certification for the State of California, along with
instruction for and to the local community, including
programs she developed for the local Sheriffs department in
the local jail. She continues to provide workshops and
trainings for the community as well as the State.
Please feel free to contact her at any
time.
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District B
 Keith
Law
Merced College
3600 M Street
Merced, CA 95348
Campus: 209-386-6689
Email:
keithlaw101@yahoo.com
Term: 2010-2012
Represents:
Hartnell College, Gavilan College, College of the Sequoias,
Merced College, and Monterey Peninsula College.
Non-CCA colleges in this District:
College of the Redwoods, Marin
College, Yuba College, Ohlone College, San Francisco City
College, Sonoma College, Chabot College, Contra Costa
College, Foothill-De Anza College, Peralta College, San
Mateo College, Feather River College, Los Rios District,
Yosemite College, State Center College, and West Valley
College
With a graduate degree in philosophy
from San Francisco State University, Keith teaches courses
in philosophy and humanities at Merced College that run the
gamut from logic to comparative religion. He currently
serves as the president of Merced College Faculty
Association, and has been involved in every aspect of union
building, from writing bylaws and grants, to creating the
association's various committees. In addition, he has
hands-on experience in the negotiation process, the
grievance process, and the process of electing trustees.
A recent graduate of the Building
Strong Locals Academy, Keith also attended the 2009
week-long President’s Conference in Asilomar.
His first experience as a union
activist was as an AFL-CIO shop-steward for the Hayward, CA
Post Office.
Keith believes that his work for
CCA/CTA/NEA is essential for the betterment of the teaching
profession, and thus for educational excellence.
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District C (1)
 JoAnn Cataldo
San Joaquin Delta College
5151 Pacific Avenue
Stockton, CA 95207
Campus: 209-954-5561
Email:
jcataldo@deltacollege.edu
Term: 2010-2012
Represents:
Solano Community College, Lake Tahoe Community College, San
Joaquin Delta College, and Sierra College
JoAnn has been a full time
communication studies instructor at Delta College since
1991. Previously she taught a year full time at Chabot
College, and she taught part time for fourteen years at
Ventura College and other universities/colleges in southern
California.
Among the courses JoAnn teaches or has
taught are public speaking, oral interpretation, group
communication, interpersonal, and argumentation/ debate.
Additionally, she was a speech coach at Delta and Chabot
colleges. Currently, her favorite class to teach is
interpersonal communication.
JoAnn has served fifteen years in
several local union positions with the San Joaquin Delta
College Teachers Association (SJDCTA). She is the current
Membership Chair (nine years), Organizing Committee Chair
and Crisis Committee Co-Chair for six years, and Division
Representative for Communication Skills for eight years. She
received the WHO award in 2008 and has been presented a
Membership/Recruitment award seven times. Her local level
experience runs the gamut from recruiting new members,
developing by-laws, writing grants, renting an off-campus
space, organizing a phone bank for Trustees’ elections,
painting protest signs more times than she can count,
developing weekly flyers to faculty, arranging faculty
lunches, ordering gifts for retiring faculty, and much
more!
With her number one priority her
students, JoAnn believes that improving the campus lives of
faculty will lead to a better learning environment for
students. Across all disciplines are numerous studies that
demonstrate much higher ratios of student success with
positive teacher- student rapport. Some of her most
rewarding experiences have been from meeting up with or
being contacted by previous students now succeeding in the
work world.
JoAnn’s hobbies include going to the
beach, reading, and interior design.
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District C (2)
 Elizabeth Maloney
San Joaquin Delta College
5151 Pacific Avenue
Stockton, CA 95207
Campus:
Email:
emaloney@deltacollege.edu
Term: 2010-2012
Represents:
Solano Community College, Lake Tahoe Community College, San
Joaquin Delta College, and Sierra College
Elizabeth has worked at San Joaquin
Delta Community College as a full time psychology professor
since 2000. Prior to that time, she taught part-time at
Delta for 5 years. She has also taught in the GED program,
the Migrant Transition Program, as well as in Learning
Disabilities and Social Science.
She received her Ed.D from the
University of the Pacific, and is a Licensed Educational
Psychologist who continues a private practice in her spare
time. In addition, she holds a Pupil Personnel Services
credential in both school psychology and school counseling.
For the past five years, Elizabeth has
been the advisor to the Delta Psi and Psi Beta psychology
clubs on the Delta campus. She also leads the college's
substance abuse certification program and chairs the
community advisory committee.
Currently, Elizabeth serves as the
second vice president of the college's local and is the
local's Grievance Chair.
Statewide, she serves as CTA's special
education legislative chairperson.
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District D
 Brad
Reynolds
College of the Canyons
26455 Rockwell Canyon Road
Santa Clarita, CA 91355
Campus: 661-362-3388
E-mail:
brad.reynolds@canyons.edu or
drbradreynolds@gmail.com
Term: 2010-2012
Represents:
College of the Canyons, Barstow College, Kern College, Kern
Community College District (Bakersfield, Cerro Coso,
Porterville), Taft (West Kern) College, and West Hills
Community College.
Non-CCA colleges in this district:
Santa
Barbara College, Allan Hancock College, Antelope Valley
College, San Jose College District, San Luis Obispo College,
Ventura College
Brad Reynolds was born and raised in
southern California and received degrees are from UCLA and
USC. His specialty is Caribbean History, but he also
teaches US History and European History.
Brad has taught history at three
universities and two community colleges and has been at
College of the Canyons since 1975.
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District E
 Michael Smith
Victor Valley College
18422 Bear Valley Road
Victorville, CA 92395
Campus: 760-245-4271
E-mail:
michael.blackbear@gmail.com
Term: 2009-2011
Represents: Copper Mountain College, Mt. San Jacinto
College, Palo Verde College, San Bernardino College District
(San Bernardino Valley, Crafton Hills), Victor Valley
College
Michael Smith has taught education and
educational technology since 1998. He began at Victor
Valley College as Director of Instructional Technology, is
now a full-time instructor at VVC, and teaches part-time in
a university teacher prep program. He established the first
Education and Educational Technology Department in the
California community college system and facilitates teacher
recruitment via commitments to service learning through
K-12, university, and community partnerships. The program's
success was most recently acknowledged in receiving the
Chancellor's Award for Best Practices in Student Equity.
Michael serves in numerous
faculty leadership roles as a CTA State Council delegate, a
CTA Legislative Coordinator, and the Past President of the
VVC Faculty Association. He continues to support VVCFA as a
member of the bargaining team and as Political Action
Chair. Michael also serves as Department Chair and Staff
Development Chair, with a focus in online teaching and
learning. In the community, he has held a seat on the Board
of Directors for the Mojave Environmental Education
Consortium since 2003.
A product of the community college
system, Michael finished his B.A. in Creative Writing at
U.C. Riverside, spent a year writing and teaching in
Fairbanks, AK, and then completed his M.A. in Educational
Technology at Pepperdine University. He has presented at
several conferences, is a published poet/writer, and is a
recipient of the Hinderaker Prize for Poetry and the
Polonsky Prize for Fiction. Prior to teaching, he worked
for Manufacturers Hanover and TransAmerica; he has also
owned/operated a loan brokerage firm, a website development
company, and a new media/training consultancy.
Michael, his wife, Bonnie, and their
son, Evan, live in the high desert with their dogs and
cats. His work is supported by an unshakable belief in
public education as a pillar of American democracy. Michael
wholeheartedly agrees with Carolyn Doggett’s assertion that
“public education is the civil rights issue of our time.”
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District F
 John
Fincher
Citrus College
1000 West Foothill Blvd.
Glendora, CA 91741
Campus: 626-852-8094
E-mail: JD.Fincher@verizon.net
Term: 2009-2011
Represents: Citrus College, Chaffey College, and Chaffey
Child Development Center.
Non-CCA colleges in this district:
Glendale College, Los Angeles District, Pasadena College
John has been a full-time faculty
member at Citrus College for almost a decade. He has a
Bachelors Degree in Political Science and a Masters in
Speech Communication.
He was Director and Coach of the Citrus
College Forensics (speech and debate) program taking them
the the Phi Rho Pi National Tournament several years. The
team won numerous awards including a Gold Medal in Debate.
In 2000 he was a Los Angeles Times debate analyst for the
Bush/Gore Presidential Debate.
John has served the Citrus College
Faculty Association (CCFA) for many years in various
capacities. He has been Secretary, Vice-President and
Grievance Chair, and in 2006/07, President. During the
spring of 2007 he was nominated for, and received a CTA/CCA
"WHO" Award. Currently he serves as CCFA Past President.
John has a multitude of hobbies. He
received his private pilot's license in 1987 and has flown
many hours in various types of single-engine aircraft. He
is also an avid fan of distinctive architecture and has
visited buildings designed by such luminaries as Frank Lloyd
Wright, John Portman, I.M. Pei, Frank Gerhy, Philip Johnson,
Santiago Calatrava, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and Eero
Saarinen to name a few.
His travels have taken him 41 states
and 14 different countries.
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District G
 Luisa
Howell
Mt. San Antonio College
1100 North Grand Avenue
Walnut, CA 91789
Campus: 909-594-5611, ext. 4610
E-mail:
lhowell@mtsac.edu
Term: 2010-2012
Represents: Mt. San Antonio College
Luisa joined Mt. San Antonio faculty as
a full time professor in 2002. She teaches Spanish in the
Department of Foreign Languages. She has taught for 21
years, the last 6 at the community college level.
She also taught 3 years at the high
school level, 3 years at U. C. Davis, and 9 years at the
University of Nebraska in Omaha. Prior to that, she worked
in the private sector for 10 years as an engineer.
She is proud of her association with
and the opportunity to teach at Mount San Antonio College,
where she is presently a Senator-At-Large in the Academic
Senate and a Director in the Faculty Association. Having
been raised with both languages, she is completely bilingual
and thoroughly enjoys teaching Spanish.
To Luisa, her students come first. She
considers her work with the Senate and the Faculty
Association an extension of her classroom dedication, as the
ultimate goal is to help provide a better teaching
environment for her students through service to her
institution.
Between grading papers and attending
meetings, she enjoys spending time with her six children,
crocheting, traveling and reading.
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District H (1)
 DeWayne Sheaffer
Long Beach City College
Pacific Coast Campus
4901 East Carson Street
Long Beach, CA 90808
Campus: 562-938-3925
Email:
dtsheaffer@gmail.com
Term: 2009-2011
Represents: Long Beach City College Full-time and Part-time
Faculty
Non-CCA colleges in this district:
Cabrillo
College, Compton College, Santa Monica College
DeWayne has worked in Higher
Education for over 20 years. During his tenure, he has come
to appreciate the role the union plays in the protection and
development of quality faculty.
Dewayne enjoys working with an organization that works hard
in getting faculty what they need to be successful inside
and outside of the classroom.
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District H (2)
James Newman
Rio Hondo College
3600 Workman Mill Road
Whittier, CA 90802
Term: 2010-2012
Represents: Rio Hondo College, Coast CCD (Coastline,
Golden West, Orange)
Photo and bio coming soon!
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District I
 Linda
Borla
Cypress College
9200 Valley View Street
Cypress, CA 90630
Campus: 714-484-7184
E-mail:
lborla@earthlink.net
Term: 20098-2011
Represents: North Orange County Community College
District (Fullerton, Cypress).
Non-CCA colleges in this district:
Cerritos College, El Camino
College
Linda Borla joined the CCA Board as
District L Director in October of 2004. Actively involved in
the North Orange County Community College District’s United
Faculty, she has been on local chapter’s board since 1998.
She currently serves as secretary. In addition, she has
edited the group’s monthly newsletter for six years.
Working at the community college level
for thirteen years, Linda presently teaches English and
humanities, coordinates the Writing Center and English
Tutorial Service, and has led three student groups for the
Study Abroad program at Cypress College.
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District J
 Paula Jacobs
Saddleback College
28000 Marguerite Parkway
Mission Viejo, CA 92692
Campus: 949-582-4886
E-mail:
osidepaula@yahoo.com
Term: 2009-2011
Represents: South Orange County CCD (Saddleback,
Irvine Valley), and Santiago Canyon/Santa Ana Continuing
Education Faculty Association
Paula Jacobs has been a faculty member
at Saddleback College in the South Orange County Community
College District since 1981. Before coming to Saddleback,
she was a faculty member at College of the Canyons and
College of the Desert, and has also taught at the secondary
level.
Paula has taught reading,
developmental, educational, and applied psychology; served
as a Learning Disability Specialist and Instructional
Specialist; and is currently a generalist counselor in the
Division of Counseling Services and Special Programs. She
has been active in her local Academic Senate and served as
Saddleback College Faculty Development Chair for seven
years.
Her academic background includes a B.A.
in History, a M. A. in Education (reading), a M.A. in
Educational Psychology and completion of doctoral coursework
in Curriculum and Instruction. She has served two terms
on CTA State Council, has been a member of the SOCCCDFA
Representative Council, and is currently the Grievance Chair
for Saddleback College and SOCCCDFA Secretary.
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District K
(Position vacant, to be appointed)
Represents: Riverside Community College
Non-CCA colleges in this district:
Palomar
College
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District L
 Gaylla
Finnell
Imperial Valley College
380 East Aten Road (P.O. Box 158)
Imperial, CA 92251
Campus: 760-355-6511
E-mail:
gaylla.finnell@roadrunner.com
Term: 2010-2012
Represents: Imperial Valley College, Mira Costa College,
Southwestern College, and College of the Desert Full-time
and Part-time.
Non-CCA colleges in this district:
Grossmont
College, San Diego District
Gaylla has been with Imperial Valley
College since 2000, when she began teaching Administration
of Justice courses as a part-time instructor. In 2004, she
was hired as a full-time instructor of Political Science and
currently heads the IVC Political Science Department.
In addition to teaching traditional and
online courses, Gaylla serves on the IVC Distance Education
Committee and is the faculty advisor for Students for
Political Awareness (SPA), a student club that seeks to
bring more awareness of political and social issues through
community service. SPA has been recognized by State Senator
Denise M. Ducheny, Congressman Bob Filner, and the United
States Marine Corps for its service to the community,
veterans and armed forces.
Gaylla is the president of the
Imperial Valley College CCA/CTA/NEA, and serves on the Imperial County Service Center Council,
which provides an important link to the Imperial County K-12
CTA chapters. Gaylla has an undergraduate degree in Criminal
Justice Administration and master’s degree in Public
Administration.
Prior to teaching at Imperial Valley
College, she worked in the private sector as a paralegal and
for the County of Imperial as a Deputy Probation Officer.
In addition to her duties at Imperial
Valley College, Gaylla serves as chair of the Centinela
State Prison Citizens’ Advisory Committee, as vice-president
of the Imperial Valley Council of the Navy League of the
United States, and as a board member of the Imperial Valley
Food Bank.
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John
Sullivan
Gilda Bloom-Leiva,
Ph.D.