HR Directory

The Human Resources Department handles personnel and employment-related matters for regular, temporary, student, and short-term non-continuing employees. 

Services provided include promoting an equitable work environment, recruiting, hiring, onboarding, evaluating, classification, compensation, employee benefits, employee health and safety, accessibility, compliance, worker's compensation reporting, professional development, absence tracking and employment verifications. Human Resources serves as liaison to other departments where personnel issues and functions cross interdepartmental lines. In addition, the Department mediates legal and personnel issues and oversees the preparation of the personnel portion of the board agenda.

Listed here are the Human Resources Department staff and their functional responsibilities. This will help you reach the appropriate person when you require specific assistance.

Theresa Richmond

Interim Vice President, Human Resources
trichmond@santarosa.edu
(707) 521-6901

  • Responsible for entire Human Resources function
  • Interpretation of contracts
  • Oversees compliance functions including American's with Disability Act, District Compliance and Title IX
  • All legal issues

Vacant

Director, Human Resources

(707) 527-4954

  • Employee/employer relations issues
  • Personnel policies/procedures interpretation
  • Classified and Management classification reviews; Co-chair of Classification Review Committee
  • Oversees Professional Development
  • Tri-chair of Professional Development Committee
  • Embracing a Culture of Inclusion Program
  • Liaison to Academic Senate Equivalency and Faculty Staffing Committees
  • Professional development and compliance training programs for all employee groups
  • Supports the Faculty Flex Program
  • Classified Release Time Requests
  • Questions about personnel policies/procedures and collective bargaining agreements

Sussanah Sydney
Manager, Human Resources/Employment Equity
ssydney@santarosa.edu
(707) 527-4821

  • Hiring Committee orientations
  • Committee Monitor training and monitor assignments
  • Embracing a Culture of Inclusion Program
  • Courageous Leaders Academy
  • SRJC Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Awards
  • Employee Engagement and Retention Initiatives
  • Equal Employment Opportunity Plan
  • SRJC Leadership Academy
  • Career Empowerment Program
  • New Staff and Faculty Orientations
  • Cultivating an Ecosystem of Belonging Program
  • UC Berkeley-Diversity Mentorship Program for Administrators
  • Institutional Knowledge Transfer process for exiting employees
  • Exit Interviews

Brenda Dixon
Executive Assistant, Human Resources
bdixon@santarosa.edu
(707) 521-6957

  • Executive Assistant to the Vice President of Human Resources
  • Contact to make appointments with the Vice President
  • Human Resources portion of the Board of Trustees’ monthly meeting agenda
  • Management Team Organizational Chart
  • Employee of the Month
  • Employee Sunshine Fund
  • Maintenance of Human Resources website
  • Retirements and Resignations
  • Provides administrative support to Human Resources Management

Robin McHale
Manager, Human Resources/Employee Health & Safety
rmchale@santarosa.edu
(707) 524-1507

  • SRJC Employee Health and Safety Compliance
  • ADA Reasonable Accommodation Coordinator for District Employees
  • Employee Injury Illness and Prevention Programs
  • Ergonomic Program Management
  • District Workers' Compensation Coordinator
  • District COVID Team Member
  • COVID positive compliance reporting and training for District Employees
  • Oversight of Employee Leave Programs and leave-related benefit management
  • Employee Health & Wellness
  • Employee Health & Safety and Leave Compliance Training
  • Employee Medical Monitoring
  • District Accessibility Committee Member

Christie Colón
Human Resources Specialist, Benefits
ccolon@santarosa.edu
(707) 527-4304

  • Employee Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance benefit programs
  • Associate Faculty Medical Benefits
  • Retiree Medical and Dental benefit programs
  • COBRA Notifications
  • Open Enrollment Information
  • Health Care Reform Information
  • Reduced Workload Program
  • Early Retirement Option Program
  • CalPERS and CalSTRS Retirement System Information

Gina Waggoner
Human Resources Specialist, Systems & Compensation
gwaggoner@santarosa.edu
(707) 527-4786

  • Position control
  • Classified seniority list
  • Faculty seniority list
  • Pay rates for instructors
  • PAF number reservations (Faculty, Management and Associate Faculty)
  • Budget issues as they pertain to Escape
  • Salary placements for Regular and Associate Faculty
  • Salary schedule movement for Regular and Associate faculty
  • Faculty, Associate and Management PAFs/Master PAFs
  • New hire processing for instructors
  • Human Resources reports
  • Adobe sign assistance for Faculty, Associate and Management PAFs
  • Full time faculty obligation report (75/25)
  • FSA (Faculty Service Area) applications
  • Associate Faculty resignations

Linda Jay
Human Resources Technician
ljay@santarosa.edu
(707) 527-4817

  • Notice of Absence Program and Leave (Vacation, SL, CTO) tracking 
  • Extended Leaves of Absence
  • Long-Term/Short-Term Disability
  • TB clearance tracking
  • Regular evaluation tracking for Management and Classified staff
  • Semester Breaks/Summer 4/10/Holidays
  • Class teaching as Associate Faculty

Jenne Arden
Human Resources Technician
jarden@santarosa.edu
(707) 527-4785

  • Processes Classified, STNC, Professional Expert PAFs/Master PAFs/Group PAFs
  • Employment paperwork processing for STNC and Professional Experts staff
  • HR contact for Student Employment
  • Probationary evaluation tracking for Management and Classified Professionals
  • Fingerprint tracking
  • Instructional Assistant step movement and tracking
  • Longevity PAFs
  • Pre-employment physical process for STNC
  • STNC Days Report
  • STNC & Student Employee Terminations
  • Human Resources Technician for Regular and Associate Faculty, Management, and Classified staff recruiting
  • Requisitions, recruitment statistics, job announcements and advertisements

Jamie Cook  
Human Resources Technician
jcook@santarosa.edu 
(707) 527-4644 

  • Recruitment of Full-Time Faculty, Associate Faculty, Classified, and Management staff
  • Guide Hiring Committees through Hiring Process & Completion of all Hiring Paperwork
  • Hiring Orientation Tracking
  • Update Class Specs
  • Requisition Questions
  • Job Announcements
  • Initiate New Hire Paperwork/Onboarding
  • Maintenance of Associate Faculty pools
  • Maintenance of Human Resources PDA website

Megan Napoli 
Human Resources Technician
mnapoli@santarosa.edu 
(707) 527-4787

  • Human Resources Technician for Regular and Associate Faculty, Management, and Classified staff recruiting
  • Fingerprinting
  • NEOED support
  • Requisitions, recruitment statistics, job announcements and advertisements
  • Initiation and Processing of Regular & Associate Faculty, Management and Classified new hire paperwork/Onboarding
  • Pre-employment physical process for designated classifications
  • Maintenance of Associate Faculty pools
  • Hiring Committee paperwork
  • Maintenance of Human Resources PDA website

Bridget C. Hodenfield
Administrative Assistant I
bhodenfield@santarosa.edu
(707) 527-4954

  • Department Administrative Assistant/Receptionist
  • General information
  • Employment Application questions
  • Employment verifications
  • Volunteer Agreement forms
  • The person to call when you don’t know who to talk with in the Human Resources Department

Toni Chase
Administrative Assistant II
tchase@santarosa.edu
(707) 524-1654

  • General information for Environmental Health & Safety
  • Ergonomic Assessments for SRJC District employees
  • Reasonable Accommodation Assistance
  • Workers' Compensation Assistance