Department Staff and Responsibilities

The Human Resources Department handles personnel and employment-related matters for regular, temporary, student, and short-term non-continuing employees totaling over 3,000 people. The staff includes 1 Educational Administrator, 1 Classified Administrator, 4 Confidential employees and 5 Classified employees. Services provided include recruiting, hiring, evaluating, employee benefits, worker's compensation reporting, absence tracking and employment verifications. The Staff members act as liaisons to other departments where personnel issues and functions cross interdepartmental lines. In addition, the Director 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.

Karen Furukawa
Director of Human Resources
kfurukawa-schlereth@santarosa.edu
(707) 527-4302

• Responsible for entire Human Resources function
• Interpretation of contracts
• All legal issues

Sabrina Meyer
Assistant Director of Human Resources
smeyer@santarosa.edu
(707) 527-4821

• Questions about personnel policies/procedures
• Classification issues
• Classified contract interpretation
• Employee/employer relations issues

Anne McLain
Executive Assistant, Human Resources
amclain@santarosa.edu
(707) 527-4787

• Executive Assistant to Director of Human Resources
• Contact to make appointments with Director
• Human Resources portion of the Board of Trustees’ monthly meeting agenda
• Management Team Organizational Chart
• Employee of the Month
• Employee Sunshine Fund

Danielle Donica
Human Resources Technician II
ddonica@santarosa.edu
(707) 527-4785

• Classified PAFs/Master PAFs
• Evaluation tracking for Management and Classified staff
• Instructional Assistant step movement and tracking
• Notice of Absence and all leave tracking for Classified, Faculty and Management staff
• Process and procedures for hiring Short-Term, Noncontinuing employees and regular Instructional Assistants
• TB clearance tracking
• Classified resignations
• Extended medical and maternity leaves of absence
• Adjunct files - processing

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

• Classified PAFs/Master PAFs
• Evaluation tracking for Management and Classified staff
• Instructional Assistant step movement and tracking
• Notice of Absence and all leave tracking for Classified, Faculty and Management staff
• Process and procedures for hiring Short-Term, Noncontinuing employees and regular Instructional Assistants
• TB clearance tracking
• Classified resignations
• Extended medical and maternity leaves of absence
• Adjunct files - processing

Louise Burke
Human Resources Specialist, Benefits
lburke@santarosa.edu
(707) 527-4304

• Benefits administration
• Retirement issues

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

• Position control and data entry
• Budget issues as they pertain to computer information system
• Salary placements for Regular and Adjunct Faculty
• Salary schedule movement for Regular and Adjunct faculty
• Faculty and Management PAFs/Master PAFs
• Faculty resignations
• Incoming transcripts

Sarah Hopkins
Recruitment Coordinator
shopkins@santarosa.edu
(707) 527-4831

• Recruitment of Regular and Adjunct Faculty, Classified, and Management staff
  
• Recruitment procedures and timelines
• Job announcements and advertising
• Committee orientations
• Maintenance of Adjunct Faculty pools
• Minimum qualifications and equivalency questions
• Internal transfers and/or promotions

Tracy Ruelle
Human Resources Technician I
truelle@santarosa.edu
(707) 522-2667

• Human Resources Technician for Regular and Adjunct Faculty, Management, and Classified staff recruiting
• Requisitions, recruitment statistics, job announcements and advertisements
• Classified transfer/promotion line
• Faculty, Classified and Management jobline
• Adjunct Faculty new hire paperwork (initiation of)

Cecilia Jones
Human Resources Technician I
cjones@santarosa.edu
(707) 521-6957

• Human Resources Technician for Regular and Adjunct Faculty, Management, and Classified staff recruiting (emphasis on Adjunct Faculty)
• Requisitions, recruitment statistics, job announcements and advertisements
• Classified transfer/promotion line
• Faculty, Classified and Management jobline
• Adjunct Faculty new hire paperwork (initiation and processing of)

Susan Muskar
Human Resources Analyst
smuskar@santarosa.edu
(707) 524-1624

• Worker’s compensation
• Long-term disability and illness
• Extended medical
• Volunteer Sign Up Sheets
• Exit Interview
• Request for reports or labels from the Human Resources system
• Adjunct Medical Benefits

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

• Department secretary/front office
• General information
• Application materials
• Employment verifications
• The person to call when you don’t know who to talk with in the Human Resources Department

Page revised on: December 21st, 2007