About

Purpose

California’s Strong Workforce Program (SWP) is an initiative designed to expand career technical education (CE) programs in the state’s community colleges, further improve response to workforce demands, and deliver the skill sets required by our local employers. To implement the SWP, seven regional consortia were established by the California Community College Chancellor’s Office to provide leadership in the creation and implementation of career education. The North Far North Regional Consortium is charged with coordinating the planning and implementation of the program in the North Far North (NFN) Region of California.

NFNRC Structure

External Partners

WIOAs

CCPT Grantees

K-12

AEBG

CSU, UC

NFNRC

Executive Director

Director of Employer Partnerships

Assistant Director of Employer Partnerships

Technical Assistance Providers

Pathway Coordinators

Key Talent

Colleges

CEOs, CIOs, CSSOs

CE Deans

CE Faculty

Counselors

NFNRC Governance Structure

Members

NFN Staff Members

Blaine Smith

NFN Executive Director

Butte College

smithbl@butte.edu

Drew Aversa

Dir. of Employer Partnerships

Shasta College

daversa@shastacollege.edu

Tanya Meyer

K-14 TAP

Feather River

tmeyer@frc.edu

Allison Travis-Bee

Program Coordinator

Butte College

travis-beeal@butte.edu

Shari Dempsey

Admin Secretary-Grants

Butte College

dempseysh@butte.edu

Becca Mortimer

Admin Secretary-Grants

Butte College

mortimertr@butte.edu

NFN Coordinating Council

Blaine Smith

Executive Director-NFNRC

Butte College

Theresa Milan

Los Rios CCD

Tammy Montgomery

Los Rios CCD

Joe Wyse

Shasta College

jwyse@shastacollege.edu

TBD

Erik Shearer

Butte College

Amy Schultz

Sierra College

aschulz1@sierracollege.edu

Yanna Iatridis

Voting Member-Far North

Shasta College

iiatridis@shastacollege.edu

Jeff Stephenson

CSSO-North

American River College

stephej@arc.losrios.edu

Char Perlas

CSSO-Far North

College of the Siskiyous

cperlas@siskiyous.edu

Kris Hubbard

Faculty CE Liaison-North

Cosumnes River College

HubbarK@crc.losrios.edu

TBD

Faculty CE Liaison-Far North

Tanya Meyer

Feather River

Aaron Wilcher

COE

Sara Phillips

COE

sphillips@shastacollege.edu

Roy Kim

WIB Representative-North

SETA/Sac Works

Roy.Kim@seta.net

TBD

WIB Representative-Far North

Frank Gerdeman

Adult Education Rep

ADVANCE (Lake Tahoe)

fgerdeman@ltcc.edu

Drew Aversa

Director of Employer Partnerships

Shasta College

daversa@shastacollege.edu

Josh Sweigert

ADEP-North

Lake Tahoe

sweigert@ltcc.edu

Pamela Heston

ADEP-Far North

Mendocino

pheston@shastacollege.edu

Michael Jackson

Student/Alumni-North

Sierra College

mjackson51@sierracollege.edu

TBD

Student/Alumni/Far North

Consortia Voting Members

Derrick Booth

AVP

American River College

boothd@arc.losrios.edu

Denise Adams

Dean

Butte College

adamsde@butte.edu

Kerry Mayer

College of the Redwoods

kerry-mayer@redwoods.edu

Mark Klever

AVP-Interim

College of the Siskiyous

mklever@siskiyous.edu

Dana Wassmer

Dean

Cosumnes River College

wassmed@crc.losrios.edu

Derek Lerch

CIO

Feather River College

dlerch@frc.edu

Chris Morris

Dean

Folsom Lake College

christophermorris995@gmail.com

Brad Deeds

Dean

Lake Tahoe Community College

deeds@ltcc.edu

Michell Williams

Dean-Interim

Lassen College

mwilliams@lassencollege.edu

Christy Smith

Dean

Mendocino College

csmith@mendocino.edu

Rick Hodge

Dean

Sacramento City College

hodger@scc.losrios.edu

Yanna Iatridis

Dean

Shasta College

iiatridis@shastacollege.edu

Amy Schultz

Dean

Sierra College

aschulz1@sierracollege.edu

Sandy Fowler

Dean

Woodland Community College

sfowler@yccd.edu

Dwayne Newman

Dean

Yuba College

dnewman@yccd.edu

K-12 SWP Contacts

Statewide K12 SWP listserv

Subscribe here to receive information

Tanya Meyer

K14 TAP

tmeyer@frc.edu

Becca Mortimer

Fiscal & NOVA Assistant

Butte College

mortimertr@butte.edu

Sharon Nilsson

K-12 Pathway Coordinator-Butte-Glenn CCD

snilsson@bcoe.org

Lisa Kelly

K-12 Pathway Coordinator-Feather River CCD

lkelly@plumascharterschool.org

Kim Carr

K-12 Pathway Coordinator-Lake Tahoe CCD

kcarr@ltusd.org

TBD

K-12 Pathway Coordinator-Lassen CCD

Raelynn Sharp

K-12 Pathway Coordinator-Los Rios CCD

rsharp@scoe.net

Emily Morgan

K-12 Pathway Coordinator-Mendocino CCD

emorgan@mcoe.us

William Row

K-12 Pathway Coordinator Redwoods CCD

wrow@hcoe.org

Rosemary Mitchell

K-12 Pathway Coordinator-Shasta-Trinity-Tehama CCD

rmitchell@shastacoe.org

Christina Overmiller

K-12 Pathway Coordinator-Sierra CCD

covermiller@puhsd.k12.ca.us

Bright Nichols-Stock

K-12 Pathway Coordinator-Siskiyous CCD

bstock@siskiyoucoe.net

TBD

K-12 Pathway Coordinator-Yuba CCD

Employer Engagement

Drew Aversa

Director of Employer Partnerships

daversa@shastacollege.edu

Wendy Porter

ADEP-Generalist

Butte College

wporter@shastacollege.edu

Josh Sweigert

ADEP-RHT/AGWET

Lake Tahoe Community College

sweigert@ltcc.edu

Pamela Heston

ADEP-Generalist

Mendocino College

pheston@shastacollege.edu

Molly Stimpel

ADEP-Generalist

Shasta & College of the Siskyous

mstimpel@shastacollege.edu

Shinder Gill

ADEP-ECU

Los Rios

GillS@crc.losrios.edu

Other Key Talent and Stakeholders

Aaron Wilcher

Director, COE (North)

wilchea@losrios.edu

Sara Phillips

Director, COE (Far North)

sphillips@shastacollege.edu

Ebony Benzing

COE (North)

ebony.benzing@losrios.edu

Tim Morehouse

Guided Pathways

tmorehouse@foundationccc.org

Sunny Greene

Guided Pathways

SGreene@foundationccc.org

Cindy Sanchez

Guided Pathways

csanchez@foundationccc.org

Colleges

American River College

https://www.arc.losrios.edu/cte

Butte College

https://www.butte.edu/careers/

Cosumnes River College

https://crc.losrios.edu/academics/career-education

Feather River College

https://www.frc.edu/cted

Folsom Lake College

https://www.flc.losrios.edu/academics/career-education

Lake Tahoe Community College

https://www.ltcc.edu/academics/cte.php

Lassen Community College

https://www.lassencollege.edu/academics/divisions/cte-pe/Pages/default.aspx

Mendocino College

https://www.mendocino.edu/ce

College of the Redwoods

https://www.redwoods.edu/cte

Sacramento City College

https://www.scc.losrios.edu/ce/

Shasta College

https://www.shastacollege.edu/Academic%20Affairs/EWD/CTE/pages/4963.aspx

Sierra College

https://academics.sierracollege.edu/career-and-technical-education

College of the Siskiyous

https://www.siskiyous.edu/cte/

Woodland Community College

https://wcc.yccd.edu/academics/career/career/

Yuba College

https://yc.yccd.edu/academics/career-technical-education/