ADFAC Board Members

2009-10 BOARD MEMBERS

SAM RUSSO

President

Sam has taught at Cypress College for the past twenty years. He has a B.A. in Philosophy from Pomona Pitzer, and an M.A. in Philosophy from USC. He was also one of the core group which helped establish Adjunct Faculty United. He has been President of our local for four terms, and has served for the last four years on the Executive Council of the CFT. On the Executive Council, he has served on the Legal Defense Fund Committee. For six years, he was Chair of the CFT Part-Time Faculty Committee. He also served for two years on the AFT Higher Education Program and Policy Council as well as the Academic Staffing Crisis Committee of the PPC. Prior to his work with AdFac, he served on the negotiating team of the El Camino College Federation of Teachers and was a Vice President of the ECCFT. He has also been an official delegate to the last nine CFT Conventions.

"Our first Contract was one of the best in the state, and we have made significant progress in terms of compensation, health benefits, rehire rights, grievance process, etc., but we still have a long way to go."

JULIE ZWEIG

Secretary

I would like to become more involved in the process of creating an equitable and beneficial contract for part-timers. I believe that we can find a way to improve our current contract. I would like to discuss with other team members the rights that individual instructors should have, for example, to receive a list of part-timers in their department with hire dates so they clearly know where they stand. At present, this right is available twice a semester to union officials only. I have taught Spanish, French, ESL and Bilingual Social Science at the high school level for 33 years, and about 7 years teaching Spanish and ESL at Cypress College. Additionally, I have a law degree which has given me some experience in contract formation. At the high school level, I was an active union supporter, although I did not have the time to run for office. Since I am retired from the high school and am working only part-time at Cypress College, I now have the time to give.

NATASHA BAUMAN

VP Cypress

I teach college composition and critical thinking at Cypress College. I have a master's degree from Loyola Marymount and an MFA in fiction from Vermont College. I am a life-long union member and activist. As Vice President of AdFac, my top priority is salary and benefits equity for all part-timers. I believe the State of California should offer full health care and retirement benefits to all adjunct faculty members who work for California's public community colleges. And I believe each and every faculty member should receive equal pay for equal work. I will also continue to work to increase union membership among adjuncts.

Ray Raugust

Treasurer

With the recall of AdFac’s treasurer last May, AdFac appointed Ray Raugust as Interim Treasurer. Ray has taught accounting at Cypress College since 1996. He holds a BA in Business Administration from California State University, Fullerton. He is a California CPA and served as a senior tax associate and senior audit associate with Deloitte Touche, LLP before joining Hughes Aircraft as a senior internal auditor. He established and managed his full service public accounting practice in Santa Ana. He and his wife, Win, live in Los Angeles.

JERRI GIRARD-CORKUM

VP Fullerton

Jerri was a member of the regular organized negotiation team that resulted in our first contract with NOCCCD. Since that time, she has served on the AdFac Executive Board as member, co-chair of the Grievance Committee, and as liaison between AdFac and Fullerton College. She has taught Spanish at Fullerton College for more than ten years. She works well with people and is well qualified to continue to serve on the AdFac board.

SLIMANE GUEDDI

VP SCE

Prior to joining NOCCCD as a part-time ESL instructor since Fall 1999, Dr. Slimane Gueddi was Assistant Professor of French Language and Literature at Whittier College as well as an adjunct professor of French at San Diego City College. Dr. Gueddi earned a JD from the University of Algiers Law School, He then earned a Ph.D. in French Literature from UC, San Diego. Dr. Gueddi co-edited the college text "Deux Mondes" (used in about 60 colleges and Universities) with the late well-known linguist Tracy Terrell. He also speaks French, Spanish, Arabic and Berber (oral language spoken in North Africa).
Dr Gueddi has been the vice-president for SCE since 2004 as well as a member of the negotiating team.

DENNY KONSHAK

Grievance/Negotiations Consultant

Denny taught English at Fullerton College. He is retired, having previously taught at Yakima Valley College in Washington State, University of Hawaii, Maui, and Seattle University. Always happy to discuss foreign films, Denny has also taught (and published on) classic Japanese cinema and taught Latin American cinema, having done research in Brazil with a Fullbright fellowship. Denny was part of the union's Negotiation team during the entire 15-month creation of AdFac’s first contract.

JUDI MCDUFF

Executive Director

Judi was elected Executive Director in January, 2008, and is the only executive director of a part-time only local in California. Judi is a former part-timer in the NOCCCD who taught beginning computer classes. She also served as Editor of the SCE Class Schedule for 9 years. In 2000, Judi began working for the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) in the Fullerton College Organizing Project office where she helped organize Adjunct Faculty United. She has worked for Adjunct Faculty United since 2006 as Professional Staff Person and is serving her fourth year on our negotiations team. Judi holds a California community college teaching credential and a Masters degree in Journalism from Penn State University.

CATHERINE WHITSETT

Chief Negotiator

As a student, Catherine has taken classes through all three schools at NOCCCD. Since 1992, she has taught part-time for the School of Continuing Education and still teaches at Cypress College. She was here before the union came, and she appreciates the substantial increases that have been brought through negotiations. She served two years as Secretary of the union and became Chief Negotiator in Fall 2009. She enjoys serving on the board and would like to help improve conditions for our union members

BOB FEY

Past President

Bob taught Economics and Environmental Studies at CSU Fullerton and Economics at various community colleges in Orange County. He has been an active member of Adjunct Faculty United since July, 2000. He has a B.A. in Economics from the University of Cincinnati, an M.S. in Environmental Studies from CSU Fullerton, and an M.A. in Economics from CSU Fullerton. His professional experience includes business management, environmental regulation, environmental consulting, and environmental field services.

Frank R. Oppedisano

CST Field Representative

New to AdFac is Frank R. Oppedisano, who replaces Mary Millet as CFT Field Representative to our local union. Frank has served as Executive Director in the Newport-Mesa Federation of Teachers (certificated employees), Local 1794, Costa Mesa, since 2006. He began working for AFT in 1999. Originally from Syracuse, he interned for AFT in Washington, DC, organized in California for AFT/CFT until 2001, served as Executive Director of Coast Federation of Educators from 2002 to 2004, and then as Executive Director with Newport-Mesa. He’s also on the Board of Trustees for the Newport-Mesa Schools Foundation.

Pete Christenson

COPE Chair

Pete Christenson became AdFac’s new COPE chair, replacing retiree Tony Jordan, in the late spring. After becoming interested in our local, Pete volunteered to make phone calls for our COPE campaign last winter. He served as an official delegate to the CFT Convention in March. And he supported our efforts on AB 1807 at the District Board meeting in May 2010. Pete asks lots of questions and is really interested in the issues part-timers face in the current economic climate. He taught at Cypress and Golden West Colleges in the early ’80s. He has been teaching mathematics at Cypress College since 2002. He also has been a financial advisor with Ameriprise Financial Services since 1996. Pete and his wife, Terry, live in Brea.

	2010 Executive Board Meetings August 20 Meetings begin at 12:30pm in the ADFAC office @ 305 N. Harbor Blvd., Suite 313, Fullerton
	ADFAC Party September 17 Villa Del Sol Courtyard 4:00-6:00 pm