GREEN RIVER COLLEGE - Key Persons
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- Transfer Education Planner
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- CTE & Natural Resource Tribal Pathways Manager
- Member of the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota
Alejandra is a member of the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota. Growing up on her ancestral homelands has impacted the direction of her life. Her academic journey includes a Bachelor's of Arts in Indigenous and American Indian Studies with an emphasis Environmental Justice at Haskell Indian Nations University. After earning her BA, Alejandra worked at her tribal school as the Human Resources for a year. After seeing a greater need within tribal communities, Alejandra earned her Masters of Social Work with a concentration in American Indian and Alaskan Native populations from Washington University Brown School of Social Work. As the Tribal Pathways Manager here at Green River College gives Alejandra the opportunity to combine both of her passions, Environmental Justice and Social Work. Alejandra currently resides in Federal Way with her 8-year-old pit-bull/terrier mix, Princetopher. They both enjoy going on trails and walks in the woods. She's also a beginner crafter, tea enthusiast and aspiring baker.
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- Director, Career and Advising / Progress and Completion
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- Educational Planner - Career / Tech Programs
Andy (BA, MA) has 15 years of project and program management experience in higher education, and has served as Program Manager for Green River's BAS in Software Development since 2014. He's also a data analytics enthusiast and a Certified ScrumMaster who blogs frequently about innovating in the applied baccalaureate space. His primary interests include data analytics, digital marketing & content development, and helping students with non-technical backgrounds find a new start in tech.
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- Time Faculty and Academic Coordinator of Clinical Education
Anna graduated from Pacific Lutheran University with a BS in Physical Education before attending Green River's Physical Therapist Assistant program in 1994. She has worked in various settings which include Pediatrics, inpatient rehabilitation, sports medicine orthopedics, skilled nursing, and home health. Anna started teaching at Green River College in 2013 as part-time adjunct faculty and then in 2016 took on the responsibilities of Academic Coordinator of Clinical Education (ACCE).
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- Intensive English Advisor
- International Student Advisor
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- Interim Co - Lead of Student Affairs
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- Executive Director of Institutional Effectiveness
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- Educational Planner ( Generalist )
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- Interim Co - Lead of Student Affairs
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- Interim Co - Lead of Student Affairs
Hello! My name is Devan. I was born in Hammond Louisiana and raised in West/South Seattle. I thoroughly enjoy weight lifting, video games, and drive-in movies. If I don't make you laugh within 5 mins of us meeting then I'm doing something wrong. I'm an extremely nice guy so don't be afraid to reach out if you need anything!
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- Member of the Advisory Committee
Dixie Cattell, CCR, RPR Cattell & Associates
I graduated from Green River in 1980, working for a freelance agency for a year before venturing out on my own. Over the years my clientele grew to the point of needing to hire other reporters to help me. My business is located in Olympia, and I have recently opened the first public videoconferencing room in the Olympia area. I love reporting and technology and would welcome questions from any students. I would love to share with you any knowledge I can to help make the transition easier from student to working reporter.
Monica grew up working and playing outside in the Black Hills of South Dakota. She studied Ecology and received her BA degrees in Environmental Studies and Biology. Monica served in the Peace Corps in Guatemala leading work in Ecotourism, trail network development, community ecology training and reforestation. She taught regular courses at the local forestry school and started Becas Especiales - a grassroots sustainable scholarship program for rural impoverished Guatemalan youth. In Guatemala, Monica realized there was a lack of coordination and communication between natural resource scientists and practitioners and decided to go back to school so she could work on bridging this gap. She taught graduate ecology classes while receiving an MS in Environmental Science and MS in Environmental Policy from Indiana University. She studied how different interpretations of forest policies in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras were manifested on the forest ecosystem while obtaining her PhD in Environmental Science with a focus in Forestry. Previously, Monica has taught at Portland State University in the Environmental Science and Management Department, at Mount Hood Community College, and at Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs. Monica is excited to be working with the Natural Resource Program at Green River College where she gets to fulfill her passion for teaching. She thinks she has the best job out there and loves her work! Monica is the current Department Head of Natural Resources and she is always being innovative and ensuring students are put first!
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- Vice President of Instruction
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- Vice President of International Programs & Extended Learning
- VP of International Programs
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- Member of the Board
- Trustee
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- Getting Started Specialist
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- Natural Resources Faculty
Eric's path to the Natural Resources world is best described as a circuitous one. Eric grew up in South Seattle with his only exposure to the Great Outdoors being the occasional Boy Scout outing. Upon being laid off from his construction career during the Great Recession, Eric decided to pursue a career where he could be excited to go to work every day. This led him to Green River College where he obtained A.A.S. Degrees in Forestry and Water Quality in 2011. Upon graduation, Eric hired on with R.E. Zenkner and Associates where he set up timber harvests for a number of industrial timber companies in Southwest Washington. He finally emerged from the dense coastal huckleberry in 2012 to take a job with Washington Department of Natural Resources as a State Lands Forester in their Snoqualmie office. "It was with DNR that I went from thinking of myself as a layout technician to thinking of myself as a true forester. To go from planting trees, to silvicultural surveys, to timber sale layout and compliance was incredibly rewarding and has given me an appreciation for the complexity of Natural Resources Management in the 21st century."
In 2016, Eric jumped from State Lands Management to DNR Forest Practices where he reviewed, conditioned, and complied timber harvest applications. This work often required collaboration with local tribes, sister agencies such as Fish and Wildlife, as well as timber companies to ensure that resource protection remained a priority in our natural landscape. In addition to Forestry work, Eric has served as a Wildland Fire Fighter with the DNR for the last 10 years, primarily working in operational roles on hand crews, engines, and working with heavy equipment. "In the decade plus that I've spent working in the woods of our state, I've developed not only a love of the mountains and forests here, but also a sense of pride in the responsible stewardship of our Natural Resources. I am looking forward to bringing that passion, and the boots on the ground skills that I've acquired to the students at Green River College to enable the next generation of Foresters to springboard into fulfilling, successful careers in our industry."
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- Program Manager / Program Manager for High School Completion and Foundation for Success
After graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Forest Management degree from Washington State University in 1978, Gene was hired by the L.T. Murray family to work for Murray Pacific Corporation, also known as West Fork Timber Company (WFTC), where he worked for 37 years helping to manage their 55,000 acre tree farm in the shadow of Mt. Rainier until it was sold in 2015. Over the course of those years, he worked in nearly every aspect of tree farm management, but specialized in inventory, planning, GIS, and silviculture. He was actively involved in developing the first Spotted Owl Habitat Conservation Plan in Washington State, which was later amended as the first All Species Habitat Conservation Plan in the US in 1995.
Gene was also active in the Stand Management Cooperative (SMC) hosted at the University of Washington, serving a term as chairman of the policy committee. Gene has served as chairman on the City of Sumner's Parks and Forestry Commission. Gene is an active member of the Society of American Foresters (SAF) since 1978 and in 2014 received the SAF Field Forester of the Year award for Region 1.
Since 1978, Gene has known or been associated with nearly every instructor in the Green River Natural Resources program and worked with nearly 20 interns during that time. He is excited to bring his decades of professional industrial forestry experience into the classroom to help train the next generation of natural resource professionals.
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- Vice President for College Advancement / Executive Director, Green River College Foundation
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- Member of the Advisory Committee
- Official Court Reporter, Pierce County Courthouse
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- Getting Started Specialist
Jason was born in Santa Monica, CA, and moved to Trout Lake, WA for high school in 1985. After graduating, Jason moved to Ellensburg, WA, and attended Central Washington University where he earned his B.S. in Fish and Wildlife Ecology in 1994. In 1995, Jason was hired as a technician with Weyerhaeuser Company, based out of Federal Way, WA, where he has worked ever since. Today, Jason's role with Weyerhaeuser is as an Aquatic Scientist where he manages the company's Aquatic Op-Support Program in the West, provides regulatory support on aquatic issues, and serves as the principal investigator on a number of research projects focused on the interaction between fish and forestry. During his time at Weyerhaeuser, Jason had the opportunity to earn a Master's Degree from the College of Forest Resources at the University of Washington in 2012. In 2018, Jason embarked on this (second) career of teaching at Green River College and is excited about the opportunity to work with students. Jason lives in Tacoma with his wife and has 3 sons.
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- Chairman of the Board of Trustees
Hello! I joined Running Start in 2022. But I learned about it much earlier when my own kids attended Green River in the Running Start Program. Previously I was a computer programmer, a paraeducator in special education and in an elementary library. I love reading, cats, spending time in nature, and yarn/fiber arts such as knitting, spinning yarn and weaving.
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- Director of Int'L Housing
Jessyka has a long history with Green River College, as a proud graduate of the Natural Resources Program in 2006. Jessyka feels it was because of this program and the incredible instructors and students within it, that she learned who she is and how she relates to the world around her. For this, she is forever grateful! Jessyka's natural resources experience ranges from state, federal, and private industry, but her primary experience was climate change and invasive species research at the United States Forest Service, PNW Research Station, in Olympia, WA. There, she expanded her knowledge and was mentored as a science writer, which catapulted her into science writing and eventually, the education industry. She realized good science better serves the public when it is relatable and written for everyone. Eventually, Jessyka graduated from The Evergreen State College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education. Her experience brings 12 years of experience in higher education, helping bridge the literacy and academic gap of underserved and diverse students, as well as tutoring graduate and professional students on their writing. This may seem like a "left turn;" however, her passion for forestry and education is what prepared her for her current position, as the BAS Program Manager, back home at GRC, with her new natural resources' family! Jessyka writes, "I love this job because it mixes my love of natural resources and education, without ever having to give a grade!"
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- Software Development Instructor
Josh has taught Computer Science and Web Development since 2011. He holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Systems from the University of Washington, and a master's degree in Computer Science, also from the University of Washington, and is also a Certified ScrumMaster. His primary interests include web development, data analysis, algorithms, artificial intelligence, and discrete math.
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- Natural Resources Faculty
Josh comes to the program with two decades of professional work experience in forestry. Josh graduated from the University of Washington in 2007 with a BS in Forest Sciences and a Master of Forest Resources in Forest Management. At graduation, he had two years of grant proposal writing experience for the non- profit Friends of the Cedar River Watershed, and three seasons of professional timber cruising experience in Washington and California in hand. From there, Josh spent two years with Hancock Forest Management as a silviculture forester, working on timberlands in Vernonia, Oregon and in Washington timberlands near Cathlamet, Grays River, Snoqualmie, White River, and Kapowsin. In 2009, Josh took a silviculture forester position at Sierra Pacific Industries (SPI) for the 85,000-acre Ryderwood Tree Farm in Southwest Washington where he oversaw planting operations of over 6.5 million seedlings and pre-commercial thinning
operations of over 20,000 acres. At Ryderwood, Josh recruited and supervised two seasonal timber cruiser positions each summer. He also developed silviculture prescriptions to support the West Fork Timber All Species Habitat Conservation Plan near Mt. Rainier and served three years as an industry representative for the Stand Management Coop, three years as the Chair of the Northwest Tree Improvement Coop, and four years as the Chair of the Animal Damage Control Cooperative. In 2018, Josh moved to the North Cascades to work as a forest operations forester for SPI, overseeing timber harvest, forest road design, and commercial thinning operations in Snohomish, Skagit, and Whatcom counties. During this period, Josh was a regular participant in the Reitter Foothills Public Forum and began his current service as the District 3 representative for the Snohomish County Noxious Weed Control Board.
Josh's love for exploring, learning, and participating in the management of the great mountains in our region has only grown with each step forward in life. Taking time to understand the details of everything from how watersheds function at a broad scale, to how timber cruisers can best optimize their unique skill sets, is what makes forestry so personally rewarding for him.
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- Educational Planner - Transfer
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- Program Manager BAS - IT / Technology Center
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- Program Director and Software Development Instructor
Ken worked as a software developer for more than a decade, developing aircrew and tactics training systems for the naval aviation community. He has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Virginia, a Master of Software Engineering degree from the University of Maryland University College, a certificate in community college teaching from Seattle University, and is a Certified ScrumMaster. His primary interest areas include software craftsmanship, technical leadership, computer science education, and diversity in computing.
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- International Student Advisor
I began working at Green River College in 2017 as an adjunct instructor in the Social Science Division. I joined the Running Start Office in 2021. I earned my bachelor's degree from Gonzaga University and have a master's degrees from the University of Oregon and the University of California Riverside. I love the opportunity to do long-term planning with Running Start students and see how plans change or crystalize as students navigate their path at Green River and beyond. I love being outdoors with my family and watching my favorite sports teams.
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- Educational Planner - Transfer
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- Digital Marketing Manager / Regional
I have worked at Green River since 2007 in various positions. I started as a student in the CLEO program, then continued working part-time in Running Start while I completed my bachelor's degree in Elementary Education. After learning that wasn't the right career for me, I started my Green River career in Recruitment & Outreach. From my experience in Outreach, I developed a passion for student access and helping students succeed. I earned her master's degree in 2012 and became an advisor in Running Start in fall 2013. I also fill my weekends training for half marathons and spending time with my two boys.
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- International Student Advisor
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- Intl Marketing Regional Dir. Regional
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- International Programs Student Life Staff Member
- Student Activities
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- Executive Director of Human Resources
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- Asst Director, Int'L Advising
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- Assistant Director / Assistant Director of International Education
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- International Programs Student Life Staff Member
- Student Activities
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- Educational Planner - Transfer
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- Marketing & Agency Development / Regional
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- Senior Director / International Student Services
I completed high school at Everett Community College as an adult student and continued on with an Associate degree program before transferring to the UW to study Art. I continued to study Art at Parson's School of Design in New York before returning to Seattle to complete a Masters in Education at Antioch University. I have worked in a variety of educational settings throughout my career including: behavioral health, social services and K-12 education in schools. I live with my granddaughter in Tacoma where I am restoring a Victorian house in the Hilltop neighborhood and working in my art studio.
Hello, I am a Running Start Program Coordinator. Before GRC I worked at Highline College as a Career Consultant for Career and Transfer. I am currently a student at CWU pursuing a Bachelor's in psychology. I was once a running start student at Highline, and now I work in the running start office. Kinda cool. I have a little black cat named Gio. I like all things food; I am always hungry. When you drop by our office, I'll be the first person you see behind the desk.
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- Program Manager AAS - T IT / Technology Center
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- International Business Manager / Regional
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- Director, Int'L Education
R. J. Amador is a California native, entrepreneur, career consultant, and environmental policy specialist. Ask him about making glue out of recycled Styrofoam! R.J. is also an officer in the US Navy reserve, leading teams of specialized personnel in mission critical efforts.
R.J. holds a bachelor's degree in International Studies with specialization in Latin America, and a minor in Management from the University of California, Irvine, and a master's degree in Applied Economics from the University of Cambridge, where he focused on the uptake of renewable energy and energy efficiency systems globally.
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- International Student Advisor
My name is Rosaline and I serve our Running Start students as the front desk lead. Before joining our Running Start Team, I began my journey with GRC via our Kent Campus as a Program Coordinator and have had the honor of working with students since 2017 here at Green River College. During my free time I love spending time with my family, watching football and trash talking Seahawks fans as a San Francisco 49er Faithful! #GoNiners
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- Dir. of Intl. Education / Regional
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- Member of the Board
- Vice Chair of the Board
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- Vice President for Business Administration and Human Resources
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- Educational Planner, Health Occupations
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- Career & Advising Center Manager
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- Software Development Instructor
Susan has over a decade of software development experience in diverse environments such as manufacturing, research and development, oil and gas, health care, education, and developer tools. She gained this experience by working in large corporations and by starting up a small software development company. Susan also has over ten years of experience teaching computer science and mathematics courses and is a self-professed lifelong learner. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from the University of Virginia, a Master of Secondary Education from the University of St. Thomas, and a Master of Science in Statistics with an emphasis on Biostatistics and Bioinformatics from the Texas A&M University. Her current interests are on promoting diversity in the tech industry, computer science education, network and cloud computing, and data science.
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- Executive Assistant to the President
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- Int'L Visitors Program Manager
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- Educational Planner - Transfer
Tim Broxholm is a self-described "Edu-preneur" who is driven to: add value, contribute to excellence, and make a positive impact on his students. As a former HR Director and current consultant, author, entrepreneur, and investor Tim utilizes his expertise to help students develop the necessary competencies and connections to excel in the world of work. Tim is known for his innovative teaching methods, he partners with one of the country's leading learning science companies to innovate and develop the next generation of learning products.
Tim's main areas of interest are:
Business Strategy
Sales and Negotiations
Organizational Development
Leadership Development
Personal and Professional Branding
Tim holds a Masters of Arts in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Seattle Pacific University and a Bachelors of Business Administration in Marketing and Management from The University of Portland.
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- Software Development Instructor
Tina has taught as a Computer Science and Information Systems instructor for 20 years. She earned her Bachelor's from the University of Washington in Cognitive Science, her Master of Arts in Theology from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and a Master of Science in Computer Information Technology from Regis University. Having developed websites for organizations with thousands of users, she brings a wealth of experience to the classroom. Her primary professional interests include women in technology, database systems, and Agile development methods. Tina is a Certified ScrumMaster.
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- Software Development Instructor
Tyler has more than a decade of programming and web development experience. He gained this experience while working as an IT professional, freelance developer and working in higher education as both a member of faculty and staff. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science from Malone University and a Masters of Business Administration from Waynesburg University. His current interests include strategic problem solving, website design and development, and partner & group programming.
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- Senior Software Developer
- Software Development Instructor
Usman Rizvi is a Senior Software Developer with over eight years of industry experience. He holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the University of Washington and is currently enrolled in the Masters in Information Systems program at the University of Phoenix. Usman has developed software for Boeing aircraft, Portable Ultrasound, several websites, Dataloader, and test suites. He also has over six years of experience teaching computer science courses such as object oriented programming, Java, Python, database, PHP, and Android development. Usman's current interests include Android design and development, software design and development, and Java programming, and he inspires students by sharing his wealth of industry experience.
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I grew up in the Auburn community. I have worked with students in the Kent and Auburn School Districts and community since 2007 in various supportive roles. Some of my experiences include office support, being a marching band coach, and a school bus driver to name a few. I completed my bachelor's degree recently from one of Green River's BAS programs. When I am not at work, I will be out hiking on trails, playing tabletop games with friends, out in my garden, or playing musical instruments with my friends.