Jim Hammond
James R. Hammond, Executive Director of the Puget Sound Automobile Dealers Association (PSADA), has announced his retirement effective Dec. 31, 2014.
“Jim has been a great supporter of our automotive program for more than four decades,” said Shoreline Community College President Cheryl Roberts in a notice to the college’s Board of Trustees. “We wish him well.”
The PSADA offices are co-located with the Professional Automotive Training Center at the college.
“Acting, interim, provisional, temporary, pro tem, stopgap, short-term, fill-in, caretaker, transitional, makeshift, improvised, impromptu.”
“I wanted to better understand the reason for the number of people we had with ‘acting’ or ‘interim’ attached to their title; some for more than a year, some for several years,” said Cheryl Roberts, not long after assuming her role as president of Shoreline Community College in August, 2014.
“’Acting’ and ‘interim’ can be important tools to bridge gaps in staffing or to get in sync with the hiring cycle. Allowing the designation to go on too long isn’t fair to the person or healthy for our college.”
Roberts asked members of the Executive Leadership Team to review those positions filled by employees with “acting” in their title and make determinations on how to proceed. In all, seven positions were reviewed and in all cases, the person holding the position was appointed to permanent status.
On the academic side of the college, two of the more visible positions that moved to permanent status were Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs and Dean of Humanities. Bob Francis accepted an appointment to the vice president position in October. The choice adds stability to the key position that had been in flux for more than a year. For the past two years Kathie Hunt’s title had been Acting Dean of Humanities. Her permanent appointment took effect on Dec. 1.
Other employees who recently have moved from acting to permanent status, and the effective date, include:
Roberts said she’s asking that “acting” and “interim” be used in a more deliberate way in the future. “We want to define those terms so that the implications and timelines are clear to all,” she said.
Executive Leadership Team members include Roberts, Francis, Vice President for Human Resources and Legal Affairs Stephen Smith, Executive Director for Business, Student Support Services and Technology Support Services Stuart Trippel, Executive Director for Auxiliary and Logistical Support Services Mary Kelemen, Executive Director for International Education Diana Sampson and Special Assistant to the President for Communications and Marketing Jim Hills.
Joining the group in January will be new Executive Director of Budget/Capital Dawn Vinberg.
Here is a list of employee changes for December 2014. These include new and departing employees and changes to current status.
Here is a list of employee changes for November 2014. These include new and departing employees and changes to current status.
Cathy Otto, Ph.D, is the new Dean of the HOPE Division.
Cathy Otto is the new Dean of the Health Occupations, Physical Education and Business Division (HOPE) at Shoreline Community College.
“I’m very excited to bring Cathy with her academic and professional experience to the college in a leadership position for these important programs,” said Bob Francis, Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs. “I want to thank the members of the search committee and everyone involved for their work and commitment.”
Otto earned a Ph.D in Law, Policy and Society: Health Policy at Northeastern University, Boston, in 1998. She also holds an MBA from Portland State University, a BA in French from Portland State, a BS in Medical Technology from Oregon Health Sciences University and a BS in Microbiology from Oregon State University.
Most recently, Otto has been teaching as an associate professor at Salisbury University, Salisbury, Md., in the Medical Laboratory Science Program. Prior to that, she was teaching in the Healthcare Administration master’s program at Pacific University, Hillsboro, Ore. She was Associate Professor and Clinical Coordinator at Oregon Health and Science University, and Otto also taught in the Clinical Laboratory Science Division at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
“Shoreline’s programs have an excellent and well-earned reputation,” Otto said by phone from Maryland. “I’m looking forward to working with the talented and committed faculty and staff. I’m also excited about returning to the Pacific Northwest.”
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