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, accessibity, compliance, 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
Vice President of Human Resources
kfurukawa-schlereth@santarosa.edu
(707) 527-4302

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

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

• Questions about personnel policies/procedures
• Classification issues
• Classified contract interpretation
• Employee/employer relations issues
• Day to day supervision of Human Resources functions

Brenda Dixon
Executive Assistant, Human Resources
bdixon@santarosa.edu
(707) 521-6957

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

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
• Employment paperwork processing for Classified, Faculty, Management, STNC and Professional Experts staff
• Notice of Absence and all leave tracking for Classified, Faculty and Management staff
• Fingerprinting
• TB clearance tracking
• Classified resignations
• Extended medical and maternity leaves of absence
• STNC Days Report

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
• Employment paperwork processing for Classified, Faculty, Management, STNC and Professional Experts staff
• Notice of Absence and all leave tracking for Classified, Faculty and Management staff
• Fingerprinting
• TB clearance tracking
• Classified resignations
• Extended medical and maternity leaves of absence
• STNC Days Report

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
Manager of Human Resources
shopkins@santarosa.edu
(707) 527-4831

• Classification and job descriptions
• Recruitment of Regular and Adjunct Faculty, Classified, and Management staff
  
• Recruitment procedures and timelines
• Job announcements and advertising
• Committee orientations and monitor training
• Maintenance of Adjunct Faculty pools
• Minimum qualifications and equivalency questions
• Internal transfers and/or promotions
• Maintenance of Human Resources website

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

• Assists with classification review process
• 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
• Initiation and Processing of Adjunct Faculty new hire paperwork
• Maintenance of Adjunct Faculty pools

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

• Intake/Student discrimination and sexual harassment complaints
• Worker’s compensation
• Reasonable accommodations program
• Long-term disability and illness
• Extended medical
• Volunteer program
• Exit Interview
• Adjunct Faculty Medical Benefits
• Pre-employment physical process for designated classifications
• Special projects and back-up for other HR staff

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

Date last updated: February 12, 2013