Recognition of Service for the 2025-26 Academic Year
The Board of Trustees is happy to recognize employees who have worked in the District for 25 years or more as of 2026.
At the May 26, 2025 Board Meeting, District employees who have worked at NOCCCD for 25 years or more were recognized and awarded service pins. Over 70 of our employees have been contributing their hard work, commitment, and dedication to North Orange County education for 25 to even 45 years! Thank you for everything you do.
Service Pin Recipients
45 Years of Service
- Carolee Freer, Court Reporting Instructor, Cypress College
40 Years of Service
- Carol Lewis, History Instructor, Cypress College
35 Years of Service
- Ana Cota, Administrative Assistant I, Cypress College
- Deidre Hughes, English Instructor, Fullerton College
- Liana Koeppel, Speech Instructor, Cypress College
- Cecilia Richie, Receptionist/Dispatcher, Cypress College
- Cindy Zarske, Mathematics Instructor, Fullerton College
30 Years of Service
- Violeta Aguilera Valdes, ESL Grants & Special Projects Assistant, NOCE
- Ron Armale, Physical Sciences Instructor, Cypress College
- Sergio Banda, Sociology Instructor, Fullerton College
- Linda Borla, English Instructor, Cypress College
- Lina Callahan, Foreign Language Instructor, Fullerton College
- Matthew Carnes, Facilities Custodian II, Cypress College
- Lidia Coman, Auto Shop Coordinator, Cypress College
- Dale Craig, CIS Instructor, Fullerton College
- Larry Curiel, Sociology Instructor, Cypress College
- Deborah Davidson, Art Instructor, Fullerton College
- Oanh Hoang, Library Assistant III, Fullerton College
- Elaine Loyaza, ESL Instructional Assistant, NOCE
- Alireza Moady, CIS Instructor, Cypress College
- Lisa Morales, Accounting Technician, Cypress College
- Dustin Nguyen, Admissions & Records Specialist, Cypress College
- Paul Paiement, Art Instructor, Cypress College
- John Reid, Facilities Custodian II, Fullerton College
- Layna Santana, Business Office Specialist, Fullerton College
- Kathryn Sonne, English Instructor, Cypress College
- Herman Tran, Equipment Operator, Cypress College
- Barbara Woolner, Human Resources Generalist, District Services
- Nancy Woolridge, CIS Instructor, Fullerton College
- Calvin Young, Biological Science Instructor, Fullerton College
25 Years of Service
- Steven Auger, User Support Analyst, Cypress College
- Minh Bui, Mathematics Instructor, Fullerton College
- Cindy Cao, Administrative Asst III, ISS, Cypress College
- James Carrocino, Library Services Coordinator, Cypress College
- Victoria Castle-Donovetsky, Physical Sciences Instructor, Cypress College
- Mareike Claassen, Mathematics/Engineering Instructor, Fullerton College
- Daniel Fangmeyer, HVAC Mechanic Coordinator, Cypress College
- Mary Faro, Student Services Spec/DSS, NOCE
- Jorge Gamboa, Div Dean, Social Sciences, Fullerton College
- Patricia Giron, Instructional Assistant/ESL, NOCE
- Heidi Guss, English Instructor, Fullerton College
- Antonio Guzman, Facilities Custodian I, District Services
- Heather Halverson, Counselor, Fullerton College
- Angela Henderson, Interim Dean, Fullerton College
- Veronica Hernandez, Laboratory Tech/FC Lab School, Fullerton College
- Ismat Kahlon, User Support Analyst, Cypress College
- Lawrence Keel, English Instructor, Cypress College
- Erin Landry, Dance Instructor, Fullerton College
- Chris Larsen, Mathematics Instructor, Fullerton College
- Pamela Lewin, Women’s Physical Education Instructor, Fullerton College
- Daniel Lind, Ethnic Studies Instructor, Cypress College
- Abed Majdalawi, IT Technician II, Cypress College
- Rena Martinez Stluka, Dir, Admissions and Records, Fullerton College
- Christy Montenegro, Admissions & Records Spec, Cypress College
- Jeff Pham, Instructional Assistant, Fullerton College
- Sylvia Pimentel, Counselor, Fullerton College
- Regina Rhymes, Sociology Instructor, Cypress College
- Alison Robertson, ESL Instructor, Cypress College
- Gabriel Rodriguez, IT Helpdesk Coordinator, Fullerton College
- Stephanie Spooner, Biological Science Instructor, Cypress College
- Blythe Tellefsen, English Instructor, Fullerton College
- Domenic Travaglia, Grounds Coordinator, Cypress College
- Randa Wahbe, English Instructor, Cypress College
- Vincent White, Student Services Coordinator, Fullerton College
