The Academic Senate is composed of a Senator from each Division, the Library, and Student Services; nine Full-time Senators-at-Large; and up to three voting Senators-at-Large from the Part-time Faculty. One non-voting student member is appointed by the ASOCC each fall semester.

Academic Senate Membership 2024-2025

Academic Senate Members
Full Name Title Email Term
Jason Ball Part Time Senator jball1@occ.cccd.edu ​2024-2025
Allissa Blystone Math and Sciences Senator ablystone@occ.cccd.edu 2023-2026
Carol Barnes Counseling Senator cbarnes@occ.cccd.edu 2024-2027
Lauren Becker Senator-at-Large lbecker@occ.cccd.edu 2024-2027
Tyler Boogar Parliamentarian, Senator-at-Large tboogar@occ.cccd.edu 2023-2026
​Eric Budwig ​Technology Senator ebudwig@occ.cccd.edu ​2023-2026
Jodi Della Marna Library and Learning Support Senator jdellamarna@occ.cccd.edu 2023-2026
Rendell Drew President, Senator-at-Large rdrew@occ.cccd.edu 2023-2026
Carly Gonzalez Senator-at-Large cgonzalez232@occ.cccd.edu 2024-2027
Lee Gordon Vice President, Senator-at-Large lgordon@occ.cccd.edu 2022-2025
Devyn Harnett Part Time Senator dhartnett@cccd.edu 2024-2025
Kelly Holt Senator-at-Large kholt@occ.cccd.edu  2023-2026
Marilyn Kennedy Secretary, Lit. and Lang. Senator mkennedy@occ.cccd.edu 2022-2025
Jodie Legaspi Athletics and Kinesiology Senator jlegaspi4@occ.cccd.edu 2023-2026
Kate McCarroll Senator-at-Large kfriedman5@occ.cccd.edu 2024-2027
Irene Naesse Senator-at-Large inaesse@occ.cccd.edu  2023-2026
Jeanne Neil Business and Computing Senator jneil@occ.cccd.edu 2022-2025
Leland Paxton Part Time Senator lpaxton@occ.cccd.edu 2024-2025
Lori Pullman Curriculum Chair (Non-Voting) lpullman@occ.cccd.edu Open
Loren Sachs Senator-at-Large lsachs@occ.cccd.edu 2022-2025
​Katherine Sheehan ​Visual and Performing Arts Senator ksheehan3@occ.cccd.edu ​2024-2027
Jordan Stanton Social and Beh. Sciences Senator jstanton@occ.cccd.edu 2022-2025
VACANT Consumer Health Sciences Senator VACANT 2023-2026