Thursday, March 24, 2011

What Do We Want?

The current Chancellor is only concerned with implementing her business model and providing six figure salaries for her friends. It is a sad day for the City Colleges of Chicago.
We want to see the Chancellor removed and replaced with someone who understands higher education and the needs of our students, we now turn our focus to keeping our Presidents. The only reason Ms. Hyman wants them to reapply for their jobs is because she wants to replace them with her politically connected friends-notice what happened at Harold Washington. The Presidents (who are qualified and who love their students and have demonstrated years of commitment to their colleges and communities) should be given an opportunity to develop student success guidelines with the input from faculty/students/community and execute them.
History shows that institutional change on college campuses is always driven by students and faculty standing together. As faculty we will support students efforts, we have demonstrated our commitment with last nights vote of No Confidence.

Please click on the 2 comments below for a list of newly hired/promoted district personnel.  Also included is the prior city or politically connected institution or department from which each employee came (where available).

6 comments:

  1. Here is the May 2010 – December 2010 Hiring List (in chronological order from first hired to most recently hired):

    Ronny Anderson ($120,000)
    Chief of Staff
    312-553-3482 randerson@ccc.edu

    Vernese Edghill-Walden ($80,000)
    Executive Director, Academic Development
    312-553-2721 vedghill-walden@ccc.edu

    Tenelle Barnes ($95,000)
    Director, Employee Benefits & Health
    312-553-2895 tbarnes@ccc.edu

    Alvin Bisarya ($135,000)
    Vice Chancellor, Strategy and Institutional Intelligence
    312-553-2891 abisarya@ccc.edu
    From Renaissance Schools Fund and McKinsey & Company

    Shawn Burnett-Whitaker ($110,000)
    Senior Staff Attorney
    312-553-2899 sburnett-whitaker@ccc.edu
    From the City of Chicago

    Michael Daigler
    Vice Chancellor, Development ($120,000)
    312-553-2735 mdaigler@ccc.edu

    James Randall Dempsey ($127,000)
    Controller
    312-553- 3372 jdempsey@ccc.edu

    John Gasiorowski ($135,000)
    Inspector General
    312-553-2949 jgasiorowski@ccc.edu
    From the Chicago Board of Education

    Jaime Guzman ($110,000)
    Chief Advisor to the Board of Trustees
    312-553-2545 jguzman@ccc.edu
    From Chicago Public Schools

    Gregory King ($104,700)
    District Director, Marketing & Public Relations
    312-553-3384 gking20@ccc.edu

    Craig Lynch ($150,000)
    Vice Chancellor, Information Technology/CIO
    312-553-3250 celynch@ccc.edu
    From Chicago Public Schools

    Josephine Lucy Mancilla ($85,000)
    Director, Branding & Marketing
    312-553-2568 jlmancilla@ccc.edu

    Joyce Carson ($150,000)
    Vice Chancellor, Business Enterprise
    312-553-2984 jcarson5@ccc.edu
    From Exelon (Chancellor’s former employer)

    Veronica Clemons ($123,000)
    Executive Director, Communications
    No Number or e-mail found…no longer with CCC

    Michael Davis ($104,700)
    Associate Vice Chancellor, STEM
    312-553-2773 mdavis@ccc.edu

    Angela Henderson ($155,000)
    Provost & Chief Academic Officer
    312-553-2771 ahenderson40@ccc.edu

    Diane Minor ($135,000)
    Vice Chancellor, Administrative Services & Procurement
    312-553-2636 dminor1@ccc.edu
    From the City of Chicago, Chicago Public Schools, and the Chicago Park District

    Olga Gutierrez ($105,000)
    Executive Director, Legislative & Government Affairs
    312-553-2763 ogutierrez1@ccc.edu
    From Chicago Public Schools

    Cheiko High ($90,000)
    Executive Director, Community Relations
    3123-553-3265 chigh@ccc.edu
    From the Illinois Department of Transportation

    Katheryn Hayes ($87,000)
    Director, External Communications
    312-553-2719 khayes32@ccc.edu
    From Renaissance Schools Fund

    Scott Martyn ($104,700)
    Executive Director, Strategic Planning
    312-553-3472 smartyn@ccc.edu
    From the Civic Consulting Alliance

    Juan Carlos Michel ($83,000)
    Investigating Supervisor
    312-553-3478 jmichel6@ccc.edu

    James Taggart ($83,000)
    Investigating Supervisor
    312-553-2599 jtaggart@ccc.edu

    George Thomson ($96,772)
    Senior Staff Attorney
    312-553-2772 gthomson@ccc.edu
    From the City of Chicago

    Sameer Gadkaree, ($90,000)
    Project Team Leader, Institutional Intelligence
    312-553-3470 sgadkaree@ccc.edu
    From McKinsey & Company

    Tawakalitu Jogonosimi ($98,000)
    Director, Strategic Planning (Institutional Intelligence)
    312-553-2602 tjogonosimi@ccc.edu
    From Chicago Public Schools

    Farah Muscadin ($90,000)
    Associate Director, Legislative Affairs
    312-553-2625 fmuscadin@ccc.edu
    From the State of Illinois, the City of Chicago, and Cook County

    Angel Quinones-Aviles ($104,700)
    Executive Director, Internal Auditing
    312-553-3286 aquinones-aviles@ccc.edu

    Santiago Rocha ($95,000)
    District Director, Student Engagement
    312-553-2583 srocha7@ccc.edu

    Ronald Schofield ($125,000)
    Executive Director, Communications
    312-553-3434 rschofield@ccc.edu

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  2. Here is the January 2011 – February 2011 Hiring List (in chronological order from first hired to most recently hired):

    Joseph DeLopez ($143,000)
    Vice Chancellor, Safety and Security
    312-553-2960 jdelopez@ccc.edu
    From Winnetka Police Dapt and the Chicago Police Dept.

    James Frankenbach ($130,000)
    Chief Operating Officer
    312-553-2525 jfrankenbach@ccc.edu
    From the CCC Reinvention External Advisory Council

    Debra Gurney ($104,700)
    Executive Director, Nursing Programs
    312-553-2533 dgurney1@ccc.edu

    Derrick Harden ($120,000)
    Managing Director, Special Projects
    312-553-3378 dharden@ccc.edu

    Janice Yanantali Mejia ($90,000)
    Project Team Leader, Institutional Intelligence
    312-553-3471 ymejia5@ccc.edu

    Patricia Rios ($135,000)
    Vice Chancellor, Human Resources and Staff Development
    312-553-2987 prios19@ccc.edu
    From Chicago 2016 Olympic Bid Team and the Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority

    Simon Visser ($123,200)
    Associate Vice Chancellor, Student Financials
    312-553-2828 svisser@ccc.edu

    Daphne Black ($84,000)
    Executive Director, Alumni Relations
    312-553-2617 dblack@ccc.edu
    From Renaissance Schools Fund

    Steven Dorner ($116,539)
    Executive Director, Infrastructure Services
    312-553-2649 sdorner@ccc.edu
    From Chicago Public Schools

    Phyllis Daniels-Ward ($119,603)
    Associate Vice Chancellor, Workforce Development
    312-553-2651 pdaniels@ccc.edu

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  3. Very good job "Save City Colleges of Chicago"!!! May we direct your attention to our blog that deals with the same issues? Perhaps we can connect and cooperate.
    This is the URL http://citycollegeschicagoreinvention-truths.blogspot.com/
    Thanks,
    PEARL

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  4. It's very clear where the money came from to cover the hiring of Cheryl's friends- from the seven City Colleges' budgets! She's Centralizing everything downtown in the name of UNIFYING the Colleges and decreasing the expenses to Taxpayers! If you can believe that,after reading the Board reports between last May, 2010 and Feb., 2011, then you most certainly are among her lucky six-figure plus friends she hired! Why hasn't she dared to show her face anywhere in the MEDIA since last week's CBS News report??? Her Spokesperson said "there's no story here"! Really, well come on campus and "LISTEN" to the students that are being short-changed by a lack of Advisors. Talk to the students who have had their Continuing Education classes(required for certain State Licenses)cancelled because they don't meet what District Office deems the "magic number of 15" to run. Never mind that the class may bring a 75% profit to the College AFTER paying the instructor. And never mind that the class may be one that serves a specific audience- like for our 65 and over students- sorry, we can't run this class for you any more. Yes, we (the staff)understand that you can't afford to take this computer class with the "XYZ school" or Park District but the "people" who are reinventing your CITY COLLEGES DON"T CARE! Because, contrary to what Cheryl's friend's new slogan says, It' NOT all about U, our students; it's about you, Cheryl. You've taken the City Colleges and single-handedly are destroying what took 100 years to build!
    A special Thank you to our outgoing Mayor Daley for again proving how ignorant he is as to educating our students! Shame on you for being so "politically Correct" and hiring this Com-ed reject! I hope that Mayor Emmanuel has the insight and TRUE concern for education that he can undo what has been done before it's too late!
    There are always changes that can be made in any setting, but to randomly break down every department, on every campus and "re-invent" successful programs for the sake of getting your name in print is DESPICABLE!

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  5. This year, September 11, 2011, the City Colleges of Chicago will celebrate 100 years of educating students from all walks of life. Instead of it being a celebration of a proud legacy of successes, the staff, presidents and faculty wonder if there will be a CCC to celebrate in 2012? Our students are being forced to graduate at UIC Pavillion - what connection do they have there? And good news, they get to listen to someone from Washington address them on their Graduation day. Instead of being personally addressed by their College Presidents and faculty that were instrumental in their completion!
    Ms. Hyman wants the City Colleges to look the same, offer everything the same way, etc.. Has she looked at the students that attend the City Colleges? They come to the City Colleges for different reasons-some of our students' parents don't make $150,000/year! Some of them do, but want their children to get a solid education BEFORE they enter the 4 year university. Some of them even take classes because they WANT to, NOT because they NEED to! We all have different goals.
    As Ms. Hyman DEINVENTS the City Colleges, how appropriate is it that our 100 year anniversary falls on SEPTEMBER 11th! Yes, we'll ALL remember this one, too!

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  6. "Centralizing" and "unifying" what a joke!
    Each college served the unique needs of the community it was located in.There was always a sense of family at each campus now this newly created monster called the central office has destroyed the sense of pride and uniqueness that existed at each college.
    Education should liberate people not create a robotic system contolled by central command.

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