Thank you for volunteering to be on the OTC’26 Content Committee!
I respect your time and will endeavor to keep this process efficient for you. I appreciate your willingness to contribute to OTC! Timeline/dates are a good approximation but could change.
This page is meant for committee members only, please keep the links to yourself. As we move forward through the planning stages, you will find the flexible timeline, processes, links to submit keynote suggestions, and instructions for reviewing/scoring proposal submissions will also be found on this page (as time appropriate). If you have questions, please email me at thickey@palomar.edu. Thanks again!
Responsibilities of the committee:
- Provide feedback on theme
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Provide feedback on the tracks
- Provide recommendations and feedback on pre-conference workshop topics
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Propose keynote topics and speaker recommendations, contribute to selection decision
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Review session proposals and select OTC’26 sessions
Content Committee
Please see the table below for team assignments – the team number is in parenthesis with the Team Lead in bold. If your name is not included on the list and you responded with confirmation of interest/availability, you are an alternate and I will reach out to you in the event a position opens. Thank you for your support in both being a team member and an alternate just the same!
| Yun-Pu Yang (1) Shasta College |
Helen Graves (1) Foothill College |
Anthony Breakspear (1) University of California, Santa Cruz |
| Patricia James (1) Evergreen Valley College |
Tedmund Munoz (1) Diablo Valley College |
Melvin Cobb (1) Long Beach City College |
| Ryan Hitch (2) Chaffey College |
Vanessa Villalobos (2) Lemoore College |
Tejal Naik (2) Evergreen Valley College |
| Sharon Oxford (2) Ventura College |
Sheila C. Smith (2) Solano Community College |
Genola Johnson (2) Long Beach City College |
| Tracy Stuntz (3) Clovis Community College |
Dinah Nucom (3) Woodland Community College |
Amanda Taintor (3) Reedley College |
| Jane Bowers (3) Antelope Valley College |
Patricia Avila (3) Norco College |
Rhiannon Lares (3) Chaffey College |
| Julie Gamberg (4) Glendale College |
Jill Cohen (4) Pierce College |
Dolores Davison (4) Foothill College |
| Andrea Hanstein (4) CCC Virtual Campus |
Lindsey Irizarry (4) Canada College |
Naomi McCool (4) Chaffey College |
| EJ Baldonado-Wilkins (5) Saddleback College |
Gregory Beyrer (5) Cosumnes River College |
Elise Baker (5) College of the Sequoias |
| Marybeth Murray (5) Santa Monica College |
Maniphone Dickerson (5) Evergreen Valley College |
Malachai Edwards (5) Mt. San Jacinto College |
| Cynthia Hamlett (6) Crafton Hills |
Christy Davis Roza (6) Chabot College |
Debbie Lou Angeles (6) Porterville College |
| Erlinda Jones (6) Los Medanos College |
Eric Wilson (6) Orange Coast College |
Kaylene Elliott (6) Palo Verde College |
| Sasa Stojic-Ito (7) LACCD |
Matthew Mooney (7) Santa Barbara City College |
Jennifer Kienzle (7) City College of San Francisco |
| Gregory Ramirez (7) Madera Community College |
La Quirshia Fennell (7) Citrus College |
Zina Chacon (7) Norco College |
| Norma Jones (8) Antelope Valley College |
Lisa Beach (8) Santa Rosa Junior College |
Senya Lubisich (8) Citrus College |
| Mauricio Cadavid (8) CSU San Bernardino |
Shawna BuShell (8) Riverside Community College |
Indre Cuckler (8) University of Charleston |
Alternates:
- Julia Seaman
- Karri Iaquinta Springer
- Kaydian Reid
- Tracy Schaelen
- Matthew Moore
Theme (Thru September 26, noon – closed, thank you for your feedback)
- Provide theme feedback
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Tracks (thru September 26, noon – closed, thank you for your feedback)
- Provide tracks feedback
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Pre-conference workshops (thru October 15, noon)
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Keynote Speakers (thru October 15, noon)
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Call for Proposals (Official review is tentatively set for: February 1 – February 17, 2026)
The Call for Proposals opened September 30, 2025 and will close January 31, 2025. Ability to review might be opened to this committee before CfP closes so those team members who wish to begin reviewing can start early, TBD.
Rubric
(note: the rubric was updated for OTC’25, will keep the same for OTC’26 and address in OTC’27 (every other year update pattern)
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Members (including Team Leads):
- Committee members received proposals for review: TBD
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Committee members review/score proposals: TBD
Team Leads
- Team 1: Yun-Pu Yang
- Team 2: Ryan Hitch
- Team 3: Tracy stuntz
- Team 4: Julie Gamberg
- Team 5: EJ Baldonado-Wilkins
- Team 6: Cynthia Hamlett
- Team 7: Sasa Stojic-Ito
- Team 8: Norma Jones
In addition to the Member responsibilities, Team Leads have these responsibilities:
- Be the ‘voice’ of and guidance for their team, (their point of contact)
- Attend ‘norming’ session with other team leads and distribute outcome of that to their team: TBD
- Set up team meeting to communicate norms/process during the period of: TBD
- Receives team scores from TechConnect: TBD
- Schedule and lead a team meeting/discussion for feedback/any necessary changes: TBD
- Complete scoring response form and send back to Tiffiny by: TBD
- Attend Team Lead meeting to discuss team feedback of all selections: TBD
- [If necessary] If team review included requests from submitter for more information and/or clarification, the team lead will reach out to the submitter directly to resolve: TBD
- Finalize sessions: TBD
Please note that being part of this committee/subcommittee does not prevent you from submitting your own proposals. In fact, we encourage you to submit and share the call for proposals with your colleagues! To keep the process equitable, we will exclude you from reviewing your own proposal should you be assigned to the group reviewing it.
