Members of Executive Committee of Academic Senate

Position/Division/Group Name E-mail Term Ends June
President*  Erik Woodbury woodburyerik@deanza.edu 2027
Vice-President

Shagun Kaur

kaurshagun@fhda.edu 

2026

Executive Secretary So Kam Lee leesokam@deanza.edu 2026
Part-time Faculty Representatives (2) Mary Donahue donahuemary@deanza.edu 2027

Mark Landefeld

landefeldmark@fhda.edu 

2026

Academic Services & Learning Resources (1) James Perla-Adams adamsjames@fhda.edu  2026
Asian Pacific American Staff Association - APASA Sherwin Mendoza

mendozasherwin@deanza.edu

 
Biological, Health & Environmental Sciences (2) Lakshmikanta "LK" Sengupta senguptalakshmikanta@deanza.edu 2027
Angela Winch winchangela@fhda.edu  2027
Black Faculty and Staff Association - BFSA VACANT    
Business, Computer Science &
Applied Technologies
 (2)
Mary Pape papemary@deanza.edu 2026
VACANT    
Career Technical Education & Workforce Development (2) Dave Capitolo

capitolodave@fhda.edu

2027

VACANT

   
Counseling - General  (2) Barbara Dahlke dahlkebarbara@deanza.edu 2026
Lisa Castro castrolisa@fhda.edu  2027
Counseling - Embedded** (2) Christian Rodriguez rodriguezchristian@deanza.edu 2026
VACANT    
Creative Arts (2)  Mark Hamer

hamermark@deanza.edu

2027

Yuri Chang

changyuri@fhda.edu

2027
De Anza Latinx Association - DALA (1)

Steve Nava

navasteve@fhda.edu 

2027
De Anza Pride Association - DAPA (1)

 Jamie Pelusi

pelusijamie@fhda.edu 

2027
Disability Support Programs & Services and Adapted PE (2) Kevin Glapion glapionkevin@deanza.edu 2026

VACANT

   
Equity & Engagement (1)

Umar Douglas

douglasumar@fhda.edu 

2026
Intercultural/International Studies (2)

Viviana Alcazar

alcazarviviana@deanza.edu 

2026
Angelica Esquivel-Moreno
(W&Sp 26)

esquivelmorenoangelica@fhda.edu 

2027
Language Arts (2) Lauren Gordon gordonlauren@deanza.edu 2027
Veronica Avila Acevedo 2027
Physical Education & Athletics (2) Rusty Johnson johnsonmark@deanza.edu 2027

Dawnis Guevara

guevaradawnis@deanza.edu

2027

Physical Sciences, Mathematics & Engineering (2)

Doli Bambhania

bambhaniadoli@fhda.edu

2026

Christopher Bradley

bradleychristopher@fhda.edu

2027
Social Sciences & Humanities (2)  Danielle Vlahos  vlahosdanielle@fhda.edu  Fall 25
  Kevin Lee  leekevin2@fhda.edu  Fall 25
  Ravjeet Singh singhravjeet@fhda.edu  2027
  Jayanti Roy royjayanti@fhda.edu  2027
Student Development & EOPS (1) Leah Smith
smithleah@deanza.edu 2026
Curriculum Committee Sukhjit Singh singhsukhjit@deanza.edu 2027
COOL Committee James Capurso capursojames@deanza.edu  ex-officio

Associate Members of the Academic Senate (Non-Voting)

Position/Division/Group Name E-mail Term Ends June
DASG Representatives (2) Jacob Chen

chenjacob@student.deanza.edu

2026
VACANT    
Office of Instruction Ram Subramaniam, VPI subramaniamram@deanza.edu  2027
Classified Staff Representative Deborah Armstrong armstrongdeborah@deanza.edu 2026
Faculty Association (FA) Representative Mary Donahue donahuemary@deanza.edu 2026
RAPP Faculty Tri-Chair Veronica Avila Acevedo avilaveronica@deanza.edu  2026

* Tie-breaking vote
** Area includes: Student Success & Retention Services; First Year Experience ; Puente/ LEAD; UMOJA; IMPACT AAPI; International Students Program; English Performance Success – including Adult Ed consortium; Math Performance Success; Men of Color; College Promise / Outreach; Career Training; Veterans; REACH; Biological, Health & Environmental Sciences

Previous Officers of the Executive Committee

Position/Division/Group Name Term Served
President* 

Cheryl Balm
Karen Chow
Mayra Cruz

22-24

Vice-President

Patty Guitron

Erik Woodbury

Mary Pape

23-25

22-23

Executive Secretary

So Kam Lee

2019-Present

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