 Dr. Faimous Harrison
President
Office Hours: Mondays, 10-11:30 a.m.
Dr. Faimous Harrison took office as the thirteenth president of Wenatchee Valley College
on Jan. 3, 2023.
Dr. Harrison has over thirty-three years of broad-based knowledge as a faculty member,
researcher, student services administrator, supervisor, community, alumni, industry,
and elected official engagement officer. In his previous roles as dean of the Stockton
campus for California State University, Stanislaus, and as regional director for Campuses
and Community Partnerships at Central Washington University, he served as the chief
onsite academic and administrative officer.
During his tenure as faculty, Dr. Harrison taught more than 100 college classes and
has worked with individuals, organizations, and communities within the United States
and abroad. From 1990-2013, Dr. Harrison served as a supervisor, faculty, and administrative
roles within the Seattle College District and Edmonds College and was an adjunct faculty
or presenter at various universities. While serving as faculty and a director, he
was voted on by his peers and students as the student services and lifetime administrator
of the year, two years in a row, one of his proudest student-centered accomplishments.
He has extensive public-public and public-private partnership experiences and was
a former owner of a successful business firm. As a Rotary International Group Study
Exchange fellow, Harrison participated in the world's eradication of polio, clean
water, literacy education, and various socioeconomic disparity, inequality, and wellness
initiatives while living with host families in India. In 2008, his team was one of
the North American conference presenters in Victoria, British Columbia.
Dr. Harrison has also served as the past president, vice president, two-time chair
of research, and eleven-year member of the research division of the National Association
of Branch Campus Administrators, the premier multi-campus and branch-campus national
association.
He has a doctorate in higher education administration and leadership from Oregon State
University, a Master of Science in physical education, pedagogy, and leadership from
Seattle Pacific University, and a Bachelor of Science in sociology from the University
of Washington.
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 Dr. Robin Angotti
Executive Director, ASPIRE
As the ASPIRE director, Dr. Angotti serves as the accreditation officer and is responsible
for providing leadership, data, and analysis necessary to support college planning
and decision-making. She leads strategic planning and accreditation efforts and serves
as the liaison to the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, through which
WVC receives its accreditation.
Before joining WVC, Robin was a professor of mathematics in the University of Washington
Bothell’s Engineering and Mathematics Department and affiliate faculty in the School
of Educational Studies. She also served as the interim executive director of the Teaching
and Learning Center and chair of the Faculty Senate for the tri-campus UW system.
Prior to her work at the University of Washington, Angotti was assistant professor
of mathematics education in East Carolina University’s Department of Math, Science,
and Technology Education, and she served as the assistant director for the Center
for Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education.
She has a PhD in Mathematics Education from North Carolina State University, and a
Master of Arts in Education and Bachelor of Science in Mathematics Education from
East Carolina University.
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Jessica Bravo-Perez
Director, Grants Development
 Jessica Bravo-Perez (she/her/ella) joined WVC in March 2023 and currently serves as
the director of Grants Development. In this role, Jessica leads efforts to secure
external funding that supports the college’s strategic priorities and advances its
mission to deliver relevant, innovative, and experiential educational opportunities
that foster thriving and healthy communities. She works closely with faculty, staff,
and community partners to identify funding opportunities and develop competitive proposals.
During her time at WVC Jessica has contributed to the development of proposals and
programs that address the needs of underrepresented students, expand access to education,
and integrate innovative technology to better prepare students for success in the
workforce.
A proud alumna of the College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) and a first-generation
college graduate, Jessica brings a personal understanding of the barriers many students
face in accessing and navigating higher education. Her lived experiences fuel her
commitment to securing funding for programs that empower all students to achieve their
academic and personal goals.
Prior to coming to WVC she was employed at a local non-profit organization from 2016-2023. In
this role, she coordinated grant-funded programs and services designed to help individuals
rebuild their lives and access essential resources. Her work centered on advocacy,
community collaboration, and program development, all of which prepared her to address
complex challenges and drive meaningful change.
Jessica holds a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Washington.
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 Rachel Evey
Executive Director, WVC Foundation
Office Hours: Mondays, 10-11:30 a.m.
Rachel Evey joined the Wenatchee Valley College Foundation team in 2017 and currently
serves as the executive director. She is committed to fulfilling the foundation’s
mission to provide equitable access to education and invest in student success through
philanthropy.
After graduating from University of California, Davis, Rachel returned to her hometown
of Bakersfield, Calif., to start her career in the nonprofit industry. After five
years at Kern Community Foundation in a variety of donor development and stewardship
roles, Rachel relocated to Wenatchee in 2017 to become the alumni relations coordinator
in the WVC Foundation office.
Involved in a number of organizations, Rachel is a member of the NCW Estate Planning
Council, Wenatchee Rotary Club, and is a lifetime member of the Cal Aggie Alumni Association
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 Dr. Diana Garza
Vice President, Student Affairs
Office Hours: Mondays, 10-11:30 a.m.
Dr. Garza (she/her/ella) has over 21 years of experience in higher education, most
recently working as the Senior Assistant Dean of Student Affairs in the College of
Engineering at Boise State University. She also recently completed her term as a Leadership
Academy Fellow/La Academia de Liderazgo through the Hispanic Association of Colleges
and Universities. She has a Ph.D. in educational leadership from Northwest Nazarene
University. She is a first-generation college student and a CAMP program alumna.
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 Cal Goolsby
Dean, WVC Omak
Cal Goolsby became WVC Omak Dean in August 2024.
Cal has over 30 years of management experience. They recently served as the director
of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Kuskokwim Campus, the UAF’s largest rural campus,
where they were responsible for all aspects of campus operations and functions. Cal
and the Kuskokwim campus team worked with many community partners, including the Center
for Alaska Native Health Research, the Kuskokwim Intertribal Fish Commission, Southwest
Alaska Arts Group, and The Association of Village Council Presidents. They also supervised
20 staff and 7 faculty, in addition to adjunct faculty and temporary employees.
Prior to UAF, Cal worked for many years in public libraries, having served as the
director of the Haines Borough Public Library in Haines, Alaska, at Carmel Clay Public
Library in Carmel, Ind., and at Wood Buffalo Regional Library in Fort McMurray, Alberta,
Canada. At Wood Buffalo Regional Library, in addition to overseeing all library operations
and functions, Goolsby worked with tribal administrators and Métis locals.
They have additional higher education experience in administrative and faculty roles
at Florida State University, Greenville Technical College in South Carolina, and Clemson
University.
Cal has a Master of Library Science degree from the University of Maryland and a Bachelor
of Arts degree from Georgia Southern University’s Armstrong Campus.
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 Maria Iñiguez
Chief of Staff
Office Hours: Mondays, 10-11:30 a.m.
Maria Iñiguez has worked at Wenatchee Valley College since June of 2019. She began
as the executive assistant to the president, and her title and role shifted to chief
of staff and secretary to the board of trustees in July 2023.
Maria is also a Wenatchee School Board member, the first elected Latina to serve in
this position. She also worked at the Wenatchee School District in various other roles
for 12 years. In addition to her work in education, she serves the community in many
ways: as a parent volunteer and team sponsor for Wenatchee Youth Baseball, team sponsor
for the Greater Wenatchee Soccer Club, volunteer scholarship reader for the Community
Foundation of North Central Washington, mentor for the Wenatchee High School College
Mentor Program, and volunteer for the Community Advancement of Family Education and
the Washington State Latino Civic Alliance.
Maria earned a bachelor’s degree in Cultural Studies and a master’s degree in Interdisciplinary
Art and Sciences with an emphasis on education from the University of Washington Tacoma.
She studied abroad in Cuernavaca, Mexico and Cienfuegos, Cuba as part of her master’s
thesis, “Leaving Hispanic Students Behind: The Effect of the Washington Assessment
of Student Learning on Hispanic Students.”
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 Marcine Miller
Executive Director, Communications, Marketing, and Media Relations
Marcine Miller joined WVC in November 2024. She came to WVC from New York, where she worked for over a decade at The New School in strategic communications and
academic affairs roles. She served as senior director of communications and engagement.
Her accomplishments during her time at The New School included leading communications
for the university’s strategic planning process; co-creating Spark, a community initiative
celebrating student, staff, and faculty research, scholarship, and creative practice;
developing the Creating a Culture of Care and Provost’s Office Events Hub websites
to improve awareness and engagement with strategic initiatives and access to supportive
resources; managing peopled-centered crisis and change communications on behalf of
the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and the Office of the
Provost; and serving as the co-chair of The New School’s University Commencement ceremonies.
Marcine's role at The New School was especially focused on developing accessible and
inclusive communication strategies that increased transparency, deepened community
relations, and created a stronger sense of inclusion and belonging for students, faculty,
and staff.
Her previous roles at The New School included serving as an associate director of
Events and Communications, assistant director for Academic Affairs, executive assistant
to the deputy provost, and administrative assistant to the deputy provost. She also
served for two terms as a University Staff Senate representative and contributed to
increased advocacy for her colleagues.
Marcine's career in communications began when she worked as a publicist at Anthology
Film Archives in New York, where she managed media relations and developed creative
communication strategies to connect with diverse communities.
She has a bachelor’s degree in Cinema Studies from New York University’s Tisch School
of the Arts. Outside of her professional work, Miller maintains a creative practice
as a potter and has exhibited her work nationally in New York City, Maine, and Washington.
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 Fred Neghabat
Senior Budget Manager & Internal Controls Accountant
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 Brett Riley
Vice President, Administrative Services
Office Hours: Mondays, 10-11:30 a.m.
Prior to arriving at WVC, Brett Riley served as the director for Business Office Services,
Grants and Contract Management at Columbia Basin College. During this time, Mr. Riley
oversaw a 150% increase in sponsored funding as well as the addition of over 150,000
sq. ft. in the form of new instructional and outreach facilities. Mr. Riley also
served as Research Manager at the Sleep and Memory Research Laboratory at the University
of Michigan. During this time, Brett contributed to the publication of a number of
scientific research accomplishments, while securing increased federal funding. Brett
has taught and lectured in a number of undergraduate and graduate neuroscience classes
at Washington State University Columbia Basin College and the University of Michigan.
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 Ellia Sablan-Zebedy
Dean, Enrollment Services
Ellia Sablan-Zebedy joined WVC in September 2024.
With nearly 20 years of experience in higher education, Ellia is a seasoned professional
with a strong background in enrollment management. She has spent 15 years in enrollment
management, specifically outreach and recruitment, and student success and retention
initiatives.
She served as the executive director of enrollment at Lehigh Carbon Community College
in Schnecksville, Penn. During her seven-year tenure there, she led the Enrollment
Management Retention and Student Success Committee, which spearheaded recruitment
and student success initiatives. Her accomplishments include the implementation of
a Client Relations Management recruitment tool, application fraudulent detection software,
a new student onboarding process, and she developed key benchmark enrollment indicators.
She also played a key role in the college’s institutional strategic plan, aligning
it with the enrollment strategic plan.
Prior to her role at LCCC, Ellia served as the dean of enrollment at the University
of Maine Fort Kent for six years. There, she led the implementation of the university’s
One Stop Center, integrating key student services departments into a centralized location.
She collaborated to create comprehensive First Year Experience and Transfer Experience
programs; recruited over forty students from the Marshall Islands who graduated with
bachelor's degrees in nursing, education, and business administration; and served
as a key member of the accreditation team.
She has an MBA in business administration from The Australian National University
and a bachelor’s degree from The University of the South Pacific.
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 Vanessa Saldivar
Executive Director, HSI Initiatives
Vanessa Saldivar began working at WVC in November 2023 as the Title V Hispanic Serving
Institution Director.
Prior to joining WVC, Saldivar held leadership roles in programs that advanced social
justice, including Get Outdoors Leadville!, a Colorado organization that has worked
to increase equitable access to the outdoors, where she served as executive director.
In that role, she oversaw a $5.5 million grant portfolio and closed $1 million in
new grants. She was a Cities for Action Policy Analyst for the City and County of
Denver’s Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs, where she led a national coalition
of over 200 local governments that advanced inclusive policies and programs for immigrants
and refugees. She also provided consultation and technical assistance to over 15 mayors
related to immigrant and refugee inclusion and access issues.
She has also worked as a pro bono program manager for the Rocky Mountain Immigrant
Advocacy Network, migrant rights and justice consultant, immigration clinic coordinator
at the University of San Francisco School of Law, pro bono project coordinator at
the American Immigration Lawyers Association, and accredited legal representative
for Catholic Charities Immigration Legal Services.
Saldivar has a master’s degree in migrant studies from the University of Colorado,
a bachelor’s degree in social work from Concordia University, and an associate degree
in mental health and human services from Mt. Hood Community College. She recently completed
a certificate for women in leadership from the University of Colorado.
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 Dr. Tod Treat
Vice President, Instruction
Office Hours: Mondays, 10-11:30 a.m.
Dr. Treat began serving as vice president of instruction at Wenatchee Valley College
in 2018.
Before beginning service at WVC, Tod served as executive vice president for academic
and student affairs at Tacoma Community College (2013 to 2018). Tod also served as
vice president for student and academic services at Richland Community College (2010
to 2013), and as a dean of academic services at Parkland College (2003-2008). Each
of his successful experiences in these leadership positions has required skills in
educational planning, financial management, human resource management, and community
relations. His chief accomplishments include guided pathways implementation (TCC);
applied baccalaureates in health information management (TCC), community health (TCC),
teaching (WVC), and data analytics (WVC); and strengthening WVC’s partnership with
the Confederated Tribes of the Colville (WVC) and the Richland Transfer Academy (RCC).
Dr. Treat began working at Parkland College in 1994 as a chemistry professor, teaching
general and organic chemistry. He developed the first online laboratory-based course
at Parkland, as well as a team-taught interdisciplinary course, Essentials of Forensic
Science. After completing his PhD in Human Resource Development, Dr. Treat served
as assistant professor in Workforce Development and lead faculty in the Community
College Teaching and Learning Master’s Program at the University of Illinois. Dr.
Treat has focused on collaborative work with Community Colleges for International
Development in the areas of organizational development for comprehensive internationalization,
evaluation work related to international professional development and strategic partnerships,
and conceptual work on linking institutional development to student international
workforce readiness. He is the coauthor of CCID’s Framework for Comprehensive Internationalization.
A native of St. Joseph, Illinois, Dr. Treat earned a doctorate in Human Resource Education
from the University of Illinois. He holds a master's degree in chemistry from the
University of Colorado and a bachelor's degree in biochemistry from the University
of Illinois.
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 Lisa Turner
Interim Executive Director, Human Resources
Office Hours: By appointment
Lisa Turner joined WVC as the interim executive director of Human Resources in 2024.
She has spent her career working in Human Resources. She served as HR manager at Dolco
Packaging, a local non-union manufacturing company, for 16 years. She was responsible
for all HR functions and traveled across the U.S. to other Dolco facilities to conduct
supervisor training and leadership development.
In 2007, Turner served as the HR director for classified staff at Wenatchee School
District. She was promoted to executive director of HR in 2010 and served on the superintendent’s
cabinet. In this role, she was responsible for employee development, risk mitigation,
supervisor training, onboarding, legal affairs, collective bargaining, employee safety,
wellness, and employee recognition. She served the Wenatchee School District for 12
years.
She has also been a small business owner for the last 12 years. She was a founding
owner of Turner Restoration and is the current co-owner of Community Glass. She left
the school district in 2019 and has worked full-time at her local business.
Turner was a charter member of the local Human Resource Association and served on
their board of directors for six years. She also served as the treasurer of the Washington
State Personnel Association’s Board of Directors for three years. She is in her fourth
year serving on the Numerica Performing Arts Center Board of Directors.
Turner attended San Diego State University and, after relocating to Wenatchee 32 years
ago, earned a bachelor of science degree in business administration with an emphasis
on Human Resources from Central Washington University. She also holds a PHR certification
in Human Resources with the Society of Human Resource Management.
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