Departmental Advisors

Departmental Advisors

Advising Process

Comprehensive list of advisors by major with phone numbers

Outreach and Recruitment (New Students and Undeclared Majors)

Schedule an appointment with a Liberal Arts advisor using this form.

Name	Title	Contact
Sara King	Director of Admissions	sking10@delmar.edu
Gracie Martinez	Dean of Student Outreach & Enrollment Services	gmartinez@delmar.edu
Debbie Mondragon	Student Enrollment Specialist	dmondragon@delmar.edu
Bradley Moore	College Outreach Specialist	bmoore2@delmar.edu
Celeste Morales	Student Enrollment Specialist	cmorales18@delmar.edu
Nicole Mungia	Student Enrollment Specialist	nramon@delmar.edu
Juli Propp	Student Enrollment Specialist	jpropp@delmar.edu
Omar Villarreal	College Outreach Specialist	ovillarreal6@delmar.edu
Joe Martinez	Advisor, Part-Time	jmartine271@delmar.edu

Arts and Sciences

Chairs

Name	Department	Contact
Ken Rosier	Art and Drama	krosier@delmar.edu
Dr. Dale Anderson	Communications, Languages and Reading	danderson4@delmar.edu
Dr. Matthew Perry	English and Philosophy	mperry12@delmar.edu
Dr. Judi Phillips	Kinesiology, Personal Training	jphilli@delmar.edu
Eric Moller (Interim)	Math	emoller@delmar.edu
Cynthia Longoria (Interim)	Music	clongoria@delmar.edu
Dr. Jack Southard	Natural Sciences	jmsouthard@delmar.edu
Dr. Beatriz Alvarado (Interim)	Social Sciences	balvarado4@delmar.edu

Administrative Assistants

Name	Department	Contact
Rosanne Ramsey	Art and Drama	rramsey@delmar.edu (361) 698-1216
Raquel Almodovar	Communications, Languages and Reading	ralmodov@delmar.edu (361) 698-1534
Jo Ann Leal	English and Philosophy	jleal71@delmar.edu (361) 698-1236
Anna Gonzales	Kinesiology, Personal Training	agonzale102@delmar.edu (361) 698-1334
Ethel "Agnes" Lynch	Math	elynch2@delmar.edu (361) 698-1238
Yvonne Rodriguez	Music	yrodrig@delmar.edu (361) 698-1211
Mary Lou Soliz	Natural Sciences	msoliz@delmar.edu (361) 698-1229
Lucinda Medina	Social Sciences	lmedina16@delmar.edu (361) 698-1228

Embedded Advisors

Name	Department	Contact
Cyrus Baker	Natural Sciences	cbaker19@delmar.edu
Kelsey Cloud	Natural Sciences	kcloud1@delmar.edu
Breanne Flores-Contreras	Kinesiology & Education	bcontreras8@delmar.edu
Alex Heatherly	Education (Teaching EC-12)	aheather@delmar.edu
Benjamin Hernandez	Communications, Fine Arts & Social Sciences	bgrimwood@delmar.edu Schedule appointment

Business Education and Health Sciences

Embedded Advisors

Name	Title	Contact
Kathy Westergren	BEHS	kwesterg@delmar.edu Schedule appointment
Dorothy Pallotti	CSEAT STEM	dpallott1@delmar.edu
John McMillian	CSEAT	jmcmillian@delmar.edu
Cecilia Gamboa	Business Administration and Entrepreneurship	cgamboa@delmar.edu 361-698-1412

Allied Health

Schedule an Allied Health advising appointment

Name	Title	Contact
Warren Glenn Madden	Chair	wgmadden@delmar.edu
Irma Bomer	Administrative Assistant	ibomer@delmar.edu (361) 698-2820
Louie Asuncion	HPRS Courses	lasunci@delmar.edu
Vanessa Coonrod	Program Director, Medical Laboratory Technology	vcoonrod@delmar.edu
Leah Eddlemon	Program Director, Medical Assisting	leddlemon@delmar.edu
Elda S. Garza	Program Director, Surgical Technology	esaenz@delmar.edu
Natalie G. Garza	Program Director, Respiratory Therapy	nggarza@delmar.edu
Curtis R. Lee	Program Director, Occupational Therapy	clee@delmar.edu
Bert N. Rodriguez	Program Director, Pharmacy Technology	brodriguez@delmar.edu
Dr. Sharon Dunnivan-Mitchell	Program Director, Physical Therapy	sdunnivanmitchell@delmar.edu
Karen F. Williams	Program Director, Health Information Technology	kwilliams@delmar.edu

Business Administration and Entrepreneurship

Schedule a Business Administration and Entrepreneurship advising appointment

Name	Title	Contact
Charles "Chip" Campbell	Chair	ccampbell13@delmar.edu
Anita Rosales	Administrative Assistant	anitarosales@delmar.edu (361) 698-1372
Drue Jones	Program Director, Management	druejones@delmar.edu
Adelfino "Fino" Palacios	Program Director, Accounting and VITA Program	apalaci@delmar.edu
Melody Lawrence	Administrative Assistant, Baking, Cosmetology, Culinary Arts, Restaurant Management	mlawrence@delmar.edu (361) 698-2809
Leola Coleman	Program Director, Cosmetology	lcoleman@delmar.edu
Lissa Gonzalez	Contact, Dual Credit Cosmetology	lgonzale43@delmar.edu
Claudia L. Hurt	Baking/Pastry	churt1@delmar.edu
Lisa B. Pollakis	Program Director, Restaurant Management	lpollaki@delmar.edu
Israel Villanueva	Culinary Arts	ivillanueva@delmar.edu

Computer Sciences, Engineering and Advanced Technology (CSEAT)

Name	Title	Contact
David H. Hattox	Chair	dhattox@delmar.edu
Julie Ettenger	Administrative Assistant	jettenger@delmar.edu (361) 698-1299
David A. Abarca	Associate Professor, Networking	dabarca@delmar.edu
Korinne Caruso	Instructor, Computer Science	kcaruso@delmar.edu
Phillip L. Davis	Professor, Computer Science	pdavis@delmar.edu
Patricia A. Frederick	Professor, Computer Science	pfred@delmar.edu
Nedal Shheber	Instructor, Engineering and Computer Science	nshheber@delmar.edu
Yan Xu	Associate Professor, Computer Science	yxu@delmar.edu

Dental and Imaging

Schedule a Dental and Imaging advising appointment

Name	Title	Contact
Maria Velma Pena	Chair	mvpena@delmar.edu
LeeAnn Campos	Administrative Assistant	lcampos6@delmar.edu (361) 698-2858
Amy Alvarez	Program Director, Echocardiography	aalvarez134@delmar.edu
Eva Sepulveda	Program Director, Dental Programs	esepulve1@delmar.edu
Christin Michelle Vega	Program Director, Diagnostic Medical Sonography	cvega@delmar.edu
Melinda Trevino Wren	Program Director, Radiologic Technology	mwren@delmar.edu

Human Sciences (Child Development, Culinary Arts, Interpreting, Cosmetology)

Name	Title	Contact
Kristen A. Wilkerson	Chair	kwilker@delmar.edu
Melody Lawrence	Administrative Assistant	mlawrence@delmar.edu (361) 698-2809
Leola M. Coleman	Program Director, Cosmetology	lcoleman@delmar.edu
Benita Flores-Munoz	Associate Professor, Child Development/Early Childhood	benitaflores@delmar.edu
Ruben Garcia	Program Director, Human Services Addiction Studies	rugarcia@delmar.edu
Claudia L. Hurt	Baking/Pastry	churt1@delmar.edu
Lucy Frances James	Program Director, Interpreter for Deaf	ljames@delmar.edu
Lisa B. Pollakis	Program Director, Restaurant Management	lpollaki@delmar.edu
Israel Villanueva	Culinary Arts	ivillanueva@delmar.edu
Lissa Gonzalez	Contact, Dual Credit Cosmetology	lgonzale43@delmar.edu

Nursing

Name	Title	Contact
Evangeline R. DeLeon	Chair	vdeleon@delmar.edu
Joyce Salinas	Administrative Assistant	jsalinas@delmar.edu (361) 698-2860 (361) 698-2863 (361) 698-2872
Jennifer L. McWha	Program Director, Nurse Education	jmcwha2@delmar.edu

Academic Advisors

Name	Title	Contact
Belinda Munoz	Nursing	bmunoz20@delmar.edu
Jessica Lopez	Nursing	jlopez719@delmar.edu

Technology Education

Name	Title	Contact
Laura Wright	Chair	lwright15@delmar.edu
Liza Lara	Administrative Assistant	llara@delmar.edu (361) 698-1725
Albert "Ron" Agnich	Aviation Maintenance, Director	aagnich@delmar.edu
Tom Matula	Air Conditioning, Building Maintenance	tmatula@delmar.edu
Bob Klepac	Architectural Drafting	bklepac@delmar.edu
Rob Appel	Auto Body, Program Coordinator	rappel@delmar.edu
Duane Beadle	Automotive	dbeadle@delmar.edu
Kelvin Jones	Diesel	kjones1@delmar.edu
Alex Solis	Architecture, Drafting & Construction Technology, Embedded Advisor	asolis39@delmar.edu Schedule appointment

Industrial Education

Name	Title	Contact
Sonny Vela	Chair	domingovela@delmar.edu
Rosemary Castellano	Administrative Assistant	rcastllel@delmar.edu (361) 698-1701
Gary Parker	Nondestructive Testing	gparker4@delmar.edu
Jose Cortez	Welding	jcortez3@delmar.edu
Denise Rector	Process Technology	drector@delmar.edu
Dan Anderson	Millwright	danderson5@delmar.edu
Gwynell Westervelt	Environmental/Petrochemical	gwestervelt@delmar.edu

Public Safety

Name	Title	Contact
Melissa Stuive	Interim Chair	mstuive@delmar.edu
Rosemary Loa	Administrative Assistant	rloa3@delmar.edu
John Graham	Criminal Justice	jgraham@delmar.edu
Mark Sanchez	Occupational Safety	msanchez241@delmar.edu
Michael Schmidt	Fire Science	mschmidt8@delmar.edu
John Hornsby	Law Enforcement	jhornsby@delmar.edu
Kellie Rieger	Emergency Medical Technician	mstuive@delmar.edu
Robert Ruiz	Emergency Medical Technician	mstuive@delmar.edu
Paul Vogt	Emergency Medical Technician	mstuive@delmar.edu
Dolores Gonzalez	Court Reporting	mstuive@delmar.edu
Gail Dorn	Paralegal Studies	mstuive@delmar.edu
Ruben Garcia	Human Service Addiction Studies	mstuive@delmar.edu

Early College/Dual Credit

Name	Title	Contact
Bob Montez	Director of Early College Programs	rmontez8@delmar.edu
Cathie Gutierrez	Reseach Specialist	cgutierrez40@delmar.edu
Emily Gonzalez	ECP Coordinator	emgonzalez@delmar.edu
Gary Rivera	ECP Coordinator	grivera@delmar.edu
Nicole Kindzirsky	ECP Coordinator	nkindzirsky@delmar.edu

Additional Assistance from Continuing Education

Name	Title	Contact
Mario Flores	Program Coordinator	mflores180@delmar.edu
Amanda Cisneros	Workforce Coordinator	acisnero2@delmar.edu
Cathleen Angeles	Office Clerk (Part Time)	cangeles1@delmar.edu
Victoria Fuentes	Office Clerk (Part Time)	vfuentes6@delmar.edu

Page last updated January 8, 2021.

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