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The English Center’s phone number is (510) 836-6700. To reach a staff member by phone, please dial the English Center’s phone number and ask for his or her extension, which is listed below.

Administrative Staff

Name	Title	Email	Ext.	Room
Marcy Jackson	Executive Director	director@englishcenter.edu	103	217
Qais Ahmadi	IMM Admissions Officer	admissions2@englishcenter.edu	109	203
Sima Brodskaya	Financial Aid Coordinator	financialaid@englishcenter.edu	107	211
Angelica Garcia	Career Counselor	1stop@englishcenter.edu	113	204
Jeff Issenberg	Associate Director of Operations	operations@englishcenter.edu	104	202
Alyson Jessee	Career Counselor	employment@englishcenter.edu	120	204
“Katie” Hui Ying Li	IMM Admissions Officer	admissions@englishcenter.edu	122	203
Magdalena Montalvo	Healthcare Careers Program Coordinator	healthcare@englishcenter.edu	121	213
Iris Powell	Morning Receptionist	reception2@englishcenter.edu	101 or 124
Gerardo Romo	Student Affairs Officer – OJT	student.affairs@englishcenter.edu	101 or 124
Rimma Shchukina	Business Manager	business@englishcenter.edu	106	212
Angelica Vera	Registrar	registrar@englishcenter.edu	108	215
Tony Vigo	International Programs Coordinator	international@englishcenter.edu	111	219
Melissa White	Director of Development	development@englishcenter.edu	125	216

Academic Staff

Name	Title	Email	Ext.	Room
Lynne Wilkins	Associate Director for Programs and Director of Corporate Training for Industry	programs@englishcenter.edu	105	215
Sally Wong	Technology Education Coordinator	teched@englishcenter.edu	119	215
Sonia Slutzki	Programs Manager	sonia@englishcenter.edu	123	215
Nanci Kim	Tutoring Coordinator / Trainer	programs1@englishcenter.edu	114	214
Kaya Cohn	EL Civics Coordinator	elcivics@englishcenter.edu	126	214

Instructors (Part-time)

Name	Title	Email
James Duncanson	Instructor II	james@englishcenter.edu
Christine Fong	Instructor II	christinefong@englishcenter.edu
Kaete Hester	Instructor II	kaetehester@englishcenter.edu
Annlee McGurk	Instructor II	annleemcgurk@englishcenter.edu
Julia McGurk	Instructor II	julia@englishcenter.edu
Katherine Meyer	Instructor II	katherinemeyer@englishcenter.edu
Suzanne Motley	Instructor II	suzannemotley@englishcenter.edu
Barbara Nathan	Instructor II	barbara@englishcenter.edu
Carolyn Peipher	Instructor II	carolynpeipher@englishcenter.edu
Naima Ramdane	Instructor II	naima@englishcenter.edu
Carly Reçi	Instructor II	carly@englishcenter.edu
Ashley Richards	Instructor II	ashleyrichards@englishcenter.edu
Lisa Schliff	Instructor II	lisaschliff@englishcenter.edu
Janice Tolman	Instructor II	janice@englishcenter.edu

Teacher Trainees

Name	Title	Email
Qais Ahmadi	Teacher Trainee	qaisahmadi@englishcenter.edu
Ruth Crossman	Teacher Trainee	ruthcrossman@englishcenter.edu
Pat Raburn	Teacher Trainee	patraburn@englishcenter.edu
April Shandor	Teacher Trainee	april@englishcenter.edu
Julia Tran	Teacher Trainee	juliatran@englishcenter.edu

Trainers for Corporate Clients

Name	Title	Email
Carlos Cevallos	Trainer	*
Christopher Condit	Trainer	*
Janet Johnson	Trainer	*
Katherine Meyer	Trainer	katherinemeyer@englishcenter.edu
Kathleen Miranda	Trainer	*
Kim Steier	Trainer	*

* If you would like to contact these Trainers, please email programs@englishcenter.edu. Thank you.

Administrative Staff

Academic Staff

Instructors (Part-time)

Lisa Schliff

Janice Tolman

Teacher Trainees

Trainers for Corporate Clients