Community College
Division Officers
Representatives from member local unions in the division elect officers of the Community College Council. You can reach the elected leaders by emailing them below.
Jim Mahler,
President
AFT Guild, San Diego and Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community Colleges,
AFT Local 1931
Jennifer
Shanoski, Northern Vice President
Peralta Federation of Teachers, AFT Local 1603
Rob
Schneiderman, Southern Vice President
Coast Federation of Educators, AFT Local 1911
Keith
Ford, Secretary
State Center Federation of Teachers, AFT Local 1533
Geoff
Johnson, Part-Time Faculty Representative
AFT Guild, San Diego and Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community Colleges,
AFT Local 1931
Jessica
Saint-Paul, Part-Time Faculty
Representative
Los Angeles College Faculty Guild, AFT Local 1521
Marlo
Smith, Part Time Faculty Representative
Adjunct Faculty United, AFT Local 6106
Linda
Sneed, Part-Time Faculty Representative
Los Rios College Federation of Teachers, AFT Local 2279
Community College Council Constitution governs the division.
CFT One Faculty Task Force Vision
Since 2023, the CFT One Faculty Task Force — made up of classroom and nonclassroom part-time and full-time faculty from throughout the state — has met regularly to develop a strategic plan to transform the current exploitative two-tier system of faculty in the California community colleges into a one-tier system. As a first step in this process, the task force focused on clarifying what a one-tier faculty structure would look like.
Effective advocacy promotes interests of college faculty and staff
Community College Council
Download a single-sheet illustrated history of the Community College Council
Formed in 1971, the Community College Council gave a voice to the growing numbers of CFT college faculty. Los Angeles history teacher Hy Weintraub, president of the council for much of the decade, brought a coherent statewide identity to the group.