Truman Senate Committee

Gail Gordon-Allen

Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs

The Senate is the principal governance advisory organization representing the Truman College Community.
The Senate is the principal governance advisory organization representing the Truman College Community. It makes recommendations to the College President on a broad range of policy issues concerning College matters, with the expectation of a timely response. The Senate operates on principles of shared governance, effective representation of all constituencies, openness and transparency of its structure and operations, mutual trust, and efficiency. The Senate is responsible for disseminating information and providing opportunities for dialogue on significant issues in the College.​

Senate Meetings take place on the 2nd Thursday of each month when classes are in session.

If you have items to bring before the senate committee please reach out to your representatives listed below, if you wish to speak.
Please see below regarding Truman Senate’s updated practice to open the agenda to any speaker from across the College that wants time to speak to the group.
Please forward on to anyone you see fit within Truman.

​​​In the spirit of transparency, the Senate is incorporating an open speaker session time during each meeting. The Senate invites members of the Truman community to speak about important issues for two-minutes or less.

To be added to a Truman College Senate agenda as a speaker

  1. Before midnight on Wednesday before the next Senate meeting, email Senate Secretary, Allison Zures at azures@ccc.edu with your name and the topic you will be sharing.     
  2. Prepare to speak for no more than 2 minutes.​

Faculty and Staff

​   Truman Senate Members – Spring 2023

         Se​nate Co-Chairs (non-voting)               

Gail Gordon-Allen

GGordon-Allen@ccc.edu​

Michelle Abiola Fashawe

 mfashawe@student.ccc.edu

1708 Clerical                

Azra Dzafic      

adzafic1@ccc.edu     

Nicole Moore     

nmoore92@ccc.edu         

Carly Bonnema     

cbonnema@ccc.edu          

1600 Professional                

William Franco​     

wfranco@ccc.edu      

Ceasar Miranda     

cmiranda5@ccc.edu     

Mark Carter  

mcarter85@ccc.edu   

3506 Adult Educators & Coordinators                

Carlos Aulet               

CAulet@ccc.edu      
​Helena Rickijevic  ​hrickijevic@ccc.edu

Administrators                

Sean Heraty     

sheraty@ccc.edu          

Joel Jaye     

jjaye@ccc.edu          

CCCLOC Part-time Faculty

 Kimberly Dismuke     

kdismuke1@ccc.edu          

Full-time Faculty                

Raymund Torralba          

rtorralba@ccc.edu     

Dennis Skentzis               

dskentzis@ccc.edu             

Operations Staff

Adam Henkels

ahenkels@ccc.edu

Tristin Prince

tprince7@ccc.edu

Alex Erazo  

 aerazo1@ccc.edu

Students

Khaoula Benkharraz      

 kbenkharraz@student.ccc.edu     

Yemilee Prospert​

  yprospert@student.ccc.edu
*Non-voting Secretary – Allison Zures azures@ccc.edu​ ​