Student Success and Equity Council (SSEC)
The Student Success and Equity Council (SSEC) is the participatory governance council responsible for planning, assessing, and supporting student success and equity initiatives, efforts, and programming. The SSEC develops internal and state-mandated equity plans; engages in equity-minded inquiry; monitors and assesses equity gaps and efforts to eliminate equity gaps; monitors and assesses campus climate and efforts to improve campus climate; guides and facilitates racial equity and social justice efforts; monitors and provides guidance related to the efficacy of grants and grant-funded programs and services focused on student equity, and other success and equity projects and initiatives; advises on equity-minded professional development programming; provides racial equity and social justice expertise and guidance related to validation and engagement programming and efforts; and provides guidance and resources to committees and councils to facilitate policy and procedure review with an equity lens.
Meeting Schedule
Student Success & Equity Council
Oct 24, 2025
Student Success & Equity Council
Nov 14, 2025
Student Success & Equity Council
Dec 12, 2025
Meeting Frequency
Meeting Frequency: 2nd & 4th Friday
9:00 - 10:45 a.m.
Zoom
Meetings
Members
Dr. Aaron Bruce, Dean, Student Success, & Equity (Administrative Co-Chair)*
(Fall 2025)
Dr. Theresa Carlson, Faculty Co-Chair (Elected by Committee)
(Fall 2024)
Victoria Marron, Vice President of Student Services
(2024)
Jeanie Machado-Tyler, Vice President of Instruction
(2023)
Thomas Babin, Part-time Faculty at Large
(Fall 2024 - Spring 2026)
Ashley Maier, Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, PT Faculty
(Fall 2025 - Spring 2027)
Anais Thompson, Athletics, Kinesiology and Health Ed, PT Faculty
(Fall 2024 - Spring 2026)
Dr. Theresa Carlson, Math, Science, and Engineering Faculty
(Fall 2024 - Spring 2026)
Vacant
Career Education Faculty
Vacant
Categorical Counseling Faculty Rep.
Vacant
Counseling Faculty Rep.
Scott Stambach, Teaching & Learning Faculty Co-Coordinator
(Fall 2025 - Spring 2027)
Vacant
Kumeeyaay Studies Rep.
Zefora Ortiz, Instructional Classified Rep.
(Fall 2025 - Spring 2027)
Martha Galvan, Student Services Classified Rep.
(Fall 2024 - Spring 2026)
Katie Cabral, Research & Planning Analyst
(Fall 2017 - Present)
George Dowden, Dean, Career Education
(2022)
Lauren Vaknin, Dean, Student Affairs
Isaiah Nailon, Counseling & Assessment Cntr. Supervisor proxy for Dean of Counseling
(Fall 2023 - Present)
Vacant
Disabled Students Programs and Services Representative
Lloyd Ward, Student Rep.
(Fall 2025)