Dennis Frisch
Santa Monica College
History

Education:

BA, History, San Diego State University
MA, History and Chinese Language, University of Hawaii
MLS, Library & Information Science, UCLA

Local Experience:

• Member of the Santa Monica College Academic Senate
• Executive Committee of SMC Academic Senate
• Santa Monica College Budget Committee
• .Executive Secretary of the Santa Monica College Faculty Association, 1980-1987.
• Negotiating Council member: two terms 2002-4 and 2004-present
• Negotiating team 2004-6
• Vice-President, Santa Monica College Faculty Association, 2006-Present

Statewide Experience

• FACCC Board of Governors: 2003-6; 2006-present
• Member and Board of Governors Liasion: FACCC policy committee 2003-6
• Member, FACCC, Policy, NLIE, Publications Committees
• FACCC Representative tesifying before CA Senate Higher Education Committee on SB55
• Liaison from CCCI to Academic Senate of the California Community Colleges, 2005.
• Santa Monica College Faculty Association representative to SFA (Southern California Faculty Alliance).
• Consultation Council alternate representative for CCCI.

Prior service to FACCC:

See Above "Statewide Experience"

Candidate Statement:

To continue to contribute to the successful efforts to advocate for the concerns and interests of community college faculty through FACCC, especially the work FACCC is doing to address the issues surrounding the 50% law; 75/25 issues; the Faculty Obligation Number and full-time faculty hiring issues; part-time faculty office hours, medical benefits, and equity issues. As Treaurer to work with FACCC staff in continuing to develop sound financial policies that will insure the continued fiscal health of FACCC that is the foundation for effective advocacy for community college faculty at the state level.