Meet the Team | 2026 Accreditation Reaffirmation

Alex Claxton

Title: Dean of Planning, Research, Innovation and Effectiveness
Role: Accreditation Liaison Officer
Years at CSM: Since 2026 (and 23-24), District since 2017
Other Interests: Curling, board games, craft beer/homebrewing, and video games

Alex Guiriba

Title: Vice President of Student Services
Role: Standard 2B, Administrator Tri-Chair
Years at CSM: Since 2006
Other Interests: Spending as much time as possible with his spouse, children, family, golfing, and cheering on Bay Area sports teams such as the San Francisco Giants, Golden State Warriors, San Francisco 49ers, and his beloved California Golden Bears

Brittney Sneed

Role: Standard 2B Classified Tri-Chair
Title: Umoja Coordinator
Years at CSM: Since 2023
Other interests: Advocating for student success!

Daniel Keller

Role: ISER Faculty Coordinator and Standards 1 and 4 Faculty Tri-Chair
Title: English Faculty and Academic Senate President
Years at CSM: Since 2002
Other interests: Hiking, running, cycling, playing music, fighting fascism, reading history and literature

Danni Redding Lapuz

Role: Standard 2A Administrator Tri-Chair
Title: Acting Vice President of Instruction (thru AY25-26); currently at Skyline College
Years at CSM: 2014-2018 and 2024-2026; SMCCCD since 2007 (all three colleges)
Other interests: Gamelan music, gardening, travel, and spending time with family

Erica Reynolds

Role: Standard 2A Classified Tri-Chair
Title: Instructional Technologist
Years at CSM: Since 2016
Other interests: Discovering new and/or local food eateries

Fauzi Hamadeh

Role: Standards 1 and 4 Classified Tri-Chair
Title: Student Life and Leadership Assistant and CSM Classified Senate President
Years at CSM: Since 1997

Gerardo Ramirez

Role: Standard 3 Administrator Tri-Chair
Title: Vice President of Administrative Services
Years at CSM: Since 2024
Other interests: Mentoring and tutoring middle and high school students from underserved communities; diversity and inclusion, team building

Kristi Ridgway

Role: Standard 3 Faculty Tri-Chair
Title: ESL Faculty
Years at CSM: Since 2002
Other interests: Hiking, gardening, baking, musical theater, and spending time with my family

Manuel Alejandro Pérez

Title: CSM President
Role: Standards 1 & 4 Administrator Tri-Chair
Years at CSM: Since 2024
Other Interests: Baile folklórico

Monique Nakagawa

Role: Accreditation Liaison Officer (thru AY25-26)
Title: Sr Planning and Research Analyst; Interim Dean of Planning, Research, Innovation, and Effectiveness (thru AY25-26)
Years at CSM: Since 2011
Other interests: Sustainability, native gardening, urbanism, poverty, subcultural geographies, cats

Natalie Wakefield

Role: Standard 3 Classified Tri-Chair
Title: Psychology Faculty and Research Inquiry and Institutional Effectiveness Manager (thru AY25-26)
Years at CSM: Since 2023; SMCCCD since 2017
Other interests: Running, spinning (Peloton enthusiast!), hiking, barre, planning and journaling, watching documentaries

Teresa Morris

Role: Standard 2B Faculty Tri-Chair
Title: Library Faculty
Years at CSM: Since 2006
Other interests: I like to travel and to visit big city libraries for ideas

Todd Windisch

Role: Standard 2A Faculty Tri-Chair and ISER Faculty Coordinator (thru AY24-25)
Title: District Academic Senate President, ESL Faculty, CSM Academic Senate President (thru AY24-25)
Years at CSM: Since 2018
Other interests: Seeing live theater and music, watching and discussing films, playing video games, and exploring the Bay Area