Candidate for
Board Member; Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District; Seat 3

PERSONAL INFORMATION FOR SHANNON O'DUNN

Shannon was born in Midland, Texas, in 1944. Married Charles G. `Mike' Bemis in 1979. Son Cullen born 1980; daughter Carling born 1986. Mike and Shannon moved to La Mesa in 1980. Her leisure interests are natural history, painting and drawing, and fiber arts.

EDUCATION

BA, Geology, SDSU, with Honors, and with Distinction in Geology, 1965

MS Geology, University of Colorado, Boulder, 1969

MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE

7/00-6/05 Dean, Communication and Fine Arts Division, Grossmont College

Managed a $4.5 million/year instructional division including Art, Communication, Dance, Media Communication, Music, and Theatre Arts; 34 full-time and 70 part-time faculty, and 10 classified employees. Served on 8 construction task forces for Prop `R'.

1986-1993 Director, Grants and Contract Instruction, Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District

Originated and managed programs with Jin'ai Women's Junior College, University of Okinawa, and Tokyo Foreign Language College; created and managed the American Collegiate English (ACE) Program; Co-Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation Marine Sciences Short Course grant, Univ. of San Diego,1990-1994; wrote dozens of funded CCC Fund for Instructional Improvement grants for faculty; raised $10,000 for Cuyamaca College Ornamental Horticulture from the Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust.

TEACHING AND COLLEGE LEADERSHIP

Full time Geology teaching: Barstow College, 1969-71 and Grossmont College, 1971-86 and 1993-2000

Other Geology teaching: Cuyamaca College, UC Riverside Extension, San Diego Museum of Natural History, Univ. of San Diego, Mission Trails Regional Park

Faculty Leadership: Dept Chair of Earth Sciences; Asst. to the President for Grants; Steering Committee for Accreditation (two cycles)

Bargaining Unit Activities: Administrator's Assn. Vice President; United Faculty Vice President; GCDTA President, Winton Council negotiator.

AWARDS/HONORS

2/06 Dean Emerita, awarded by the G-CCCD Governing Board

5/05 Innovator of the Year, Grossmont College

3/00 Honored Alumnus of the Year, SDSU Department of Geological Sciences

1979-80 National Science Foundation Professional Development Award

1966 Miss Scholarship of San Diego, voted by the San Diego City Council

EXPERIENCE IN INDUSTRY

1983 Geological Consultant Public Works Department of the County of San Diego

1982 Geological Consultant Robert Prater Associates, San Diego

1980-81 President, San Diego Association of Geologists

1979-80 Project Geologist Woodward-Clyde Consultants

1979 Field Geologist Woodward-Clyde Consultants, Micronesia, US Trust Territories