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PCC Founders Day: Retiree Recognition
- Date: Friday, May 15, 2026
- Time: 4-7:30pm (program at 5:30pm)
- Location: Southeast Campus
The heart of PCC has always been its people, and we can’t wait to gather once again to honor our newest retirees.
This event is a special opportunity for our community—staff, faculty, family, and former retirees—to come together and show our deep gratitude for the 2025-2026 PCC retirees.
Join us for PCC’s Retirement Recognition!
Please join us in making this a truly memorable gathering on Friday, May 15. Let us know you’re coming by April 30.
- $15 per person. An invoice will be provided with payment details. Prepayment is required.
- Join us for an evening of heavy hors d’oeuvres and fun mocktails. We won’t be serving a formal dinner, so be sure to get there early to enjoy the full spread!
Who is coming?
See the full list of attendees
- Karen Marie Anderson
- Abeer Awad
- Dorothy Baker
- Lucia Barnett
- Jeanette Bauman
- Michelle Brown
- Naomi Butler
- Chris Carey
- Alex Carnathan
- Tia Chiappe
- Debbi Covert
- Carlo DeMarco
- Sandra Dixon
- Karen Eden
- Kevin Eden
- Marlene Eid
- Jennifer Ernst
- Garry Eschweiler
- Sarah Rose Evans
- Dina Farrell
- April Ann Fong
- Allen Fowler
- Joy Fowler
- Jon Fresh
- Wendy Fresh
- Dana Fuller
- Chris L. Gaede
- Ric Getter
- Frank Goulard
- Ty Graham
- Brianna Guaman
- Katy Ho
- Chau Hoang
- Dusty Hoerz
- Nancy Howard
- Chris Jensen
- Julianne Johnson-Weiss
- Ernest Jones
- Sheryl Keele
- Kurt Kessinger
- Pam Kessinger
- Oulyvanh Khamvongsa
- Adelina Khouri
- Tagrid Khouri
- Beth Lewis
- Alyson Lighthart
- Tanya Littrell
- Steven Livingston
- Mazen Malik
- Amber Mendel
- Dwyn Miller
- Brenda Morse
- Steven R. Morse
- Claire Moton
- Neal Naigus
- Fareeha Nayebare
- Sunnie Ochoa
- Loren Perry
- Jay Rathbone
- Dennis Reynolds
- Roberta Richards
- Al Sanchez
- Jana Sanchez
- Kelly Schwartz
- Torie Scott
- Talitha Singhai
- Kim Smith
- Kristine Sonnleitner
- Michael Sonnleitner
- Robert Straker
- Cynthia Thornburgh
- Jennifer Vasicek
- Becky Washington
- Terry Washington
- Sylvia Welch
- Jesse Welch
- Doris Werkman
- Jeannie Winn
- Kathleen Zybeck
- Robert Zybeck
PCC honors the following colleagues:
- Matthew Camp, Tutoring Center
- Isla Carl, Office of VP of Academic Affairs
- Mia Caruso, Composition
- Tia Chiappe, President’s Office
- Kevin Eden, Parking and Transportation
- Marlene Eid, Psychology
- Jackie Elliott, Counseling Services
- Dina Farrell, Financial Services
- Chris Fletcher, Allied Health Program
- Karol Ford, PSEC
- Wendy Fresh, Mathematics
- Jerry Fugate, Biology
- Mike Guthrie, Exercise Science and Physical Education
- Dusty Hoerz, Planning and Construction
- Nancy Howard, Business Administration
- Massi Hunaidi, Contract and Grant Accounting
- Chris Jensen, Writing and Composition
- Jill Kennel, Information Technology
- Pam Kessinger, Library
- Darcie LeMieux, Sign Language
- Steven Livingston, College Bookstore
- Theresa Love, Writing and Composition
- Scott Lowery, Electrical Engineering
- Jack Lussier, Facilities Management Services
- Cherie Maas-Anderson, P&CC – Finance
- Cindy Macias, College Bookstore
- Marcos Miranda, Political Science
- Steven Morse, Facilities Management Services
- Thalia Murray, Information Technology
- Anne O’Reilly, Counseling Services
- Maria Ortiz, Facilities Management Services
- Keith Palmateer, Library and Media Services
- Dennis Reynolds, Mathematics
- Ronald Ross, Writing and Composition
- Carol Schulman, Middle College
- Torie Scott, Library and Media Services
- Kristine Shmakov, Russian Language and Culture
- Kurt Simonds, SPIP
- Steven Swint, Hillsboro Education Center
- Brenda Thomas, Financial Aid
- Cynthia Thornburgh, ESOL
- Patrick Walters, Writing and Composition
- Suzanne Warner, Mathematics
Please note that this list is representative of the information available at the time of publication.
Retirees! Share your insights!
We’d love to hear from all our valued PCC retirees! Your experiences and insights are incredibly important. Please take a few moments to share your thoughts by completing this survey.
Other ways to support our retirees
Retiree resource fair
We’re looking for local organizations and community groups to host an informational table for our retirees.
If you know of a group that offers services, support, or activities tailored to retirees, we’d love to have them join us! This is a great opportunity to connect directly with our community and share how to help them thrive.
Interested in hosting a table? Please reach out to Claire Moton at claire.moton@pcc.edu by Friday, May 1, to reserve your spot.
Calling all PCC retirees
This is more than a retirement celebration—it’s a homecoming. We’re inviting all PCC retirees to return to the spaces they helped build to reconnect with the colleagues who shaped our culture.
Come for the nostalgia, stay for the stories, and help us bridge the gap between our “founding legends” and our newest retirees.
We look forward to making this reunion a new annual tradition. We encourage you to share this news with others!
Celebrate our retirees with the Rose Scholarship
As we celebrate our 2025–2026 retirees, we invite you to honor the legacy they leave behind. The Rose Scholarship, created by the PCC Retiree Network, recognizes their dedication by supporting students in their final year of study.
A gift in honor of a retiree transforms their years of service into a lasting opportunity for a student — ensuring their impact continues at PCC for years to come.
How to contribute
If you would like to make a tax-deductible contribution or learn more about recent recipients, please reach out to the PCC Foundation:
- Contact: Brighton Brooksby
- Phone: 971-722-8333
- Email: brighton.brooksby@pcc.edu
- Giving online: Give online at pcc.edu/give and designate “Rose Scholarship” in the “Other designation” field.
- Giving by check: Please make checks payable to “PCC Foundation” and include “Rose Scholarship” in the memo line. Mailing address: PCC Foundation, PO Box 19000, Portland, OR 97280.
Show your appreciation!
To help us say a proper “see you later,” we’ve put together a few ways to share your well-wishes.
Please use these dedicated notecards and meeting backgrounds to show our retiring colleagues just how much they’ve meant to our teams.
Help us celebrate our retirees!
We need a few extra hands to help make the event a success on May 15!
If you have some time to spare, volunteering is a great way to show your support for our colleagues as they move into this exciting new chapter. We will need help with setup, check-in, and much more. Sign up to help on the day of the event (please request access to the Google sheet if you are interested in volunteering).
Please contact the-pcc-unity-crew-group@pcc.edu for more information.
We are committed to making our events accessible to everyone. If you require an accommodation or service to fully participate, please contact the-pcc-unity-crew-group@pcc.edu.
We want to take a moment to honor the colleagues and friends who are no longer with us by sharing an In Memoriam tribute.
If you would like to include a retired PCC colleague in this tribute, please visit our in-memoriam webpage.
Visit this page often for more events and information as we plan our year.