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About Us!

Kathie Kwilinski, Executive Director
kkwilins@sccd.ctc.edu

Kathie has worked over 25 years in international education and has over 13 years of experience at South Seattle Community College. Kathie is Director of operations, budget, immigration issues and lead advisor for the office.

Christine Gormely, Program Assistant

Christine Gormley, Program Coordinator
ip@sccd.ctc.edu

Christine is our admissions coordinator and an academic advisor. She comes to us from Ruhrgebiet, Germany. She always wears a smile and is happy to assist you with any questions you have.

 

Not Pictured:
Gene Baker, Director for International Marketing Gene's primary responsbilities are to recruit international students to South and to identify key partners for faculty staff and student exchanges
Mandy Mino-Cuasay, Program Manager & SEVIS Specialist Mandy is the college's SEVIS specialist. She also provides academic advising for college level students.
Jill McDonough, Intensive English Program Advisor & Admissions Coodinator
IEP Instructor
Jill's focus is intake advising and IEP placement. She is also a key IEP advisor.
QianQian Renouard, International Student Advisor, Study Abroad QianQian provides academic advising and registration services for international students, she specializes in university transfer advising. She also serves as study abroad coordinator for US students planning to study abroad.
LeeAnne Lim & Jeremiah Willhite, Activities, Housing and Short Term Programs LeeAnne and Jeremiah coordinate and support special events and activities such as Orientation, End of Quarter Party, hiking trips and volunteer opportunities.

Liliane Kamikazi

Part Time Front Desk Support

Meet the Intensive English Program (IEP) Faculty

Paul Safstrom, Full-time Instructor
psafstro@sccd.ctc.edu

Paul earned his Masters in Education from Seattle University and has certification in ABE/ESL and TESOL. Paul studied in Germany for two years and taught Jr. High School in Mexico for four years. He teaches the core classes for the lower level to include grammar, reading and writing as well as the multi-level, multi-media language lab.
"I believe in education for its own sake—that education can truly help to free us and make us happy. I also believe that we should be able to enjoy learning. I enjoy teaching, and I want my students to enjoy learning."

Annette Stofer, Part-time Instructor
astofer@sccd.ctc.edu

Annette has a Bachelor of Arts in Textile Design, a Teaching Certificate from the University of Iowa and a Certificate and Advanced Certificate in TESL from the School of TESL at Seattle University. She has lived and taught in both Tunisia and Korea. She specializes in beginning ESL and literacy. Our IEP students will enjoy her history and English support classes.
"I love my job because I get to meet a wide variety of people and it is great to see students learn new things and feel excited about education."

Faculty Members not Pictured:
Margo Harder Susan Clark Paul Kern
Anne Joiner Kris Lysaker Russell Johnson
Tobias Lee Wairimu Kiambuthi Tony Lloyd
Doug Tompson Rick Marshall