Board approves hires, appointments and routine items including multiple senior HR and school principal appointments
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Summary
The Mount Diablo Unified board approved a slate of personnel appointments, several routine agenda items and ancillary measures on June 11, including multiple human‑resources leadership hires, school principal appointments and the amendment to the general counsel employment agreement.
The board of the Mount Diablo Unified School District adopted multiple personnel appointments and routine items by unanimous votes during the June 11 meeting.
Key appointments approved 5‑0 included: - Alan Barrera Oriana as the 2025‑26 student board member (oath to be given Aug. 13). - Ryan Sheehy, Chief of Human Resources (appointment approved 5‑0). - Leonie Medina Estrada, Executive Director of Human Resources and Risk Management (approved 5‑0). - Keisha Emendorfer, Director of Human Resources (approved 5‑0). - Martha Thomas, Director of Assessment, Research and Evaluation (approved 5‑0). - Brenda Barbera, Director of Budget Accounting and Fiscal Compliance (approved 5‑0). - Matthew Rosso, Director of Technology and Innovation (approved 5‑0). - Nicole Bergland, Principal, Walnut Acres Elementary School (approved 5‑0). - Jeanne Johnson, Principal, El Dorado Middle School (approved 5‑0). - Jamie Keith, Principal, Valley View Middle School (approved 5‑0). - Dr. Ronald Richardson, Principal, College Park High School (approved 5‑0). - Megan O'Malley, Principal, Prospect Continuation High School and Horizon Center for Independent Study (approved 5‑0).
The board also approved an amendment to the employment agreement for General Counsel Suzanne Starsecki Kim (range 48 step 9, salary $259,488) through Feb. 28, 2028, by 5‑0 vote; the motion amended and extended the agreement as presented.
Other approved items by unanimous vote included acceptance of the final Measure C Citizens Bond Oversight Committee annual report, adoption of the Arts & Music in the Schools (AMS/Prop. 28) annual report, approval of amendments to the Northgate High School stadium lighting memorandum of understanding, a revised developer fee certificate form and renewal of the MOU providing financial and operational services to Eagle Peak Montessori School. The board also approved revisions to high‑school science course descriptions (Living Earth, Chemistry and Physics of the Universe).
Most consent‑calendar and routine votes passed by 5‑0, with motions typically made by one trustee and seconded by another. The board president announced votes as 5‑0 adopted for the listed appointments and consent items.
