Who is Responsible for this Policy?

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (“Title IX”) is a federal law that prohibits harassment on the basis of sex (or gender, including sexual identity and sexual orientation) at educational institutions that receive federal financial assistance. Sexual misconduct is a form of illegal harassment. State law also makes sexual misconduct at colleges an illegal act.

The Title IX Coordinator is the person designated by CCA to oversee this Policy, any investigation or other proceedings that ensue under this Policy, and to whom anyone with questions about this Policy can be referred.

The Title IX Coordinator at CCA and Deputy (for Student/Staff Cases) is Maira Lazdins, who is also the Vice President, Human Resources. Ms. Lazdins can be reached by phone at 415-703-9550.

CCA has also designated the following Deputy Title IX Coordinators to help handle matters that involve students:

• Deputy Title IX Coordinator (for Student/Student Cases): Jeannine Szamreta, Associate Vice President for Student Affairs/Dean of Students, 415.703.9509 or by email at jszamreta@cca.edu
• Deputy Title IX Coordinator (for student/faculty cases): Dominick Tracy, Associate Provost for Education Effectiveness, 510.594.3794 or by email dtracy@cca.edu

There also are designated Intake Officers at CCA for student/student cases to assess any conduct believed to be or that is an actual or anticipated incident of sexual misconduct:

To be especially accessible for residential students:

• Danielle Martinez, Residential Education Coordinator for Conduct & Desk Operations: (415) 551-9272 or by email at daniellem@cca.edu

To be especially accessible to all students:

• Abe Leal, Director of Public Safety: 510.594.3781 or by email at abe@cca.edu
• Joren Plunkett, Assistant Dean of Students for Conduct & Case Management: 415.551.9235 or by email at joren.plunkett@cca.edu
• Janeece Hayes, Director of Student Belonging & Inclusion: 415.703.9571 or by email at janeece@cca.edu
• Noki Seekao, Director of Student Life: 415.703.9591 or by email at noki@cca.edu

Employee Responsibility to Report

All CCA faculty and employees (including student-employees), other than those deemed Confidential Employees, are Mandated Reporters and are expected to promptly report all known details of actual or suspected sex discrimination, sex-based harassment, and/or retaliation to appropriate officials immediately. Supportive measures may be offered as the result of such disclosures without formal CCA action.

Complainants may want to carefully consider whether they share personally identifiable details with Mandated Reporters, as those details must be shared with the Title IX Coordinator.

If a Complainant expects formal action in response to their allegations, reporting to any Mandated Reporter can connect them with resources to report alleged crimes and/or Policy violations, and these employees will immediately pass Notice to the Title IX Coordinator (and/or police, if desired by the Complainant or required by law), who will act when an incident is reported to them.

Failure of a Mandated Reporter, as described above in this section, to report an incident of discrimination, harassment, or retaliation of which they become aware is a violation of CCA Policy and can be subject to disciplinary action for failure to comply/failure to report. For more details on reporting, view the Reporting Procedures page.

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