New deans named for both SRJC campuses

Several new deans have joined Santa Rosa Junior College this year, including Matt Markovitch, Dean of Kinesiology, Athletics and Dance;|

Several new deans have joined Santa Rosa Junior College this year, including Matt Markovitch, Dean of Kinesiology, Athletics and Dance; Josh Adams, Dean of Business and Professional Studies; Matthew Long, Dean of Student Services on the Petauma Campus; Catherine Prince, Dean of Instruction and Strategic Program Development; and Catherine Williams, Dean of Instruction and Enrollment Management on the Petaluma Campus. 

Lifelong Sonoma County resident Markovitch will join the district in June. The Petaluma native played baseball for the current Dean of KAD, Ron Myers, and obtained his associates degree from SRJC in 1993. He received his BA in kinesiology from Sonoma State University, and an MA in physical education and recreation from St. Mary’s College.

Markovitch has helped coach baseball teams at SSU, San Francisco State University, and San Jose State University, where he also served as the team’s Academic Coordinator. Most recently, he was the Director of Kinesiology and Athletics at College of Marin.

Adams is a Cloverdale native who began his career in the information technology field. In 1993, while still in high school, he helped a doctor’s office build its first Novell network. In 2001, Adams discovered his passion for teaching working as an instructor for Empire College, and eventually continued teaching as a civilian at the United States Coast Guard IT School in Petaluma from 2003 through 2011.

For the past four years, he has been the manager of instructional computing in SRJC’s IT department.

Long’s early career in higher education included positions in enrollment and student academic services at SSU. Previously, he served as Associate Dean of Student Affairs and Academic Affairs at Gateway Community College, the largest community college in Connecticut. As associate dean, he served as a member of the College Cabinet and worked with offices, programs, and initiatives that intersected both the student services and academic worlds, such as academic support services and adjunct faculty support. He provided direct oversight to most of the departments in student services, including Financial Aid, Student Activities and Athletics, Counseling, Student Disability Services, Career Services and many others.

Long brings a unique perspective of work experience from both four-year and two-year institutions, as well as both public, and private colleges, including as Associate Director of Student Financial Services at Yale University. 

In her six years at SRJC, Prince has worked in both student services and academic affairs components, at times for both jointly. Past positions at SRJC include Manager of Career Development Services, and interim positions as Director of Assessment, Director of Workforce Development, and most recently, Dean of Instruction and Strategic Program Development.

An accomplished grant administrator and proposal writer, she has generated more than $10 million in program funding for SRJC and the communities it serves. Working in collaboration with local and federal migrant education departments, Prince oversaw the implementation and ongoing operations of the High School Equivalency Program.

Williams has served the SCJCD for the past nine years in a number of leadership roles. She brings 16 years of experience teaching transfer-level, upper division, and graduate-level psychology courses at Dominican University, SSU, and SRJC. Williams has management and leadership experience in education, community mental health programs, and county probation.

Williams has extensive program evaluation and grant-writing experience at the federal, state and local levels, including collaboration on several grants that funded new programs at SRJC.

Williams is SRJC Petaluma’s first dean of instruction and enrollment management.

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