Retiring Employees Served for 57 Centuries

Pictured above, Victoria Brown of Burcham Elementary School.

A total of 235 Long Beach Unified School District employees with a combined 5,762 years of service are retiring.

Certificated Retirees

38 years – Victoria Brown, Burcham;

37 years – Jill Ridgers, Prisk; Wendy Claflin, Roosevelt; Mary Jean Wynn, Twain.

36 years – Cheryl Neumann, Reid; Collette Planzo, Child Development Centers (CDC); Renee Gonzalez-Gomez, Whittier; Karen Rodgers, Naples;

35 years – Traci Davis, Cleveland;

34 years – Dolores Hall, Hoover; Jennifer Estabrooks, Burcham; Christine Grabowski, Cleveland;

33 years  – Jennifer Hukill, Garfield; Russ Anderson, Lakewood; Steven Meckna, Poly; William Hockerson, Hamilton; Alison Lewis, Cubberley; Shelley Fernald, Longfellow;

32 years  – Rebecca Afghani, Office of Curriculum, Instruction and Professional Development (OCIPD); Lester Wolf, Hamilton;

31 years  – Shawn Abbate, Equity Leadership and Talent Development; Persephone Swallow Quinney, Gant; Natasha Vaughn-Jackson, Head Start; Jeannine McDougle, Newcomb; Jacklyn Love, Gant; Cindy Varalyai, Wilson; Leanne Clark, Special Education;

30 years – Kathleen A. Brown, OCIPD; Teresa Boyd, Gant; Maria Martinez, Herrera; Savorn Pouv, Whittier; Nancy Schmitt, Fremont;

29 years  – Eleanor Thrane, Birney; Thomas Sutfin, On Leave of Absence;

28 years  – Deidre Wood, Millikan; Pamela Weinstein, Rogers; Jeanne Powell, Music Office; Therese Basta, CDC; Linda McClure, Bancroft;

27 years  – Gerardo Hoyos, Jordan; Leslie Davison, Carver; John Kane, Jordan;

26 years – Barbara Gilmore, Wilson; Terrell Daniels, Stephens; Rene Johnson, King; Agnes Amores, Signal Hill; John Scalise, Chavez;

25 years – Laura Carr, Bancroft; Michael Ayala, Hoover; Jeanine Dina, Newcomb; Cynthia Morlok, Los Cerritos; Melody Hyland-Hubbard, Barton; Nancy Koenig, Carver; Jacqueline Siqueiros, Muir;

24 years  – Lorna Savella, Garfield; John Elvidge, Poly; Ken LaConde, Muir;

23 years  – Kendall Bradford, Stanford; Pamela Johnson-Pajaud, Oropeza; Lisamarie Gonzalez-Burris, Burbank; Gladys Hernandez, On Leave of Absence; Marie Wilson, Marshall; Mary Montague, McKinley; Kathryn Meacham-Shirley, Cabrillo;

22 years – Tami San Jose, On Leave of Absence; 

21 years – Susan Brakel, CAMS; Karl Messerschmidt, Wilson; Rodney Miller, Edison/Gompers; Laura Tanner, Powell; Trinette Coster, Gant;

19 years – Maria Morales, Head Start; David Markowitz, On Leave of Absence; Leslie Theobald, Hughes; Lynette Foe-Aman, Cabrillo;

18 years – Julie Boekelheide, Avalon; Sandra Irwin, Addams;

17 years – Tracy Fisher-Chappell, Jefferson; Suzanne Dobbs, Tincher;

16 years  – Elio Mendoza, Educational Partnership High School;

15 years – Ralph Heilemann, Hughes.

A total of 38 others with a combined 864 years of service asked not to be listed.

Classified Retirees

41 years – Rex Wampler, Twain;

37 years – Faye Thomas, Cubberley;

35 years – Pamela Whittaker, Lakewood;

34 years – Darlene Perkins, Maintenance; Michael Anderson, Office of School Support Services; Joseph Roussel, Lakewood; Chester Davidson, Maintenance; 

33 years – Dale Culton, Personnel; Mario Rocha, Grounds; Rhonda Davidson, Information Services; Angela Hernandez, Robinson; Gregory Broadway, Marshall; Jonathan Smith, Jordan; Anthony Collins, Administrative Building;

32 years –  Rhonda Aguilar-Patton, Burcham; Carmenchita Merza, Special Education;

31 years – Norma Jenkins, Records Management; Elvia Morales, Cabrillo; Sharon Soberanis, Powell; Michelle Francis, Cabrillo; Ana Johnson, Chavez;

30 years – Denise Baldwin, Lindsey; Irma Lara-Venegas, Business Office; Julie Sargent, Hoover;

29 years – Laura Hardie, Newcomb;

28 years – James Bell Jr., Garfield;

27 years – Vincent Ledesma, Head Start; Gilbert Bonilla, Information Services;

26 years – Mary Ferregur, Madison; Denise Lane, Human Resources; Concepcion Morales, Tincher; Doris Antonio, Wilson; 

25 years – Chris Eftychiou, Public Information Office; Elizabeth Acero, Alvarado; Marvis Paxton, Cabrillo; 

24 years – Sharon Berg, Prisk; Karen Derouso, Information Services; Margaret White-Ali, Millikan; Matthew Woods, Information Services;

23 years – Maria Gonzalez, Whittier; Robert Medina, Maintenance;

22 years – Deborah Braswell, Newcomb; Nancy Chan, Millikan; Josiane Quiller, Birney; Maria Serrano, Wilson;

21 years – Lisa Hernandez, Kettering; Paul Killion, Maintenance; Debbie Sugimoto, Human Resources; Celia McGill, Cabrillo; Julia Elvira, Nutrition Services; 

20 years – Deborah Wall, CDC; Rita Madison, Lakewood;

19 years – Joanne Nappi, Nutrition Services; Sylvia Medina, Dooley;

15 years – Donna Wybenga, Special Education; Brenda Halili, Dooley;

10 years – Phuoc Tieu, Operations; Brenda Calhoun, Madison; Gary Lim, Lakewood;

8 years – Donna Brearley, Poly; Joanie Ruvoletto, Emerson;

7 years – Diana Derleth, Dooley;

6 years – Jennifer Geer, Accounting;

5 years – John Epps, Facilities; Phyliss Flannigan, Head Start;

4 years – Alfred Ayala, Stephens; 

3 years – Hermelinda Puentes, King.

A total of 50 others with a combined 1,120 years of service asked not to be listed.