Automotive Technology Advisory Board

Purpose
The Automotive Technology Program is partly funded from the Vocational-Technical Education Act (VTEA). A mandate of VTEA funding is that the program must conduct at least one advisory committee meeting per year. The charge of this committee is to provide input for goals, planning, and recommendations on equipment and curriculum. In general, the committee will help ensure that the program is best suited to provide training for the students. Additionally, the program is nationally certified by the National Automotive Technician’s Education Foundation (NATEF). NATEF requires that two advisory committee meetings per year be conducted. The committee serves to monitor program compliance with NATEF. The advisory committee meetings typically take place in the spring and fall.

Membership Structure
The committee membership is diverse. It is the goal of the committee to have the following groups represented;

A member from the industry serves as the chair, and the program coordinator serves as the secretary.


Jason Morey, Sierra Motors, Technician	Matt Palmer, Hammond Ford, Technician & past student	Mark Pasby, Hammond Ford, Service Manager, Committee Chair	Marty and Kathy Robillard, Marty's Auto Service, owners

Issac Brock, Mother Lode Motors, Technician & past student	Ken Sooter, Sooter's Auto, owner	Chris Sedler, Calaveras High School, instructor	Jeff Flemming, The Auto Fix, Technician

Erik Andal, Columbia College, program coordinator, committee secretary	Stan Smith, Sonora High School, instructor	Merlin Bart, Columbia College, instructor
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Gary Mendenhall, Columbia College, Dean of Vocational Education	Ben Zacharian, Zak's Auto, owner	Mike Denny, Sonora Import Services, owner	Laren Kaiser, Kaiser's Kustom, owner
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Bob Barber, Crown Auto, owner	Rhonda Woodlief, student	Jamie Valadez, Sun Waelty, owner