The objectives of the TMCC chapter of the Nevada Faculty Alliance are to enhance the promise of higher education for the common good; to promote and maintain the standards and ideals of the profession; to provide a democratic voice for professional employees in higher education; to provide legislative advocacy; and to maintain collective bargaining agreements covering compensation, working conditions, and other items and conditions of employment
TMCC-NFA seeks to:
Secure explicit guarantees of academic freedom, tenure, and due process;
Establish orderly and clear procedures for prompt consideration of problems and grievances;
Advance and protect the professional and economic interests of all members of the TMCC-NFA bargaining unit;
Promote unity among employees and thereby enhance the effectiveness of TMCC-NFA in representing these employees; and
Uphold racial and social justice and thereby challenge systems of racial oppression and social inequity.
2026-28 TMCC-NFA Executive Committee
Amy Cavanaugh, PhD
President
Community College Professor
Biology
Olga Mesina, PhD
Vice President
Administrative Faculty
Counseling
Haley Orthel-Clark, MA
Secretary
Community College Professor
Psychology
Chris Jones, MA
Treasurer
Administrative Faculty
Financial Aid
Jim New, MS
Past President
Community College Professor
Business Information Systems
State NFA Representatives
- Jim New: Collective Bargaining Steering Committee
- Chris Jones: Membership Committee
- Jen Salisbury: Legal Defense Committee
- Brad Summerhill: Government Relations Committee;
Political Action Endorsement Subcommittee - Julia Hammett: Political Action Endorsement Subcommittee
Legal Defense Committee
- Amy Cavanaugh, Chair
- Jen Salisbury
Collective Bargaining Council
- Jim New, Chair
- Amy Cavanaugh
- Dan Hooper
- Beth Humphrey
- Erin Frock
- Fred Lokken
- Joseph Sanpietro
- Karen Cannan
- Katie Massey
- Maggie Eirenschmalz
- Martha Johnson-Olin
- Olga Mesina
- Ron Marston
Membership Committee
- Chris Jones, Chair
- Blisin Hestiyas
- Jon Lau
- Becky Porter
