{"id":99,"date":"2004-05-05T11:13:46","date_gmt":"2004-05-05T11:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kern.org\/hr\/?page_id=99"},"modified":"2025-10-24T16:45:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T16:45:20","slug":"contact-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kern.org\/human-resources\/contact-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Contact Us"},"content":{"rendered":"

Physical Address<\/strong><\/em>
\nAccess Center
\n1330 Truxtun Ave.
\nBakersfield, CA 93301
\n661-636-4100<\/p>\n

Mailing Address<\/strong><\/em>
\n1300 17th Street-City Centre
\nBakersfield, CA 93301<\/p>\n

The Kern County Superintendent of Schools Office recognizes that its employees are a valuable resource. There are great benefits to be realized from a workforce that is racially and culturally diversified; therefore, the Office operates on a merit system as part of its personnel management program. The merit system is designed to provide a fair and equitable personnel management program dedicated to the recruitment, retention, and development of employees on the basis of merit and job-related qualifications. It assures fair treatment of applicants and employees in all aspects of personnel administration without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, gender, disability, medical condition, martial status, or sexual orientation, and with proper regard for the privacy and constitutional rights of citizens.<\/p>\n

The Office is education related; however, the services provided touch a far larger segment of the community. As a public agency it holds a public trust, so the Office strives to maintain a high standard of accountability. The Kern County Superintendent of Schools Office places a strong focus on customer service and sensitivity towards staff, clients, and the public.<\/p>\n

HR Staff Directory<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Cherie Payne<\/strong>, Associate Superintendent – Human Resources<\/td>\nP: 661-636-4747
\nE: chpayne@kern.org<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Natalie Lucas<\/strong>, Administrative Secretary II to Cherie Payne<\/td>\nP: 661-636-4673
\nE: nalucas@kern.org<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Matthew Gutierrez<\/strong>, Senior Director – Human Resources<\/td>\nP: 661-636-4747
\nE: magutierrez@kern.org<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Krystal Gomez<\/strong>, Secretary II to Matthew Gutierrez<\/td>\nP: 661-636-4747
\nE: krgomez@kern.org<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Michelle Rigby<\/strong>, Senior Director – Staff Development<\/td>\nP: 661-636-4543
\nE: mirigby@kern.org<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sally Parks<\/strong>, Secretary II to Michelle Rigby<\/td>\nP: 661-636-4470
\nE: saparks@kern.org<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rosenda Thomas<\/strong>, Human Resources Manager<\/td>\nP: 661-636-4683
\nE: rothomas@kern.org<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andrew Lane<\/strong>, Human Resources Systems Analyst<\/td>\nP: 661-636-4251
\nE: anlane@kern.org<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rodolfo Noriega<\/strong>, Human Resources Specialist<\/td>\nP: 661-636-4692
\nE: ronoriega@kern.org<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mollie Graham<\/strong>, Human Resources Compliance Specialist<\/td>\nP: 661-636-47172
\nE: momontgomery@kern.org<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Courtney Perez<\/strong>, Fingerprint Technician
\nFingerprint Appointments, Clearances, and Billing<\/td>\n		P: 661-636-4672
\nE: coperez@kern.org<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

CLASSIFIED<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Maribel Polanco<\/strong>, Human Resources Technician III
\nPersonnel (non-Credentialed)<\/td>\n		P: 661-636-4342
\nE: mapolanco@kern.org<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anisa Hernandez,<\/strong>, Human Resources Technician II
\nJob Announcements, Testing & Interviews<\/td>\n		P: 661-636-4391
\nE: ahernandez@kern.org<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Adrianna Benavides-Pompa<\/strong>, Human Resources Technician III
\nPersonnel (non-Credentialed)<\/td>\n		P: 661-636-4697
\nE: adpompa@kern.org<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gloria Townsend<\/strong>,Human Resources Technician III, Leave Specialist (Classified & Certificated)<\/td>\nP: 661-636-4749
\nE: gltownsend@kern.org<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Althea Varela<\/strong>, Human Resources Technician I
\nSubstitutes, Student Workers, and Professional Experts<\/td>\n		P: 661-636-4782
\nE: alvarela@kern.org<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rosa Alfaro<\/strong>, Human Resources Technician I, Merit Desk<\/td>\nP: 661-636-4405
\nE: roalfaro@kern.org<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

CERTIFICATED<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Alejandrina Moreno<\/strong>, Human Resources Technician III Personnel (Credentialed)<\/td>\nP: 661-636-4752
\nE: almoreno@kern.org<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cynthia Harmening<\/strong>, Human Resources Technician I<\/td>\nP: 661-636-4633
\nE: cyharmening@kern.org<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Evelyn Feliciano<\/strong>, Credentials Manager<\/td>\nP: 661-636-4750
\nE: evfeliciano@kern.org<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gloria Perez<\/strong>, Credentials Analyst<\/td>\nP: 661-636-4370
\nE: glperez@kern.org<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carrie Melton<\/strong>, Credentials Technician<\/td>\nP: 661-636-4751
\nE: camelton@kern.org<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Debbie Rains<\/strong>, Credentials Technician<\/td>\nP: 661-636-4674
\nE: derains@kern.org<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alicia Mil<\/strong>, Secretary II in Credentials<\/td>\nP: 661-636-4197
\nE: almil@kern.org<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yvonne Keaveny<\/strong>, HR Technician I – Credentials<\/td>\nP: 661-636-4573
\nE: yvkeaveny@kern.org<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

PAYROLL<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Vanessa Dhindsa<\/strong>, Employee Benefits Specialist<\/td>\nP: 661-636-4612
\nE: vadhindsa@kern.org<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Erica Celedon<\/strong>, Payroll Manager<\/td>\nP: 661-636-4325
\nE: erceledon@kern.org<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vacant<\/strong>, Senior Payroll Technician\/Payroll A-F<\/td>\nP: 661-636-4663
\nE: @kern.org<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ashley Artemis<\/strong>, Payroll Technician G-M<\/td>\nP: 661-636-4661
\nE: asartemis@kern.org<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Teresa Green<\/strong>, Payroll Technician N-Z<\/td>\nP: 661-636-4667
\nE: tegreen@kern.org<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Physical Address Access Center 1330 Truxtun Ave. Bakersfield, CA 93301 661-636-4100 Mailing Address 1300 17th Street-City Centre Bakersfield, CA 93301 The Kern County Superintendent of Schools Office recognizes that its employees are a valuable resource. There are great benefits to be realized from a workforce that is racially and culturally diversified; therefore, the Office operates […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-99","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kern.org\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kern.org\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kern.org\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kern.org\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kern.org\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/kern.org\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23514,"href":"https:\/\/kern.org\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99\/revisions\/23514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kern.org\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}