New Hires

The Clovis campus has a new employee starting today.  Connie Stroud is the new lab assistant in the Medical Lab.  Welcome, Connie!

BrightStar Education group and the Clovis campus of Institute of Technology welcome Amanda Nash as our new Director of Career Services. Amanda has extensive leadership experience in the placement industry and looks forward to leading the Clovis placement department!

BrightStar welcomes IOT-Redding’s new DFA, Rob Smith.  Rob comes to IOT with 16 years experience in the Financial Aid and Student Loan industries.  He is from the local area and is an avid outdoorsman.

Welcome, Rob!

Our Roseville campus has recently added the following new employees in their admissions department…

Jenae Ohland, Michael Maldonado, Carmen Chiorean, and Rowena Marlang are all new admissions representatives.  Congratulations!

Our Redding IOT campus is welcoming its newest Admissions Representative, Ed Frydel.  Ed comes to us with 18 years experience in higher education recruiting, including the past 9 years recruiting for DeVry University.  We are very glad to have him join our team!

Welcome, Ed!

Institute of Technology campuses have been busy hiring new employees in California!

In Clovis, we have added several new members to our Career Services Department:

Welcome, Sam Gisyer, Monique Keo, Megan Arno, and Sonya Garcia.

At our Roseville campus, we have hired several new employees as well:

Please welcome our 3 new admissions reps, Jenae Ohland, Rowena Marlang and Michael Maldonado, and our new Student Success Coach Kelli Wells.

In Modesto, our new Student Success Coach, Kristina Havard will be taking care of our evening students!

Welcome All!

Please join me in welcoming Sabrina Sida and Waylon Myers to our BrightStar Corporate Team.

Sabrina and Waylon are both graduates of the Institute of Technology and will serve as Employment Verification Specialists on our Corporate Team. The focus of their responsibilities will be to verify 60 days of employment for all graduates placed in the field by our college. Their work will be independent of the Career Services Departments but they will communicate regularly with each Career Services Director providing important feedback on graduates working in the field and employers that hire our graduates.

Their work will assure us that our graduates are maintaining their employment after initial placement and provide valuable information about the level of satisfaction employers have with our graduates as employees. Additionally, if graduates are displaced from their jobs we will have an opportunity to assist them with additional placement services.

Welcome Sabrina and Waylon. Good to have you on the team.

Welcome to Manola Phimmavong, the Clovis Campus’ new Career Services Administrative Assistant. Manola is an Institute of Technology HR graduate and has over 10 year’s progressive experience providing high-level administrative support. She will be a great asset to our team helping to ensure our students/graduates have the best placement experience possible!

Announcing new additions to the Modesto Campus:

Krista Panarra - PT instructor

Michael Perkins - Adjunct Business Instructor

Revina Williams - MBCS Instructor taking the place of Charla Anderson who is leaving us

Eleshea Kidd  - Admissions Rep

Guadalupe Renteria - Admissions Rep

Greg Renwick - Admissions Rep

Blake Martin - Admissions Rep
Congratulations to all of our new Modesto additions!

The following people have joined our BrightStar Education Team via Valley Medical College.

Please welcome:
Director of Education: Dr. Linne Linder

Director of Financial Services: Sharon Fitzpatrick

Director of Career Services: John M. Jones

Director of Admissions: Erin Miller-Burns

Admissions Representative: Katherine Harper

Front Desk Manager—Day: Sarah Herb

Front Desk Manager—Night: Rachel De Robles

Danielle Welke: Financial Services Representative

Kaylee Carroll: Admissions Representative