Current Instructors

Randy Barton

Randy Barton has been a full time Business Administration Instructor for years. He holds an M.B.A.
| and B.A. from California State University Stanislaus. Before that he was a student right here at
Columbia College. He has lived here in the Mother lode for 17 years. He has always enjoyed the
learning process and felt rewarded when students suceeded. He also enjoys engineering things
and putting them together into something tangible and useful as well as being a photographer.

Judy Reiman

Judy Reiman has been Office Technology Program Coordinator and Instructor for the past four years.
With over 20 years in the classroom, Judy’s practical knowledge comes from an extensive background
in both the business and medical disciplines. Her business career has included retail and medical office management as well as executive secretarial positions. In spring, 2011, Judy introduced the Virtual Office program to Columbia College.  A certificate programwill be offered beginning in the fall of 2011. 

Kathy Schultz

Kathy Schultz has been teaching in the Columbia College Computer Science Department
for ten years. She earned her B.A. in Information and Communication Studies from CSU,
Chico and went to work for IBM in Sacramento. She holds a Masters Degree in Education
from CSU, Hayward, (now CSU, East Bay), with a specialization in Online Education. Kathy
is past President of the Academic Senate at Columbia College and is currently a faculty
mentor for Student Learning Outcomes. She is a member of the Tuolumne County
Women's Network.


April Walker

April Walker is adjunct faculty at multiple colleges teaching Health, Psychology, Physical Education,
Adaptive Physical Education, Human Services, and Childhood Development.  She has presented
workshops Nationally to Instructors, preschool teachers, parent groups and school counselors. She
earned her M.A. and B.A. from Pacific Oaks College in Pasadena, California specializing in Leadership
in Education and Human Services and Early Childhood Education.

Alicia Kolstad

Alicia Kolstad has been teaching and counseling in Human Services within the Community
College System for more than 19 years.  Originally from the Bay Area, she moved to the
Mother Lode in 2000.  She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from San Jose State
University in Behavioral Science with an emphasis in Sociology and a minor in Business with
a concentration in Human Resources Management.  She has a Master of Arts in Educational Counseling focusing in post-secondary pupil personnel services, and a second Master of Arts degree in Sociology.  Her passion for working with students and helping them to achieve their personal goals is quite apparent by her active involvement in co-facilitating the Academic Wellness Educator’s initiative at Columbia College. In the of Fall 2011 she will be facilitating a leadership retreat at the High Sierra Institute. 

Prior Instructors

Meryl Soto English Professor	Melissa Colon Distance Education Coordinator	Jeff Fitzwater Counselor/Guidance Instructor	Patricia Harrelson DSPS Instructor	Adrienne Seegers Child Development
Kathy Sullivan Child Development