Tandy Iles is a
full time faculty member and has been the Director of the Drug &
Alcohol Studies Program since its inception in 1998. She has over
twenty-five years in the field with an emphasis on community
health and cultural competency. She currently teaches Beginning
and Advanced Fieldwork classes, Introduction to Drug & Alcohol
Studies, and College Success courses. She is the co-author of
"It's All About Us" African American Women Fighting Against
Tobacco. Tandy also serves on the board of the California
Association of Alcohol & Drug Educators (CAADE).
CRAIG WENZL, BBA
Associate Director of Drug & Alcohol Studies
Phone: (415) 452-5159
cwenzl@ccsf.edu
Craig Wenzl
joined the Drug & Alcohol Studies Program as Associate Director in
2005. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in
Marketing/Communication from the University of Central Arkansas.
Prior to City College, Craig worked for ten years as the Director
of Programs at the Monterey County AIDS Project in Monterey and
Salinas, California. In addition to program coordinating, Craig
also worked as a community health outreach worker, HIV testing
counselor, and group facilitator, with a focus on substance use
and sexual risk.
EDITH
GUILLÉN-NÚÑEZ, JD, MS
Instructor, Drug & Alcohol Certificate
Phone: (415) 452-7477
eguillen@ccsf.edu
Edith Guillén-Núñez
has a Masters of Science in Mental Health Counseling and is a
Marriage Family Registered Intern. She also has a Juris Doctor
and is licensed attorney in California and Florida. Edith has
been working as a therapist with children and families for
approximately ten years. As a bilingual, English/Spanish
therapist, Edith's area of focus has been working with low income,
culturally diverse people specifically in the areas of domestic
violence, substance abuse, HIV/AIDS, child abuse and neglect and
homelessness. In her legal practice, Edith also specializes
working with children and families. Edith's experience has
included working within the dependency, juvenile system
representing children, and family court. Currently as a family
law attorney Edith works primarily with low-income, limited
English speaking people who have been affected by domestic
violence.
JOANI MARINOFF, PA,
MPH
Instructor/Coordinator, HIV/STI Prevention
Program
Instructor, Drug & Alcohol Certificate
Phone:
(415) 452-5204
jmarinof@ccsf.edu
Joani Marinoff
is a full time faculty member of the Health Education and
Community Health Studies Department and the Instructor/Coordinator
of HIV/STI Prevention Education and Resources. She has been
actively involved with CCSF's HIV/STI Prevention Educator
Certificate Program and Project SAFE Peer Educators as an
Instructor, and brings twenty years of community-based experience
in HIV/STI prevention & treatment, as well as education and
program planning in the areas of substance abuse and violence
prevention.
SAL NÚÑEZ, Ph.D.,
MFT
Instructor, Drug & Alcohol Certificate
Phone: (415) 452-7387
snunez@ccsf.edu
Sal Núñez is a
full time faculty member and has been teaching in the Drug &
Alcohol Studies Program since 2000. He teaches Treatment
Modalities, Physiological Effects of Addiction, Drugs & Society,
Cultural Aspects of Addiction and other related courses. Dr.
Núñez is a practicing clinician, researcher, and consultant with
over 14 years of experience in the field of professional
psychology. His interests lie in cultural clinical practice,
neuropsychology, chemical dependence, pediatric health, indigenous
medicine, and therapeutic drumming as a treatment modality. Dr.
Núñez has been investigating the medicinal properties of
rhythmical patterns for over a decade and is the founder of the
Healthy Drumming Institute
http://www.healthydrumming.org
BRUCE OCCEÑA, MPH, MBA
Instructor, Drug & Alcohol Certificate
Phone: (510)
506-0775
bnocc@aol.com
Bruce Occeña has over twenty years of
experience in the field of public health focused primarily on
substance abuse prevention and treatment, HIV outreach and
counseling, and homeless services. His overarching focus has been
increasing access to care for marginalized populations. His
current efforts are focused on increasing access to interpreter
services in public health settings. In the area of substance
abuse services, he has a full range of experiences as a clinician,
planner, evaluator and administrator. Bruce currently teaches
HLTH-74 (Criminology & Addiction).
DEE-DEE STOUT, MA, CADC-II,
MINT, SAP, ICADC, ARPS
Instructor, Drug & Alcohol
Certificate
Phone: (510) 919-9678
ddstoutrps@aol.com
Dee-Dee began teaching in Alcohol and Drug Studies at Cal State
Hayward, helping to design their certificate program, and has been
at CCSF since 2000, where she teaches several courses including
Motivational Counseling. She is also Adjunct Faculty at SFSU,
where she has taught since 1991. Having worked in the field of
substance use disorders and treatment for 20 years, Dee-Dee can be
seen across California and the United States as a frequent speaker
and trainer. She also maintains a coaching and consulting agency
in Northern California.
Dee-Dee is part of the internationally-known Motivational
Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT), having trained with
author & researcher, Professor Emeritus William R. Miller.
Dee-Dee has received extensive additional training in such areas
as Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (Fred Rotgers, Ph.D.),
Solution-Focus Brief Therapy (Scott Miller, Ph.D.), Relapse
Prevention (Terence T. Gorski, MA), Creative Inquiry (Jane Pellar,
LCSW & John Walters, LCSW), Stages of Change (James Prochaska,
Ph.D.), Harm Reduction (Patt Denning, Ph.D.), CRAFT (Bob Meyers),
and more.
Recently, Dee-Dee was featured on the Emmy Award winning TV show,
'Penn & Teller's Bullsh*t!' discussing "12-Stepping." She is
currently completing a book called "Coming to Harm Reduction
Kicking and Screaming: Looking for Harm Reduction in a 12-Step
World," to be published in August 2008.
MENA K ZAMINSKY, MA,
MFT, CATC
Instructor, Drug & Alcohol
Certificate
Phone: (415) 934-3459
mkzami@gmail.com
Mena Zaminsky
holds a Masters Degree in Counseling Psychology with a
concentration in Expressive Arts Therapy. She is a Licensed
Marriage and Family Therapist and a Certified Addictions Treatment
Counselor (CATC). She is the Director of Outpatient Services at
Walden House and also has a Psychotherapy Private Practice. Mena
is an adjunct faculty in the CCSF Drug & Alcohol Studies Program
where she teaches HLTH-100 (Introduction to Drug & Alcohol
Studies) and HLTH-77 (Co-Occurring Disorders) and has previously
taught HLTH-76 (Group Facilitation) and HLTH-83 (Motivational
Counseling). Mena is also a member of the Drug & Alcohol Studies
Community Advisory Board and a past Board member of the
International Expressive Arts Therapy Association, where she
previously served as the Publications Committee Co-Chair,
Newsletter Editor and Artist Committee Co-Chair. Mena has also
taught at JFK University, as well as provided trainings on Using
Expressive Arts Therapy in the Treatment of Addictions.