Born in Sacramento, California, Dr. Veronica Hunnicutt began her teaching career with the San Francisco Unified School District. After working with S.F.U.S.D. for three years, she joined City College of San Francisco (CCSF) in 1972 and has served in a number of positions, including Dean of the Southeast Campus, Acting Dean of the Southeast Campus, Acting Dean of Students, Dean of the Office of Student Affairs, Chair of the African American Studies Department, Diversity Calendar Coordinator, Coordinator of the Partnerships to Achieve Academic Success Program (P.A.A.S.), and Instructor in both the English and Engineering Departments. She also served as Chair of the Sustainability Subcommittee, a Shared Governance entity, for the College. She now serves as the Dean of the Office of Student Affairs. Both Associate Dean Samuel Santos, and Director Ted Alfaro are supervised by Dr. Hunnicutt.
Additionally, Veronica’s other academic achievements included serving as a member of the Academic Senate, Chair of the Student Equity Committee, and a member of the Matriculation, Student Success, Transfer Enhancement, Affirmative Action, and Shared Governance/Staff Development committees. She served as a member of the Personnel committee and was a Faculty Advisor in the English Department. Veronica was selected as one of the participants from City College of San Francisco to the American Cultures Scholar program at the University of California at Berkeley. She presently serves as a member of the Educational Masterplan and Bi-Partite committees, and she is a former member of the Administrator’s Association Executive Committee. A co-founder of the African American Achievement Program (A.A.A.P.) and the developer of original Africentric English materials used in A.A.A.P. classes at CCSF, Veronica created activities, courses, and programs for students of all ages in the course of her professional career.
She has extensive community organizing and development experience and has served as a member of the Mayor’s Citizens’ Advisory Committee for Community Development, as a member of the Housing Production Advisory Panel at the State level, and as a Board member of the San Francisco Mental Health Association, the Opportunity Industrialization (O.I.C.), the Center for Public Education, the Bayview YMCA, and Communities in Schools. Ms. Hunnicutt was Vice President of the Oceanview, Merced, Ingleside (O.M.I.) Community Association and a member of the O.M.I. Board for several years. Also, she was appointed and served as a Commissioner on the Commission on the Status of Women and has served on the UCSF Committee on Human Research. She is presently serving as a Board Member of the San Francisco Parks Trust and as a Board Member of Democratic Women in Action (DWIA). In 2007, Mayor Gavin Newsom appointed Dr. Hunnicutt to the Citizen’s Advisory Committee of the Bayview Hunter’s Point Shipyard. In this capacity, she has served as Chair of the CAC for the Shipyard for two years. Mayor Gavin Newsom appointed Dr. Hunnicutt to the Housing Authority Commission in 2010.
Listed in Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers for 1997 and 1998, Veronica was honored by CCSF students of the Alpha Gamma Sigma Honor Society and was designated as one of CCSF’s most appreciated teachers for a number of years. She was a recipient of several awards of appreciation from students of the African American Achievement Program (A.A.A.P.) and the recipient of a special award for service to San Francisco residents in 1983 from Mayor Dianne Feinstein. She also had a day named in her honor in 2000 by Mayor Willie Brown. Dr. Hunnicutt received a Certificate of Appreciation award from Greg Fortner, Vorice Cook, and Sula Palega of the San Francisco Housing Authority for her work with the Agency. She was also listed in the National Register’s Who’s Who in Executives and Professionals (2004-2005 edition). In 2005, she was honored during African American History Month as a Local Hero by KQED, Union Bank, and Kaiser Permanente and later in the year as a Changemaker by the Senior Ex-Offender Program of the Bayview Hunters Point Multipurpose Senior Services, Inc.
Dr. Hunnicutt is a member of the Faculty Association of California Community Colleges (F.A.C.C.C.), the Council on Black American Affairs, and the Association of California Community College Administrators (A.C.C.C.A.). She was a mentee of A.C.C.C.A., and she has also participated in both the Asilomar Women Leaders Program and the Kaleidoscope Leadership Institute. She is blessed to be a member of Glad Tidings Church in San Francisco‘s Western Addition where she has been a member since she was five years old. Dr. Hunnicutt is committed to serving the needs of residents of the City and County of San Francisco.
Dr. Hunnicutt earned her degrees at City College of San Francisco (A.S. degree), the University of San Francisco (B.S. and teaching credential), CSU-San Francisco State University (M.A.), and the University of San Francisco (Ed.D.).