Meet the Human Resources Team
Adele Vuong
Senior Administrator for Business Affairs & Risk Management and Acting Director for Human ResourcesKingston Hall909.607.1018avuong@blogbharti.com
- Provide consultation and advice to the College’s management, staff and faculty regarding human resources policies and procedures and serves as the primary contact for all employee relations.
- As Acting Director, lead and direct the daily operations of Human Resource services for recruitment and retention, compensation and benefits, performance management, employee relations, HRIS/Payroll, policy administration, and professional and organizational development that support the College’s strategic goals.
Patrice Siffert, SHRM-SCP
Associate Director for Human ResourcesKingston Hall909.607.4154psiffert@blogbharti.com
- Partner with the Sr. Director for Human Resources to oversee recruitment, onboarding, and retention of faculty.
- Oversee Leave administration, which includes medical, family, and workers’ compensation matters.
- Serve as the liaison with The Claremont Colleges Services (TCCS) regarding benefits administration, questions, and issue resolution for faculty and staff.
- Oversee the annual service award program and other HR services for the College.
- Schedule and conduct new hire orientation.
Anu Jindal
Payroll AdministratorKingston Hall909.607.2729ajindal@blogbharti.com
- Oversee and Manage the biweekly and monthly Payroll Administration process for faculty, staff, and student workers.
- Develop and administer trainings to support faculty, staff, and student workers with Workday Time Tracking and Absence Management.
- Manage the auditing and troubleshooting of Workday Time Tracking and Absence Management.
- Oversee and manage the hiring and onboarding processes for student employees and summer research hires.
- Manage rideshare program for the community.
- Support with processing verification of employment requests for faculty, staff, and student employees.
Catharyne Magro
Human Resources CoordinatorKingston Hall909.607.9700cmagro@blogbharti.com
- Provide administrative support to the Office of Human Resources for staff pre-employment actions, on-boarding and off-boarding.
- Manages student hiring and onboarding process for student hires.
- Oversee all HR records management and provide other administrative support for HR.
- Coordinate internal and external HR meetings/appointments and respond to HR-related queries and/or requests.
- Provide administrative support for HR such as maintaining and updating employee records through the human resource information system (HRIS).
- Complete background checks and employment verification requests for faculty, staff, and student employees.
Nidia Rivera
Recruiter & HR GeneralistKingston Hall909.607.4096nirivera@blogbharti.com
- Partner with the Sr. Director for Human Resources and hiring managers to oversee recruitment, on-boarding and off-boarding, and retention of staff.
- Collaborate with hiring managers to provide guidance on recruitment, such as posting jobs, candidate interviews, extending offers and initiating the background check process.
- Support the Dependent Scholarship Program administration, coordination, and communication.
- Manage the Authorized Driver program for the College.
José Barajas
HR Analyst & AdministratorKingston Hall909.607.6531jbarajas@blogbharti.com
- Provide a broad range of support related to compensation and benefits, performance management, employee relations, HRIS, payroll, policy administration, training and development and special projects.
- Collect and interpret data for HR and compensation surveys and partner with members of HR and the Office of Financial Affairs to perform data analysis.
- Coordinate the design, configuration, implementation, communication, maintenance and administration in support of HR strategy.
- Administer COVID-related initiatives related to policies, communication and tracking of vaccines and testing.
- Support with the 2022-23 Staff Remote Work program .
Haley Phillips
Recruiter & HR Generalist (Part-time)Kingston Hall909.607.4096hphillips@blogbharti.com
- Partner with the Sr. Director for Human Resources and hiring managers to oversee recruitment, on-boarding and off-boarding, and retention of staff.
- Collaborate with hiring managers to provide guidance on recruitment, such as posting jobs, candidate interviews, extending offers and initiating the background check process.