California State University Emeritus & Retired Faculty & Staff Association

 

Standing Committees

CSUF-ERFSA Liaisons and Archivist

Liaison to the California Faculty Association:  James Swartz (Pomona) jeswartz@cpp.edu

Liaison to the CSU Academic Senate:  Jerald Schutte (Northridge) jgschutte@csun.edu

Archivist:  Bethany Shifflett (San José) bethany.shifflett@sjsu.edu

Grant Awards

Committee Chair

TBD

 

 

Members

Kathleen Roe (San José)

George Diehr (San Marcos)

Don Wort (East Bay)

Legislative Affairs

The Legislative Affairs Committee consists of the Director of Legislative Affairs and two to six members.  The committee follows legislation, California Public Employees' Retirement System Board decisions, and other actions that affect the welfare of CSU-ERFA members.  The committee makes recommendations to the Executive Committee and State Council. The Director of Legislative Affairs serves on the State Council.

 

Legislative Affairs Committee Chair and Director of Legislative Affairs

Robert Girling

(Sonoma)

girling@sonoma.edu

Members

Ted Anagnoson (Los Angeles)

Robert Cherny (San Francisco)

Carlos Davidson (San Francisco)

David Elliott (San José)

Rick Ford (Channel Islands)

Health Benefits

The Health Benefits Committee consists of Director of Health Benefits and from two to six members.  The committee follows discussions, decisions, and actions of the California Public Employees' Retirement System Board of Administration, the California Legislature, California executive agencies, Congress, and federal government agencies that relate to health benefits, especially those affecting retirees.  The committee makes recommendations to the Executive Committee and the State Council. The Chair of the Health Benefits Committee serves on the State Council.

Note: Members are reminded that if they call on the services of the Health Benefits Committee or its chair to represent them to another agency, e.g. CalPERS , they must EXPLICITLY give the Committee in writing or by email permission to use their data and name. Otherwise their case can only be presented as a general, not a specific, inquiry.

 

Health Benefits Committee Chair

Tom Krabacher

(San José)

tsk@csus.edu

Members

Nathan Avani (San Francisco)

Gamini Gunawardane (Fullerton)

Ron Oliver (Fullerton)

Suzanne Scholz (Pomona)

Zhonghe Wu (Long Beach)

Prudence Zalewski (Fresno)

Membership Committee

The Membership Committee is composed of a Chair and from two to six members.  It provides up-to-date lists of retired faculty members and works on the recruitment of new members and the retention of existing members.  The Chair of the Membership Committee serves on the State Council.

 

Membership Committee Chair

John Tarjan

(Bakersfield)

jtarjan@csub.edu

Members

Diana Guerin (Fullerton)

George Diehr (San Marcos)

David Speak (Pomona)

Jay Swartz (Pomona)

Nominating Committee

The Nominating Committee is an ad hoc committee that nominates candidates for the various CSU-ERFSA offices and also selects three at-large members of the State Council.  The membership of the 2025/2026 Nominating Committee will be announced at a later date.