Meet the Human Resources Team
Dana Nagengast, SHRM-SCP
Assistant Vice President – Chief Human Resources Officer (AVP-CHRO)Kingston Hall909.621.8512dnagengast@hmc.edu
- Advise and collaborate with college leadership to achieve college and department goals that support the College’s strategic initiatives.
- Strategically lead the Human Resources team in addition to providing operational oversight for recruitment and selection, training and development, compensation and benefits, performance management, employee relations, HRIS/payroll processing, policy administration, professional and organizational development, along with all other HR related areas.
- Serve as a point of contact for supervisors pertaining to employee relations matters.
- Act as the College’s Affirmative Action Officer.
- Lead and manage the College’s annual wage and salary increase program, including partnering with the Office of Financial Affairs.
Patrice Siffert, SHRM-SCP
Associate Director for Human ResourcesKingston Hall909.607.4154psiffert@hmc.edu
- 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.
Catharyne Magro
Human Resources CoordinatorKingston Hall909.607.9700cmagro@hmc.edu
- 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@hmc.edu
- 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@hmc.edu
- Manage payroll administration for faculty, staff and student workers
- 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
Assistant Director for Special Projects (part-time)Offices of the Chief Operating Officer and Human ResourcesKingston Hall909.607.4096hphillips@hmc.edu
- Partner with the VP/COO to manage special projects and initiatives
- Partner with VP/COO and HR Director in drafting policies and communications
- Provide HR support including recruitment, employee relations and compliance
- Collaborate with HR team on strategic projects