Stephen Roeder is the new dean of San Diego State University’s Imperial Valley Campus (Calexico and Brawley). He was raised on a farm in the state of Vermont. He majored in chemistry at Dartmouth College and then received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin. After a year of postdoctoral research at Bell Telephone Laboratories, he spent two years at the University of Oregon as a researcher and lecturer. He has been at San Diego State University for 36 years as Professor of Physics and Professor of Chemistry. He served for 6 years as chair of the Physics Department and 9 years as chair of the Chemistry Department as well as two years as Interim Dean of the College of Sciences at SDSU. He also is the former director of the Master of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences program and Coordinator of the Off Campus Centers for SDSU. He has served for many years on the SDSU Senate, the Senate Executive Committee, the University Copyrights and Patents Committee and many other departmental and university committees.

Olga Maia Amaral was appointed Associate Dean of the Imperial Valley Campus of San Diego State University in July of 2007. A resident of the Valley since 1996, she has served as both faculty and chair of the Division of Education. Dr. Amaral holds a joint appointment between the departments of Policy Studies in San Diego and the Division of Education at the Imperial Valley Campus. In addition to her administrative duties, she has conducted research on the educational needs of English learners, particularly in science. She has also lectured internationally on these topics and served as advisor to ministries of education in countries such as Chile and Brazil. In addition to her teaching at the IV Campus, she has taught courses for Imperial Valley campus students in countries including Paraguay, Argentina and France. Her goal is to collaborate with faculty, staff, students and the community to increase services to both the Calexico and Brawley campuses. Her primary focus will remain on “offering quality educational opportunities for Imperial Valley residents that will complement market needs and contribute to the local economic growth”.

Irma Martinez supervises the Business Office at the IV Campus. This office oversees all financial transactions for students and the campus. Irma also serves as the Personnel Officer and processes all staff and faculty contracts, and disseminates benefits and other information to faculty and staff. The Business Office also serves as the purchasing department for the IV Campus.

Irma received her Masters degree in Management from the University of Redlands in 1998.

Mr. Rahiotis is the Assistant Dean for Student Affairs.  He is responsible for all services related to students including recruitment, advising, admissions, registrar services and financial aid.  A native of Calexico, he has accomplished many of his educational goals by getting a degree in psychology and a masters degree in Counseling from San Diego State University.  Professionally, he has enjoyed his twenty three year tenure at this institution, where he has served as financial aid director and as Assistant Dean since 2003.  Mr. Rahiotis is committed to increase access to higher educational opportunities for all Imperial County residents.  He has been a key contributor to Imperial Valley’s College-Going Initiative, collaborating with the University of California Office of the President, Imperial Valley College and the Imperial County Office of Education to promote greater understanding that education should be a life-long pursuit.

John R. Renison has been Director of Advancement since 1994. His duties also include fundraising, community relations and government affairs. He is a member of the Calexico City Council, currently serving as Mayor for the period July 2007 until July 2008. He is a lifelong resident of the Imperial Valley. He has extensive ties in both Mexicali and Imperial Valley. He assists the Dean in reaching out to the community to receive community input for both the Calexico and Brawley campus.

He received his B.A. from the University of San Diego in 1970 with a double Spanish/History major. He received his Master's in Public Administration from  SDSU-Imperial Valley Campus in 1997.