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Missy Brunetta

Associate Risk Officer and Director of Environmental Health and Safety
(707) 664-3408
missy.brunetta@sonoma.edu
Salazar Hall 2061
Risk Management

How I can help

  • Environmental Health and Safety department oversight
  • Safety and health programs (asbestos, hazard communication, AEDs, and task-specific programs like hot work, confined space and roof safety)
  • Office and building safety
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Lab and chemical safety 
  • Powered cart safety
  • Fire safety, including State Fire Marshall activities 
  • Environmental management (drinking and stormwater)
  • Hazardous materials oversight 
  • Stormwater management 
  • Employee safety trainings 
  • OSHA compliance 
  • COVID oversight
  • Youth on campus programming and policy 
  • Safety and compliance liability questions and support 
  • Incident and accident report and investigations 
  • COVID Monitoring and Compliance Lead
Tyson Hill

Tyson Hill

Associate Vice President for Risk Management and Safety Services
(707) 664-4039
tyson.hill@sonoma.edu
Salazar Hall 2060
Risk Management

How I can help

  • Risk Mitigation Expert: claims and liabilities, loss or damages, accidents and reports, and campus safety protocols
  • Program oversight 
  • Annual reporting 
  • Public outreach and training
  • LItigation oversight
  • Insurance procurement, management, and support 
  • CSURMA/AORMA representation and stakeholder
  • CSU Risk Officer 
  • Contracts and procurement worker’s compensation waiver expert 
  • Liability claims processes and management 
  • Animals on campus policy oversight 
  • SafeSSU program oversight
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Kendall Newman

Emergency Services and Business Continuity Manager
(707) 664-2470
kendall.newman@sonoma.edu
Salazar Hall 2050
Emergency Services

How I can help

  • Emergency Services programming and management
  • Campus emergency manager
  • Emergency response oversight and support
  • Oversight of the emergency management and continuity programs
  • Emergency preparedness and planning efforts 
  • Campus emergency planning and development 
  • Hazard-specific planning and response efforts (power outages, winter storm, earthquakes, etc.)
  • Emergency Operations Centers (EOC) coordination, staffing and training 
  • Emergency and continuity exercise planning, management and support
  • Continuity planning support for units 
  • Campus building marshal program
  • Department and building emergency response plans 
  • Student and special event risk support
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Megan Varnadore

Records Manager
(707) 664-3087
megan.varnadore@sonoma.edu
Salazar Hall 2056
Risk Management

How I can help

  • Jeanne Clery Act administration (training, annual reporting, and campus partnerships)
  • Timely warning compliance
  • California Public Records Act
  • McKee Transparency Act
  • Subpoenas, summons, and complaints
  • Records oversight and training 
  • Animals on campus policy oversight 
  • Accessibility guide
  • Claims and litigation management 
  • Legal and litigation hold support
  • Waiver support and guidance 
  • General risk management support (field trips, labs, off-campus activities)