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Counselors at the Fremont Campus - Counseling Department

The Counseling Department can be contacted at:

  • Fremont campus: (510) 659-6110;
    Student Services Center (Building 7), Room 7302, third floor
  • Newark Center: (510) 742-2340;
    Newark Student Services Center, Room NC-1312

Martha Brown
Dean of Counseling
(510) 659-6110
mbrown@ohlone.edu

  • Office Location: Room 7343, Building 7, third floor
  • Office Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00am-5:00pm
  • Languages Spoken: English, American Sign Language (ASL)

Diane Berkland
Counselor, Transfer Coordinator
(510) 659-6110
dberkland@ohlone.edu

  • Office Location: Room 7352, Building 7, third floor
  • Languages Spoken: English
  • Interests/Hobbies: Softball, Music, Travel & Family
  • Favorite Quotation/Saying: "Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously. Never permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop the picture. Do not build up obstacles in your imagination. Do not be awestruck by other people and try to copy them. Nobody can be you as efficiently as you can." -Norman Vincent Peale

Nadia Dadgar
Counselor
(510) 659-6110
ndadgar@ohlone.edu

  • Office Location: Room 7349, Building 7, third floor
  • Languages Spoken: English, Farsi/Dari, Urdu/Hindi
  • Job Description: General Counselor and Instructor for Personal Development 113 (Strategies for Succeeding in College)
  • Interest/Hobbies: Traveling and spending time with family, Music and International Movies, Sports - basketball & volleyball
  • Favorite Quotation/Saying: "Life is a process to be enjoyed, Not a race to be won." -Author unknown

Jennifer Okal Harper
Counselor/Associate Professor, Personal Development
(510) 659-6110
jharper@ohlone.edu

  • Office Location: Room 7346, Building 7, third floor
  • Job Description: Counseling, Personal Development Instruction, Student Success Program Coordinator
  • Interests/Hobbies: Travel, jogging, reading, yoga, pilates
  • Favorite Quotation/Saying: "Everything happens for a reason." -Author unknown

Yvonka Headley
Counselor/Instructor
(510) 659-6110
yheadley@ohlone.edu

  • Office Location: Room 7324, Building 7, third floor
  • Languages spoken: English
  • Job Description: General Counselor and Instructor for Personal Development 150 - Career Planning
  • Interests/Hobbies: traveling, creative writing, sports: track & field and basketball
  • Favorite Quotation/Saying: "Inner happiness is the fuel of success." -Author unknown

Lenore Landavazo
Adjunct Counselor/Instructor
(510) 659-6110
llandavazo@ohlone.edu

  • General availability: Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
  • Office Location: Room 7327, Building 7, third floor
  • I have a background in Social Work, foster family agency. I very much enjoy accompanying students with career/major exploration. Enjoy the Journey!!
  • Job Description: General Counseling, Instructor for PD 113 Strategies for Succeeding in College
  • Interests/Hobbies: Family and friends, Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppy, snowboarding, reading, travel, church, crochet

Jesse MacEwan
Counselor/Instructor, Career and Transfer
(510) 659-6110
jmacewan@ohlone.edu

  • Office Location: Room 7325, Building 7, third floor
  • Languages spoken: English
  • Job Description: General Counselor and Instructor for Personal Development 150 - Career Planning
  • Interests/Hobbies: Eating/cooking, traveling, and spending time with friends and family
  • Favorite Quote: "Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish and he will eat for a lifetime." -Chinese Proverb

Susan Myers
Counselor
(510) 659-6110
smyers@ohlone.edu

  • Office Location: Room 7344, Building 7, third floor
  • Job Description: General counseling, electronic counseling, International student counseling, Basic Skills counseling.

Stephanie Ramos
Counselor
(510) 659-6110
sramos@ohlone.edu

  • Office Location: Room 7347, Building 7, third floor
  • Language spoken: English
  • Job Description: General Counselor and Instructor for Personal Development Courses in the University Express Cohort
  • Interests/Hobbies: Travel, kayaking, concerts and festivals
  • Favorite Quotation: It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else. -Erma Bombeck


Brenda Arteaga Reynoso
Counselor, Puente Project Program
(510) 659-6110
barteaga@ohlone.edu or breynoso@ohlone.edu (both are valid)

  • Office Location: Room 7348, Building 7, third floor
  • Language Spoken: English, Spanish
  • Job Description: Puente Project Co-Coordinator/Counselor, General Counselor
  • Hobbies/Interests: Traveling, reading, and dancing.

Wayne Takakuwa
Counselor
(510) 659-6110
wtakakuwa@ohlone.edu

  • Office Location: Room 7345, Building 7, third floor
  • Languages Spoken: English
  • Job Description: General counselor for transfer, technical and occupational programs, as well as career and personal concerns. Instructor for Personal Development 111 (Strategies for Succeeding in College).

Kenn Waters
Instructor and Counselor for Athletics
(510) 659-6110
kwaters@ohlone.edu

  • Office Location: Room 9304, Building 9, third floor
  • Languages Spoken: English, Spanish
  • Interests/Hobbies: Life
  • Favorite Quotation/Saying: "All things are functionally connected."

Mandy Kwok-Yip
Counselor
(510) 659-6110
myip@ohlone.edu

  • Office Location: Room 7353, Building 7, third floor
  • Languages Spoken: English, Cantonese, Mandarin
  • Job Description: General Counselor, International Student Counselor, Instructor for Personal Development 101