Business Services

Welcome to our Kern Community College District Business Services web page.


District Finance & Administrative Services' primary role is to be an extension of the college Finance & Administrative Services Offices providing them direct support in accomplishing their service objectives at each of the district's colleges.

We provide business functions for students, faculty, staff, management, Board of Trustees and general public including:

  • Accounting Services
  • Finance and Treasury Services
  • Economic and Cost Analysis
  • Budget and Financial Forecasting
  • Contract Services (Business Contracts)
  • Risk Management (General Liability)
  • Business Process Training

For Accounts Payable (AP) related questions or concerns, please contact the Business Services AP Team at (661) 336-5151 or email at accountspayable@kccd.edu

For Contracts related questions or concerns, please contact the Business Services Contracts Team at (661) 336-5100 or email at contracts@kccd.edu. 

For Purchasing related questions or concerns, please contact the Business Services Purchasing Team at (661) 336-5100 or email at purchasing@kccd.edu.


Department Supervisor

 

Photo of Melissa Thornsberry, acting CFO

Melissa Thornsberry, CGFM, CPMP, CGMP, CGWP, M.S.A.
Vice Chancellor, Finance & Administrative Services

Chief Financial Officer

Department Assistant

Alexandria Kemp - Guyton,
Administrative Assistant 

(661) 336-5117

Contact Information

Location: District Office

Phone: (661) 336-5117

Department Directory

Name Position Email Phone
Melissa Thornsberry Vice Chancellor, Finance & Administrative Services, CFO melissa.thornsberry@kccd.edu    661-336-5142
Alexandria Kemp - Guyton Administrative Assistant alexandria.kemp@kccd.edu  661-336-5117
Christine Morales Acting Associate Vice Chancellor, Accounting Services cmorales@kccd.edu 661-444-1246
Tanumeet Kaur Director, Budget Operations

tanumeet.kaur@kccd.edu

661-336-5124

Accounts Payable

Name Position Email Phone
Sixto Solis Interim, Assistant Director, Accounting     sixto.solis@kccd.edu 661-336-5118
Priscilla Rodriguez Accounting Coordinator priscilla.rodriguez@kccd.edu  661-336-5024
Kenney Ramirez Accounting Technician ll kenney.ramirez@kccd.edu  661-336-5066
Brittney Montoya Accounting Technician ll brittney.montoya@kccd.edu  661-336-5168
Julie Gonzalez Accounting Technician ll                    jgonzalez@kccd.edu  661-336-5021

Grant Accounting

Name Position Email Phone
Cathi Jacob Assistant Director, Grants               cjacob@kccd.edu 661-336-5105
Enrique Heredia Budget Analyst enrique.heredia@kccd.edu 661-336-5038
Bryan Lainez Accounting Coordinator bryan.lainez@kccd.edu  661-336-5036
Jonathan Kim Accounting Coordinator jonathan.kim@kccd.edu  661-336-5008
Olivia Santos Accounting Coordinator                      olivia.santos@kccd.edu       661-336-5110
Vacant Position Accounting Coordinator                                                       
Vanessa Rodriguez Accounting Technician II vanessa.rodriguez@kccd.edu 661-336-5192
Karlota Villegas Accounting Technician II karlota.villegas@kccd.edu  661-336-5109

Purchasing & Contracts

Name Position Email Phone
Cammie Ehret-Stevens

Assistant Director, Purchasing & Contracts

cammie.ehret@kccd.edu           661-336-5155        
Becky Beed Purchasing Coordinator/Analyst

becky.beed@kccd.edu

661-336-5156
Jaswinder Chahal Purchasing Coordinator/Analyst jaswinder.chahal@kccd.edu 661-336-5176
Yvette Colby Purchasing Coordinator/Analyst yvette.colby@kccd.edu 661-336-5071
Chrystyn Lim Purchasing Coordinator/Analyst

chrystyn.lim@kccd.edu

661-336-5129
Vacant Position                                                               

  

661-336-5013

Facilities

Name Position Email Phone
Daniel Reed AVC Construction & Facilities dareed@kccd.edu 661-336-5181
Rafaela Cisneros Budget Analyst rcisnero@kccd.edu 661-336-5180
Isabel Melendez Accounting Coordinator isabel.melendez@kccd.edu 661-336-5053
Christian Beltramo      Construction Project Manager christian.beltramo@kccd.edu 760-384-6268
Chris Soriano Construction Project Manager chris.soriano@kccd.edu 661-336-5173
Omar Flores Construction Project Manager omar.flores@kccd.edu 661-336-5132
Kim Crews Administrative Assistant kcrews@kccd.edu 661-336-5174
Ramon Puga Building Facility Manager ramon.puga@kccd.edu 661-336-5051
Veronica Hernandez Site Operation Coordinator 1 veronica.hernandez@kccd.edu 661-336-4123

 

District Office Accounting by Campus