Rewind: Overcoming Imposter-ism

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Watch the Rewind video now.

Did you miss the Townhall on Overcoming Imposter-ism on Aug. 31? Employees can watch the recorded event now.

Panelist spoke about their experiences with imposter syndrome and how they’ve overcome the unfounded feelings of self-doubt.

Speakers

  • Moderator: Natalia Bravo, D&I Exec Council Chair and CAO Chief of Staff

  • Panelist: Lucero Chavez Basilio, D&I Exec Council Member and Director of the Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs in the Homeless Solutions and Equitable Communities department

  • Panelist: Matthew Parr, Office of Economic Development and Government Affairs Deputy Director

  • Panelist: Edith Sanchez Cruz, Public Affairs Officer for the Sheriff's Department

  • Panelist: Ebony Shelton, Finance and General Government Deputy Chief Administrator and Chief Financial Officer

  • Panelist: Andrew Strong, D&I Exec Council Member and Office of Equity and Racial Justice Director

  • Panelist: Tamara Watson-Foster, LGBTQ&A ERG Board Member and Human Services Specialist at the Northeastern FRC

Resources for this session: 

The townhall was hosted by the Diversity and Inclusion Executive Council. Learn more about D&I in San Diego County.

PerkSpot: Meal Prep Deals

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Looking for easy meals you can throw together with a few simple ingredients? Well, you’ve come to the right place! PerkSpot has a variety of meal plans to choose from to help save you time, including Hello Fresh, Green Chef, NutriSystem and more. 

The online employee discount program offers benefits and discounts through more than 400 service providers and retailers. Go to sdcounty.perkspot.com and shop.  

Gallery: See Who Won the Goodwill Games Winners!

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Congratulations to winners of the Goodwill Games, an Olympic-style event which provided employees the opportunity to compete in select sporting activities last month.

The competition included six different sports: cross country, bowling, volleyball, softball, mountain biking and basketball.

Take a look at who won and the galleries below.

Cross Country

Female

  • Gold: Heather Molzen, HHSA

  • Silver: Megan O'Dowd, Homeless Solutions and Equitable Communities

  • Bronze: Charity White, Behavioral Health Services

Male

  • Gold: Salvador Castillo, Sheriff

  • Silver: Austin Uhle, County Counsel

  • Bronze: John Paul Cenidoza, HHSA

Bowling

Gold: Trekies

  • Antonio Booker, Facilties Management Edgemoor

  • Sarah Carino, Facilities Management Edgemoor

Silver: Chill Win Squad

  • Alexandra Torres, HHSA

  • Hernani Depositar, HHSA

Bronze: Turkey Boys

  • Kevin Le, Accessor/Recorder/County Clerk

  • Ricardo Hernandez Garduno, Accessor/Recorder/County Clerk

Volleyball

Gold: Team Smash

  • Emily Jacobson, Public Works

  • Maureen Laudato, Public Works

  • Edgar Martinez, Public Works

  • Alejandro Nunez, Public Works

  • Rachel Duncan, Sheriff

Silver: One Hit Wonders

  • Leslie Hernandez, HHSA

  • Brenda Ferro, HHSA

  • Ma Isabel Diaz Contredas, HHSA

  • Andria Haubruge, HHSA

  • Pricilla Tovar, HHSA

  • Angela Duffy, HHSA

  • Joel De La Cruz, HHSA

  • Jordyn Young, HHSA

  • Israel Carreon, HHSA

  • Anousack Phayvanh, HHSA

Bronze: Chewblokas

  • Joseph DiMartino, HHSA

  • Noemi Hernandez, HHSA

  • Omar Avila, HHSA

  • Stephanie Ferro, HHSA

  • Joel Mendoza, HHSA

  • Sandra Martha, HHSA

Softball

Gold: Public Minds

  • Alex Sanchez, Public Works

  • Nicole Worley, Public Works

  • Javier De la Torre, Public Works

  • Alfonso Vargas, Public Works

  • Cezar Gamez, Public Works

  • Guadalupe Ortega, Public Works

  • Annette Bettencourt-Ouellette, Public Works

  • Jaime Mancera Ortega, Public Works

  • Stephanie Castaneda, Public Works

Silver: Where’s Melusky

  • Steve Lujan, Child Support

  • Enrique Banuelos, Child Support

  • David Melusky, Child Support

  • James Tear, Child Support

  • Trac Pham, Child Support

  • Shannon Coleman, Child Support

  • Kim Townsend, Child Support

  • Berenice Ledezma, Child Support

  • Angela Rodriguez, Child Support

  • Alejandra Gonzalez, Child Support

  • Joseph Incorvaia, Child Support

  • Lyndsey Kaan, Child Support

Bronze: Parks & Wreck

  • Aaron Escobedo, Parks and Recreation

  • Hanna Shipley, Parks and Recreation

  • Lizzy Benerick, Parks and Recreation

  • Ruben Meraz, Parks and Recreation

  • Sean Sutton, Parks and Recreation

  • Loreen Morgan, Parks and Recreation

  • Sean Hill, Parks and Recreation

  • Annamarie Hernandez, Parks and Recreation

  • Krisando Equipado, Parks and Recreation

  • Daniel Izaguirre, HHSA

  • Savannah Whitehurst, Parks and Recreation

Mountain Bike
(See results online)

Female

Gold: Lizzy Bendrick, Parks and Recreation

Silver: Maria Solorzano, Public Defender

Bronze: Christine Fernandez, HHSA

Men

Gold: John Paul Cenidoza, HHSA

Silver: Cal Logan, District Attorney

Bronze: David Flagg, Planning & Development Services

Basketball

Female

Gold: Hoops! I Did It Again

  • Miriam Barton, Library

  • Brenda Ferro, HHSA

  • Ivett Montoya, HHSA

  • Vanessa Caceres, HHSA

  • Stephanie Rodriguez, HHSA

  • Heather Molzen, HHSA

  • Esther Sipe, HHSA

  • Priscilla Tovar, HHSA

Silver: B.A.S.W.

  • Ma Isabel Diaz Contreras

  • Reem Radwan

  • Andrea Venegas

  • Andria Haubruge

Male

Gold: Sheriff’s Silver Stars

  • Marcus Levine, Sheriff

  • Michael Whitney, Sheriff

  • Kevin Bogler, Sheriff

Silver: Let’s Go

  • Shawn Brom, Registrar of Voters

  • Taryell Simmons, Human Resources

  • Noel Sancha, Public Works

  • Jherome Hernandez, Registrar of Voters

  • Roger Ochoa, Human Resources

Bronze: Mamba

  • Patrick Velasco, Facilities Management

  • Rafael Mota, Auditor & Controller

  • William Woodruff, Facilities Management

  • June Radoc, Facilities Management

Saluting Our Payroll and HR Professionals

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Honoring the people who help get us paid makes “cents”! For National Payroll Week from Sept. 4-8, we send a big thank you to all payroll and human resources professionals who make sure County employees are paid timely and accurately. 

Last fiscal year, about 329 payroll and human resources professionals helped process more than 512,600 paychecks totaling over$1.93 billion in wages. 

It’s Taco Time at the COC

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Race over to this fundraiser. The County Employees’ Charitable Organization is offering Rubio’s lunch that can be pre-ordered and picked up Sept. 7 or Sept. 14 during the Amazing Race at the County Operations Center.

This is your opportunity to have lunch delivered to you and support CECO. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the nonprofit. 

Here’s how to get a yummy meal:

  1. Make an order. Entrée options are a chopped salad with chicken, tacos, chicken chilaquiles bowl or a chicken burrito. Side options are chips, churros or cookies.

    a. Order lunch for Sept. 7 here or through the QR code below. The deadline to submit your pre-order is Sept. 6 at noon.

    b. Order lunch for Sept. 14 here or through the QR code below. The deadline to submit your pre-order is Sept. 13 at noon.

  2. Send your payment via PayPal or Venmo. Orders will not be accepted unless payment is received.

    a. Send your payment to CECO via PayPal. Select “Other” to enter your payment.

    b. Or send payment via Venmo @SD-CECO. Please leave a note in the notes portion if the person paying for the lunch is different than the name on the lunch order.

  3. Pick it up. Order will be available for pickup from noon to 1 p.m. on the day you selected – either Sept. 7 or Sept. 14 – at the County Operations Center, inside the Chamber Cafeteria, 5520 Overland Ave., San Diego, CA 92123. 

For questions, email sdceco@sdcounty.ca.gov.

Since forming in 1956, CECO has given more than $7 million back to San Diego County. Contributions from employees and retirees to CECO are awarded to local nonprofits each year, as well as to assist employees in need.

Help CECO provide greater support to local nonprofits and County employees and retirees in need. Make a one-time or reoccurring donation. There’s three easy ways to give: donate through PayPal, set up a reoccurring donation or through automatic payroll deductions.

QR Code for Sept. 7

Don’t Miss Upcoming Virtual Open Enrollment Fairs

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Open enrollment is coming soon!  Learn about what’s new at an upcoming Virtual Open Enrollment Fair. Sessions run Sept. 6 through Sept. 27. Hear from healthcare, dental, and other insurance providers and plan offerings for 2024. 

All Open Enrollment fairs will be virtual this year. Representatives from each insurance carrier are scheduled to give a presentation. There will be time for Q&A after the presentation. See the Virtual Open Enrollment Fair schedule. 

  • Registration is not required. Use the presenter links in the Virtual Fair Schedule to join. 

  • During the Q&A session, submit your questions and the representative will respond to all participants. 

  • In addition, the Employee Benefits team can be reached at 888-550-2203 or DHRBenefits.FGG@sdcounty.ca.gov for questions. 

  • Can’t attend a session? No problem. Recordings of all Open Enrollment Fair presentations will be available on Human Resources’ Benefits website.  

Open enrollment will look a little different this year due to a PeopleSoft system upgrade, but we’re here to help! If you need a little help navigating the system, you can attend an Open Enrollment Help Session for PeopleSoft Navigation. These group help sessions are new this year! 

For more information, contact the Department of Human Resources Employee Benefits Division at 888-550-2203 or DHRBenefits.FGG@sdcounty.ca.gov. 

Join CSDFEA’s Administrative Analyst Workshops

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The County of San Diego Filipino American Employees’ Association is hosting a series of Administrative Analyst workshops this September.

The first workshop (Sept. 12) will be an Introduction on the Administrative Analyst series and the second workshop (Sept. 27) will be a panel discussion featuring current Administrative Analysts. Both sessions are 5:30 to 7 p.m. and will be on MS Teams.

These workshops are free for CSDFEA Employee Resource Group members and $5 fee for non-members.

Register now. One registration is needed to attend both workshops.

See the flyer below.