Culinary Faculty and Staff
Clark's culinary programs and courses were developed and will be taught by qualified, full-time and part-time faculty members of Clark College who possess real-world experiences in the field.
General Inquiries
Please contact start@clark.edu
Cuisine Management Program
Aaron Guerra
Cuisine Department Head
360-992-2304
aguerra@clark.edu
Chef Guerra is a restaurant and culinary consultant with more than 15 years of experience
as an executive chef, culinary education and restaurant consultant and culinary instructor. After
graduating from the Western Culinary Institute, he worked as Executive Chef and Dietary
Manager at Portland’s Harvest Grill and as Executive Chef at The Restaurant at the
Historic Reserve in Vancouver, WA.
Before coming to Clark College’s Culinary Arts program, he helped develop curriculum
and instructional demonstrations at the Western Culinary Institute in Portland and
at the Northwest Culinary Institute in Vancouver.
Chef Guerra is an Approved Culinary Evaluator with the American Culinary Federation
(ACF) and was nominated for ACF Chef of the Year in 2007, 2011 and 2014 and was named
ACF Pro Chef Oregon’s Chef of the Year in 2014. He is a Certified Executive Chef,
Certified Dietary Manager, Certified Food Protection Professional, and an ACF Certified
Evaluator and has worked extensively with celebrity Chef Martin Yan.
Earl Frederick
Cuisine Instructor
360-992-2326
rfrederick@clark.edu
Chef Frederick has nearly 10 years of experience as an executive chef, culinary arts
instructor, kitchen manager and catering chef. He graduated from Johnson & Wales University
in Providence, RI, and also pursued a degree in Business Management from Warner Pacific
College in Portland, OR. That background led to chef positions with Walt Disney World,
Club Med, Nike and Intel.
Chef Frederick has been certified by the American Culinary Federation (ACF) and is
a Certified ServSafe instructor and proctor. He is also co-founder of The Portland
Kitchen, a free program teaching culinary skills, social skills and healthy disciplines
to teens.
Sonny Demartini
Cuisine Instructional Support Technician
jdemartini@clark.edu
Justin Lein
Cuisine Instructional Support Technician
jlein@clark.edu
Professional Baking and Pastry Arts Program
Melanie Hendry
Professional Baking Department Chair
mhendry@clark.edu
Kristy Hess- Poff
Professional Baking Instructor
khess-poff@clark.edu
Wendy Rodgers
Professional Baking Instructor
wrodgers@clark.edu
Rebecca Kaplan
Professional Baking Instructor
rkaplan@clark.edu