Culinary Faculty and Staff

Clark's culinary programs and courses were developed and are taught by qualified full-time and part-time faculty members of Clark College who possess real-world experiences in the culinary field.

For general inquiries, please contact 360-992-2304 for Cuisine Management, or 360-992-2156 for Professional Baking and Pastry Arts.

Kyle Anderson

Victoria Birdsong

Samantha Brown

Michael Campos

Katie Cook

Sonny Demartini

Tara Dollar

Dustin Effinger

Mack Fountain

Earl Frederick

    Earl Frederick

  • Professor
  • 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.

Nick Giovanni

Aaron Guerra

    Aaron Guerra

  • Professor
  • (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.

Sarah Hashiguchi

Melanie Hendry

Kristy Hess-Poff

Jove Hubbard

Blake Hutton

Rebecca Kaplan

Justin Lein

Wendy Rodgers

Michael Silver

    Michael Silver

  • Professor
  • unavailable
  • msilver@clark.edu
  • Chef Silver is an executive chef, food scientist, culinologist, technology consultant, and educator. He teaches cooking, baking, food science, coffee, chocolate, fermentation, and other courses both in person and in online synchronous and asynchronous classes, including certificate courses he created for both the American Culinary Federation and the Research Chefs Association.

    He sits on the Board of Directors for both the Research Chefs Association and the Washington State Chefs Association. He is a Certified Executive Chef, Certified Research Chef, Certified Executive Pastry Chef, Certified Culinary Educator, and Certified Culinary Scientist. He is also a certified ServSafe instructor and exam proctor and an Approved Certification Evaluator with the American Culinary Federation.

    His formal education includes culinary from the Culinary Institute of America and a degree in baking and pastry from the Seattle Culinary Academy. He also has a degree in business, EMT and DMT certifications, and graduate training in molecular and cell biology, food science, and organic chemistry. He did molecular biology research for two years at Stanford University, and he consulted for NASA for four years, including working on the space program and writing the code to send the first email from space. He also supported the astronauts during a mission from the Flight Control Room. For his work with NASA, he was made an honorary Air Force Captain and is a recipient of the Master Space Operations Badge.

    A published author, he started his career as a technology manager and architect at Apple Computer, and his own company has done major projects for Google (including building the YouTube studio), Tesla, LucasFilm/Skywalker Sound, Hewlett-Packard, EA, and many other companies. He has advised and built technology for the founders and CEOs of many of the top companies in the world along with many famous directors, actors, musicians, and athletes. He also co-owns and co-operates both a chocolate manufacturing company and a café/bakery, which was chosen by Yelp as one of the top 15 hot chocolate locations in the United States.

Brennan Snell

Vincent Tran

Lucy Vaserfirer

Paul Warner

Kyley Whitmore

Lucy Winslow