Berkeley City College is thrilled to have a new Assistant Chief of Engineering at BCC, Mr. Felix Smith, who has been with the Peralta Community College District (“PCCD”) since 2008 and at BCC since February 2023. Mr. Smith has a storied and progressive background beginning his PCCD career as an hourly custodian, progressed to Permanent Custodian, then Senior Store Keeper, and then placement as Head Custodian. Mr. Smith is not one to rest on his own laurels, so he embarked upon an engineering apprenticeship program in partnership with the District which has culminated with him being placed in his current role of Assistant Chief of Engineering.

Mr. Smith is locally trained and certified by attending 4 years of engineering school with Local 39 focusing on areas of electricity, air conditioning, refrigeration, boiler maintenance, and other systems training. When Felix is not perusing the Bay Area searching for the latest engineering industry update, he is traveling the world and building classic cars.

BCC is also pleased to announce Ms. Jenny Nghieu as the new hourly Account Clerk II in BCC’s Business Office. Ms. Nghieu will be supporting Bursar, Guang Chen, and supporting operations in the Business & Administrative Services office. Prior to joining BCC, Jenny was a staff accountant for over four years at TL Squared Accounting Firm, where she garnered experience in accounts payable, payroll, monthly billing, and prepared financial reports for monthly close.

Ms. Nghieu has long been associated with PCCD, starting at Laney College as a student worker in the Counseling department and earning an AA degree from College of Alameda and Laney in Accounting and Business Administration. She transferred to San Francisco State University and earned a bachelor’s degree in Management. The Business and Administrative Services office is excited to welcome Jenny to our team!