School of Justice,
Public Safety and Law studies

Ms. Gricelda Eguigure has over 20 years of experience at MDC. She began her career in the Admissions and Registration department where she was responsible for assisting students through the admissions process. As the office specialist, she manages the budget, handles purchase orders, and maintains the center’s financial records. In addition, she is responsible for all the logistics of our assessments, accommodations needed for the assessors, role players, and our testing candidates. Ms. Eguigure provides supervision related to the scheduling of BLE candidates Physical Abilities, Psychological and CVSA Testing. She also manages the retention and destruction of records as necessary. Ms. Eguigure earned her master’s degree in human resources management and a bachelor’s degree in business with a minor in international business, both from Florida International University.

Ms. Kenia Machado serves as the Senior Assessment Analyst and is responsible for creating job/task analysis for different ranks, as well as developing, implementing, and evaluating complex assessment center exercises for promotional hiring of law enforcement personnel. Ms. Machado also conducts the statistical analyses of the reliability and validity of exams. Ms. Machado earned a master’s degree in industrial organizational psychology and a bachelor’s degree in clinical psychology, both from Carlos Albizu University. She is also Six Sigma Black Belt certified.

Ms. Maevis Pierre serves as an Assessment Analyst and is responsible for developing, administering, and evaluating assessment exercises for promotional hiring of law enforcement personnel. She has over 15 years of experience at Miami Dade College (MDC). She began her career at the School of Justice Assessment Center where she served and participated in many assessments to include both entry level and promotional processes. She then went on to work for the Director of the School of Justice where she handled funds for Region XIV (funds received from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to train police officers in Miami-Dade & Monroe counties). Throughout her career at MDC, she has served in various capacities where customer service has been of utmost importance. Ms. Pierre has earned her master’s degree in human resources management and a bachelor’s degree in psychology, both from Florida International University.

Dr. Richard Zonderman is a licensed Psychologist in Florida. He received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Virginia Commonwealth University. He has over 40 years of experience in the field. Dr. Zonderman is currently an Associate Professor at Albizu University in Miami where he teaches in the graduate Industrial/Organizational Psychology and Counseling programs. He screens candidates for the Miami Dade College School of Justice Police Academy and local police departments. Dr. Zonderman is a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police Psychological Services section.

Since coming to Florida in 1999, Dr. Zonderman has worked with police departments developing promotional examinations at Miami Dade College as well as screening Police Academy applicants. He served as the Clinical Director and the Director of Behavioral Health and Social Services at Camillus House and Camillus Health Concern.