WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY - Key Persons


Abby Kahl

Job Titles:
  • Senior Associate Director of Alumni & Parent Engagement

Alex Reyes

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director of the Willamette Annual Fund

Alex Salazar

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Recruitment, MBA for Professionals

Alexander Subert

Job Titles:
  • Senior Associate Dean - Atkinson Graduate School of Management
  • Senior Associate Dean and Director of Admission

Aliya Borchers

Job Titles:
  • Development Assistant

Allan Brian Gard

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Life

Alum Awards


Amy Schwartz

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Specialist, Office of the President

Andrea Saele

Job Titles:
  • Student Services Coordinator

Ann Warren

Job Titles:
  • Director of Advancement Communications

Anna Kelly

Job Titles:
  • Director for Donor Relations and Stewardship

Anne Lapour

Job Titles:
  • Interim Executive Director, Career Initiatives

Athena Scruton

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Admissions

Betsy Yager

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Student Services

Bev Ecklund

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director of Career Planning & Development

Bishop Cedrick Bridgeforth

Job Titles:
  • Bishop
  • Bishop, Greater Northwest Episcopal Area, the United Methodist Church

BJ McHugh

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director of Advancement Strategy and Operations
  • Strategy and Operations

Bonnie B. Flynn

Job Titles:
  • Vice President of Finance

Brian Gallini

Job Titles:
  • Dean of the College of Law Professor of Law

Brian R. Hufft

Job Titles:
  • Principal

Bryn A. Berglund - SVP

Job Titles:
  • Senior Vice President

Bullivant Houser Bailey

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Life
  • Senior Counsel Emeritus

Carina Corner

Carina Corner has grown through her experiences of cancer and navigating a sighted-world as a blind person. She's founded a Scandinavian-inspired, vegan bakery in Beaverton where she employs people with disabilities.

Carly Pon

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Career Management

Carol Long

Job Titles:
  • Provost and Senior Vice President

Casey Swinkels

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of the Willamette Annual Fund, Bearcat Chat

Cherylann Marchese

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Support Specialist

Colleen Kawahara

Job Titles:
  • Chief of Staff

Constance Dunlap

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Support
  • Faculty Support Specialist

Cortlandt A. Cuffee

Job Titles:
  • Vice President & General Manager, Portland Market Sinclair Broadcast Group ( KATU / KUNP )

Dale C. Sause - CEO, Chairman

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Chairman of the Board

Dale M. Hermann

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Life

Daniel Valles - COO, SVP

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operating Officer
  • Senior Vice President

Dave Hanna


David A. Drinkward

Job Titles:
  • President / CEO of Hoffman Construction Company

David Friedman

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives Professor of Law

David Sundby

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Dean of Students

Denali Webber


Donald G. Brown

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Life
  • Dean Emeritus

Douglas G. Houser

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Life

Edgar Nevarez Lechuga

Job Titles:
  • WITS User Service Consultant - Law

Elizabeth Curry

Job Titles:
  • Office Assistant

Elizabeth J. Large - Founder

Job Titles:
  • Co - Founder

Elizabeth Walsh

Job Titles:
  • Director of Development for the Arts

Ellen Rumley

Job Titles:
  • National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

Eloise Damrosch

Job Titles:
  • Arts Administrator ( Retired )

Emmy Kuniy

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director of the Willamette Annual Fund

Enam Al

Job Titles:
  • Student Services Coordinator

Eric B. Lindauer

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Life

Eric Lassahn

Job Titles:
  • Senior Associate Director of Alumni & Parent Engagement
Biography Eric seeks to strengthen the greater Willamette community including alumni, parents and family members, community partners, and friends as well as among our current students of all colleges. Through virtual and in-person programming, communication, and relationship building, he strives to deepen and strengthen the sense of belonging that comes with being a member of the Willamette family. His primary responsibilities include working closely with parents and family members of undergraduate students, and alumni in the WU Sustainability, community service, athletics, and Heritage Club affinities. Before coming to University Relations, Lassahn served as the Director of Community Service Learning at Willamette.

Erin Cotrone

Job Titles:
  • Assistant to the Vice President of Advancement

Eva M. Kripalani - Founder

Job Titles:
  • Co - Founder

Fred H. Paulus

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Law Director of the Center for Religion, Law & Democracy

Galin Brown

Job Titles:
  • Access Services Manager
  • Library and Technical Support

George Cannady

George Cannady was a Senior Scholar who was involved in football and track. He later became an attorney in Los Angeles.

Guy C. Stephenson

Job Titles:
  • President of the Life

Henry H. Hewitt - Chief Legal Officer

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Life
  • Senior Counsel

Isaacson, Miller

Job Titles:
  • Partner

Jaida Watson

Job Titles:
  • Advancement Strategies & Operations Assistant

Jaime Lawrence

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant to the President

James A. Fitzhenry

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Life

James B. Cuno - CEO, President

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • President

James F. Albaugh

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Life

Jameson Watts

Job Titles:
  • Dean, School of Computing and Information Sciences Associate Professor of Marketing and Data Science

Janelle R. Bovell

Job Titles:
  • Director

Jeanne Clark

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Director of Student Academic Grants and Awards

Jeff Chung - President

Job Titles:
  • President

Jeff Larson

Job Titles:
  • Director of Accessible Education Services

Jeffrey Dobbins

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Professor of Law

Jennifer Cole


Jennifer Ori

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant to the Dean

Jeremy Lovato

Job Titles:
  • Chief Information Officer, Integrated Technology Services

Jessica Kliewer

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Dean of Admissions

Jessica Rotter

Job Titles:
  • Communications Manager

Jill Terry Hall

Job Titles:
  • Principal

John Beyer

Job Titles:
  • Director of Development, College of Law

John C. Hughes

Job Titles:
  • President of the Life

Johnny C. Vong - President

Job Titles:
  • President

Jon Garrow

Job Titles:
  • Director of Prospect Research & Development

Jon T. Thomsen - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO

Jonathan T. Carder

Job Titles:
  • Investor
  • Member of the Life

Jordyn Wickstrom

Job Titles:
  • Editor - in - Chief

Joseph F. Hoffman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Partner

Judy O'Neill

Job Titles:
  • Consultant to the Deans and Faculty Internship Advisor, Emeritus Associate Dean

Julie E. Branford

Job Titles:
  • Global Director
  • Member of the Life

Kamren Ritchie

Job Titles:
  • University Relations Administrative Assistant

Karen Arthur

Job Titles:
  • Recorder / Records Analyst

Karen Delsman P

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director for Donor Relations & Stewardship

Karen Sandrik

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean for Faculty Maynard & Bertha Wilson Professor of Law

Karen Shaw

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director of Development

Karina Pickett

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Program Assistant

Katie Bokenkamp

Job Titles:
  • Director of Advancement Data Analysis & Systems

Katrina Garcia

Job Titles:
  • Career Advisor, Business and Entrepreneurship

Kenneth W. Morris - CEO, Founder

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Founder

Kerry R. Tymchuk

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Life

Kevin R. Smith

Job Titles:
  • Head of the Americas

Kiley Juergens

Job Titles:
  • Wealth Advisor / Principal

Kim Silbernagel Burris

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director of Alumni & Parent Engagement

Kristeen Jennings P

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Gift Planning and Trust Administrator

Krystal Woolam

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director for Donor Relations & Stewardship

Larisa Buchovecky

Job Titles:
  • University Relations Assistant

Lauren Saxton

Job Titles:
  • Director of the Willamette Annual Fund

Lea Sheldone

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Alumni & Parent Engagement

Linda Hutchins

Job Titles:
  • Artist

Lisa Landreman

Job Titles:
  • Vice President for Student Affairs

Lynne H. Saxton

Job Titles:
  • Director

Maegan Dunlap

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director of Admissions

Margaret Schue

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Mariam K. Higgins

Job Titles:
  • Administrator, Portland Public Schools

Mariana Navarro

Job Titles:
  • National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

Marisa Walker

Job Titles:
  • Program Coordinator, Early Career and Career Change

Mark O. Hatfield

Job Titles:
  • Library

Marley Nicassio

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Recruitment

Mary K. Hughes

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Life

Melodye MacAlpine

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Administration

Mike Marchese

Job Titles:
  • Director of Development for the College of Arts & Sciences

Nathan Naggi

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Recruitment, MBA Programs

Patricia (Patsy) C. Smullin

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Life
  • President / Owner, California Oregon Broadcasting, Inc

Patricia Adams

Job Titles:
  • Prospect Analyst

Patricia Whitcomb

Job Titles:
  • Director of Development, Gift Planning

Paul McKean

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director of Communications - Content & Media Relations

Pear Suite - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO

Peter C. Kremer

Job Titles:
  • President of the Life

Phylis Myles

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Dean for Career Planning & Development

Provost Deans

Job Titles:
  • View All President

Ralph W. Bolliger

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Life

Robert G. Packard

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Life
  • Partner

Robert W. Nunn

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Life
  • Business Counselor

Roderick C. Wendt

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chairman of the Life

Romana Autrey

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Associate Professor of Accounting

Ruth Feingold


Sallee Seeman

Job Titles:
  • Program Coordinator, MBA Professionals Program

Samiyah Foster

Job Titles:
  • Cataloging Specialist

Sandy M. Rowe

Job Titles:
  • Editor, the Oregonian ( Retired )

Sayre Cohen

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Arts Alumni & Community Engagement

Sean B. O'Hollaren - SVP

Job Titles:
  • Senior Vice President

Shana Sechrist - Chief Legal Officer

Job Titles:
  • General Counsel

Shelby Radcliffe

Job Titles:
  • Vice President for Advancement

Stephanie Davidson

Job Titles:
  • Director of the Law Library Associate Professor of Law

Stephen E. Thorsett - President

Job Titles:
  • President
President Steve Thorsett shares his reflections on important university issues, news and events with the Willamette University community.

Steven E. Wynne

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Life

Stuart A. Hall

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Life

Susan Chiapella

Job Titles:
  • Manager of AGSM Fiscal Affairs and Accreditation

Susan Smith

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Law Director of the Certificate Program in Sustainability

Terry Wright

Job Titles:
  • Experiential Education & Director of Externships

Thomas B. Stoel

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Law Director of International Law Programs

Thomas E. Neilsen

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Life

Tiffany Newton

Job Titles:
  • Director of Alumni & Parent Engagement

Tomas Hernandez

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director of Career Planning and Development

Tony Cassinerio

Job Titles:
  • Director of Recruitment, MBA Programs

Tyler Reich

Job Titles:
  • Associate Vice President for Advancement Executive Director of University Relations
In January 2013, Tyler joined Occidental College in Los Angeles as Assistant Vice President for Alumni Engagement. There he served as leader of the Oxy Annual Fund, Alumni and Parent Engagement, Engagement Communications, and Donor Relations programs. Tyler's efforts helped Occidental achieve record growth in raising unrestricted support for the Annual Fund, increasing dollars raised by 60 percent in three years. An expansion in Alumni and Parent Engagement saw record numbers of participants in engagement activities, including reunion and homecoming weekends, regional and virtual activities. Across all three programs, alumni and parent volunteer activity grew three-fold. During his time at Occidental, Tyler was promoted to Associate Vice President for Alumni and Parent Engagement.

W.H. Kilkenny

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Life
  • Retired

Wallace P. Carson Jr.

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Life

William D. Long - CEO, Chairman

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Chairman
  • Member of the Life

William Mullen

Job Titles:
  • Vice President for Enrollment Management

William R. Haden

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Life
  • United Methodist Conference Lay Representative

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