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University Leadership

Vice Presidents

  • Tom Box

    Thomas W. Box

    Vice President for University Advancement
    twb@spu.edu | 206-281-2314

  • Marj Johnson

    Marjorie R. Johnson

    Senior Vice President for University Relations
    mjohnson@spu.edu | 206-281-2652

  • Jeff Jordan

    Jeffrey C. Jordan

    Vice President for Student Life
    jordaj2@spu.edu | 206-281-2123

  • Don Mortenson

    Donald W. Mortenson

    Senior Vice President for Business and Planning
    dmort@spu.edu | 206-281-2317


Special Assistant to the President

  • Tali Hairston

    W. Tali Hairston

    Special Assistant to the President, Director of the John Perkins Center for Reconciliation, Leadership Training, and Community Development
    tali@spu.edu | 206-281-2455


Board of Trustees 2012-13

As of April 2013

A. Gary Ames, Vice Chair
President and CEO, Media One International, Retired

Douglas D. Backous 
Physician, Swedish Neuroscience Specialists

Clyde Ballard
Speaker of the House, Washington State House of Representatives, Retired

Kathleen Cummins
Senior Vice President – Wealth Management, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney

Harvey Drake Jr.
President, Urban Impact
Senior Pastor, Emerald City Bible Fellowship

Ryan R. Hamlin
Founder and CEO, PlaceFull  Inc.

V. James Mannoia
Managing Consultant, MAU Strategy Group 

Daniel J. Martin
President, Seattle Pacific University

Daryl Miller 
CEO and Owner, Fischer Companies 

Frederick J. Stabbert, Treasurer
President, Mission Match Partners, LLC
President and CEO, West Coast Paper Company, Retired

Richard E. Stearns
President, World Vision U.S.

Bradley P. Thoreson
Attorney - Senior Partner, Foster Pepper PLLC

Dennis M. Weibling, Chair
Managing Director, Rally Capital LLC

Matthew H. Whitehead, Secretary
Conference Superintendent, Pacific Northwest Conference of the Free Methodist Church

Honorary Trustees:

Matthew A. Thomas
Bishop, Free Methodist Church of North America

Joel D. VanderHoek
Business Development Manager, VanderHoek Sports Inc.


Council of Regents

A. Gary Ames
Barbara J. Ames
Steven E. Anderson
George Barber
Bonnie F. Brann
William J. Clancy
Lewis Dickinson
Philip W. Eaton
David A. Ederer
Roger H. Eigsti
Mia S. Hays
Chi-Dooh Li
Donald A. MacPhee
Daniel J. Martin
Mark H. Mason
V.O. McDole
Donald W. Mowat
Robert G. Nuber
Richard Paetzke
Cary A. Paine
Susan E. Pearce
Jennifer C. Perrow
John C. Rosling
Linda M. Rowan
William J. Rowley
C. Fredrick Safstrom
Robert E. Spitzer
E. Gerald Teel
Edward H. Vander Pol
Bruce A. Walker
Robert C. Wallace
Cheryl I. Weeks
Roger L. Winter
Delbert R. Wisdom

Sara Koenig

Why I Teach at SPU

Sara Koenig, Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies

"I teach here because of the students I meet. I love that through teaching University Foundations classes I meet students from every major. I feel both honored and humbled to teach them about the Bible and the God whom the Bible reveals."

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