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Admission Counselors


Lisa Knodle-Bragiel

Director of Admission

Counselor for first-year students from Hawaii and U.S. territories.


Dayson Tiogangco

Associate Director of Admission

Counselor for first-year students from Yamhill County and Oregon’s southern Willamette Valley, including the coast. All returning students except nursing students. 


Danielle Kanclerz

Associate Director of Admission - International Recruitment

Counselor for international students applying to the McMinnville campus as first year, transfer or graduate students, including American students living abroad and students residing in U.S. territories.


Beth Woodward

Associate Director of Admission - Nursing

Counselor for undergraduate and graduate prelicensure nursing programs including the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing (ABSN) and the Master’s Entry into Professional Nursing (MEPN)


Hailey McDowell

Assistant Director of Admission for OCE and Graduate

Counselor for all online degrees (except RN to BSN) and certificates and non-Nursing graduate programs (Master of Science in business, Master of Science in sports science and analytics and graduate education endorsements).


Peyton Smith

Assistant Director of Admission

Counselor for first-year students from Northern California (Northern CA to the central coast) and Southern California (Central Valley to Imperial Valley), Oregon (west Portland metro).


Joseph Vermeire

Assistant Director of Admission for Nursing

Counselor for RN to BSN and School of Nursing admission


Benjamin Bohanon

Admission Counselor

Counselor for first-year students from Alaska, Arizona, Southern California (Santa Barbara to San Diego), Idaho, Midwest states, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Southern Oregon (including the coast), Greater Spokane, Texas, western and eastern Washington, Wyoming, and all states in the Northeast and Southeast. 


Maria Castañeda-Cervantes

Admission Counselor

Counselor for first-year students from East Portland and Oregon's northern Willamette Valley (except Yamhill County), including the Oregon Coast.  


Dara Martin

Assistant Director of Admission for Campus Visits


Kristie Rickerd

Senior Associate Director of Admission-Marketing/Communications and Project Management

Operations staff

Teresa Derochowski, Associate Director of Operations

Laura Jellison, CRM Communications Manager & Technical Specialist

Clayton Southall, Data Specialist and Campus Visit Assistant