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Admission Counselors


Lisa Knodle-Bragiel

Director of Admission

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


Kristie Rickerd

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

Counselor for graduate education endorsements and Online and Continuing Education degrees and certificates.


Dayson Tiogangco

Associate Director of Admission

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


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)


Deanna Fairchild

Assistant Director of Admission

Counselor for online RN to BSN.


Fran Hallstrom

Assistant Director of Admission

Counselor for Master of Science in business and Master of Science in sports science and analytics. Also, counselor for all McMinnville campus transfer students as well as first-year students from Colorado, Utah and Washington (Seattle/Tacoma metro and northern).


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) and Eastern Oregon and Eastern Washington (except Spokane).


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, Western Washington, and Wyoming.


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 and southeastern and northeastern states.  


Dara Martin

Assistant Director of Admission for Campus Visits

Operations staff

Teresa Derochowski, associate director of operations

Laura Jellison, database communications and technology specialist

Clayton Southall, application and data specialist