Comings and Goings
The College of Business welcomes Ashley Walker as the MBA and DBA graduate program coordinator. Two and a half years ago she moved to Oregon from the Midwest to work as the intern – and, after a promotion, as the interactive media coordinator – at Micah Challenge USA in Portland, a Christian organization committed to ending extreme poverty. Concurrently, she worked as a women’s support advocate at Portland Rescue Mission in downtown Portland, maintaining the safety of the residents while fostering healing through mentorship. She earned a bachelor’s degree in business management from Cornerstone University in Grand Rapids, Mich., in 2013. She lives in the Chinatown neighborhood of Portland and attends Imago Dei Community. She will be getting married to Dale Moody on Aug. 27, 2016.
A former missionary to Papua New Guinea and employee at both Linfield College and Northwest Nazarene University, Andy Lockhart, has joined George Fox as assistant director of academic computing at the Portland Center. For the past 10 years he’s worked as a multimedia support specialist at Linfield, overseeing A/V equipment scheduling, set-up, repair and installation. Previously, he did similar work for Northwest Nazarene in Nampa, Idaho, as the assistant director of media services (1997 to 2006). Andy and his wife, Laura, were also missionaries for the Church of the Nazarene from 1995 to 1997, serving in Papua New Guinea. He earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Northwest Nazarene in 1993. He and Laura live in Carlton and have two daughters, Kym and Emily, and attend Lafayette Community Church in Lafayette.
Marisa Estrada Zavala has joined the financial aid office as a financial aid counselor. She worked the past year as a learning specialist assistant at Valor Middle School in the Woodburn School District. Previously, from 2011 to 2015, she worked in the transition specialist support position at Bridges Transition Center in the same school district. Marisa also worked in Woodburn at Washington Elementary School from 2008 to 2011 as an educational and secretary assistant and, previously, at Chemeketa Community College as a mentor coordinator and office coordinator (2003-05). She holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology: family studies from Corban University (2009). She lives in Canby with her husband Christian and children Enrique (7) and Amelia (2). The family attends the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Canby.
Plant services welcomes Amy Rusaw as a custodian. For the past year she has worked for CCI Greenheart of Chicago as a local coordinator, for which she recruited placements for foreign exchange students and supported them throughout their experience in the U.S. Before that, she was a stay-at-home mom and homeschool teacher. After graduating from George Fox in 1994 with a bachelor’s degree in exercise science, Amy was a research assistant at Oregon Health and Sciences University in 1994-95. She lives in Cornelius with husband Pete and their four children – Annika (17), Linnaea (15), Noah (13) and Moira (9). The Rusaws attend Wapato Valley Church in Gaston.
Jeff Fair has joined the university to work as a facilities coordinator at the Portland Center. For the past 29 years he has worked for United States Bakery Inc. (Franz) as a route sales representative. Prior to that he was a grocery manager at markets in Sherwood and Tualatin (1977-87) and an assistant manager at Naps IGA in Newberg (1972-77). He attended Portland Community College, where he studied business and drafting, and grew up in Newberg. He lives in Hillsboro with his wife Laurie, an administrative assistant in the academic affairs office at George Fox. They have two children: Hannah Stevenson, a student account specialist at the Portland Center, and Jacob, who just graduated from Newberg High School. Jeff loves to fish in his free time, and the Fairs attend Northside Community Church in Newberg.
Christee Wise (Education) left the university in late July after working at George Fox for 11 years. She has accepted a full-time position to teach music and computer classes for grades K-8 at Horizon Christian Elementary in Tualatin.
John Kaye (Financial Aid) left his position to return to school at the university full time.
Catherine Hillenbrand (IT) left the university in July to take an internal audit position at Nike.