Comings and Goings
The university welcomes Deb Mumm-Hill this month as director of the IDEA Center, the newly created on-campus resource center dedicated to empowering students to take the next step toward exceptional life outcomes. For the past six years, she has served as Pacific Northwest director of FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), a national organization committed to encouraging students of all ages to engage in science and technology. Also, for the past two years, Deb has been a a co-convener launching the South Metro Salem STEM Hub and a member of Governor Kitzhaber’s STEM Student Access and Success task force, which was instrumental in passing a house bill to establish a STEM Industry Advisory Board to the governor and added $8 million to the STEM education K-12 budget. She also gained higher education experience as an undergraduate admissions program manager at Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee, Wis., in 2004-05. Debra earned a bachelor of business administration degree in marketing from the University of Iowa in 1986. She lives in West Linn with husband Mike Hill, who works at OHSU. They have four children: Luke is pursuing his PhD in robotics, Mackenzie is a sophomore at Oregon State, and twin boys Eli and Tucker are juniors at Wilsonville High School. Deb’s family attends Grace Chapel in Wilsonville.
The admissions office welcomes Sarah Reid this month to serve in the newly created role of director of sports marketing. After graduating from George Fox with a degree in organizational communication in 2008, Sarah worked as a marketing and administrative assistant for a marketing firm in London before returning to the states. Since February of 2010, she has worked at Waggener Edstrom of Lake Oswego, Ore., a leading public relations firm, in a number of capacities. Most recently, she served as a senior account executive for the firm, working with clients that included Microsoft. Sarah has a self-confessed love of sports and George Fox University, for which she served as an Orientation coordinator and peer advisor during her undergraduate experience. She lives in Beaverton and attends Mosaic Church in northeast Portland.