Comings and Goings
The university hired Steve Outslay as a development officer last week. He has worked at Salem Academy Christian School in Salem, Ore., the past four years, serving as executive director of operations (2008-12) and, since last July, as director of development. Prior to that, he spent six years as owner and CFO of a small manufacturing company in Albany for which he was responsible for all financial management, employee management and strategic growth initiatives. He was also vice president of Supra Products (later purchased by GE) of Salem, Ore., working there for 20 years (1982-2002). Steve earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology and religious studies from Willamette University in 1982 and later attended the Lewis & Clark School of Law in 1988 and 1989 while working at Supra. He lives in Salem with his wife, Jennifer, and their three children: Josh, a sophomore biology major at George Fox; Justin, a senior at Salem Academy; and Jessica, an eighth-grader at Salem Academy. The family attends Morningstar Community Church in Salem.
Admissions hired Isaac MacDonald as a systems architect this week. He will assist admissions by providing various software and technological solutions. For the past two and a half years, he worked as a systems specialist and software developer for Dow AgroSciences in Portland. He has also worked the past six years as an independent contractor, performing systems installations and maintenance and custom software solutions. Isaac earned an associate’s degree in IT from ITT Technical Institute in Portland in 2006. He lives in Sandy.
Valeri Bobzien (Nursing) left the university last week.