{"id":12646,"date":"2022-03-01T13:00:14","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T21:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/business.wsu.edu\/edividend\/?p=12646"},"modified":"2026-02-20T11:28:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T19:28:32","slug":"march-2022-new-hires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/business.wsu.edu\/edividend\/2022\/03\/01\/march-2022-new-hires\/","title":{"rendered":"March 2022 – New Hires"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Evan Barton<\/a> (\u201921 MBA) is the MBA admissions manager for graduate and online programs<\/a>. He previously worked for WSU as the recruitment and outreach specialist for the College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. He earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in business marketing and marketing analytics from the University of Idaho. In his free time, he enjoys outdoor recreation, traveling, and spending time with his partner and their corgi.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Jessica Barkley<\/a> (\u201918 Human Dev., Spanish) is an academic coordinator at WSU Vancouver. She previously worked as a course and data coordinator for the University of Colorado Denver\u2019s Business School and as a transfer coordinator for Concordia University in Portland. Barkley earned a master\u2019s degree in educational leadership and policy from Portland State University. Outside of work, she enjoys going to NBA basketball games, exploring new cities, and spending time with her loved ones.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Rachel Boyer<\/a> (\u201919 Accounting, \u201921 MBA) is a teaching assistant professor of accounting at WSU Vancouver. She spent 20 years working in accounting for companies and local government. She is a first-generation, non-traditional student with a passion for audit, financial, and cost accounting.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Lydia Guenther<\/a> (\u201918 Hosp. Busi. Mgmt.) is an office assistant in the dean\u2019s office. Prior to joining the college, she worked in the event industry at the Best Western in Moscow, Idaho. A first-generation college student, Guenther was born in Syria. During her time as a WSU student, she studied abroad in Spain and Morocco and received a Global Leadership certificate. She has a passion for helping people. In her free time, she enjoys cooking, photography, wedding coordinating, other cultures and history, and writing.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Jay Harris<\/a> is a director of development based in Seattle. He was an assistant athletic director for the Cougar Athletic Fund in Seattle from 2015 to 2018. More recently, he was a philanthropy director at Swedish Medical Center Foundation, working with caregivers and patients in the Swedish Heart and Vascular Institute. He is originally from Alabama, but moved to the Pacific Northwest in 2015.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Jacqui LaCroix<\/a> (\u201921 Poli. Sci.) is the retention manager for the online and executive MBA programs<\/a>. She previously worked as a general manager in WSU Dining Services. In her free time, she enjoys reading, cooking, and spending time with family.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Nicola Lippetti<\/a> is an academic coordinator at WSU Vancouver. She grew up in Las Vegas, earning a bachelor\u2019s degree in psychology from University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and a master\u2019s degree in clinical psychology from Pepperdine University. A first-generation college graduate, Lippetti describes herself as a life-long learner who is passionate about higher education. In her free time, she enjoys spending time outdoors with her children.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Goretti Manzo<\/a> (\u201905 Crim. Jus.) is the office manager for the Carson Center for Student Success<\/a>. She says, \u201cI am so excited to be back in the university that I love and to be able to give back to a community that gave so much to me while I was a student here.\u201d Manzo enjoys spending time with her family, pets, and plants as well as traveling and being outdoors.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Tiffany Reiss<\/a> is the assistant director of the Center for Entrepreneurship<\/a>. She previously worked in the Innovation and Research Engagement Office in the WSU Office of Research, and she leads the I-Corps teaching team. Reiss has a doctorate from Virginia Tech in curriculum design and instruction and a master\u2019s degree in exercise physiology from Appalachian State. She previously founded multiple companies in education technology.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Whitney Thurgood<\/a> is the new program coordinator for graduate and online programs<\/a>. She previously worked for the college as the administrative assistant for the Department of Management, Information Systems, and Entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Tabetha Villanueva<\/a> (\u201921 Soc. Sci.) is a fiscal specialist II for the college. She previously worked as a fiscal technician for WSU\u2019s Payroll Services. She has a bachelor\u2019s degree in social science. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, running, and hosting dinner parties.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Minie Yadama<\/a> is the administrative assistant in the Department of Management, Information Systems, and Entrepreneurship<\/a>. She has an MBA from the University of Mississippi. She enjoys assisting faculty \u201cwho give their best for our students\u2014the future of our country.\u201d In her free time, she enjoys the sunsets on the Palouse and walks and hikes with friends and family.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":[],"featured_media":18374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[606,435],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/business.wsu.edu\/edividend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12646"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/business.wsu.edu\/edividend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/business.wsu.edu\/edividend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/business.wsu.edu\/edividend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1470"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/business.wsu.edu\/edividend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12646"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/business.wsu.edu\/edividend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18891,"href":"https:\/\/business.wsu.edu\/edividend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12646\/revisions\/18891"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/business.wsu.edu\/edividend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/business.wsu.edu\/edividend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/business.wsu.edu\/edividend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/business.wsu.edu\/edividend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12646"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/business.wsu.edu\/edividend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/author?post=12646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}