Board of Trustees

Nour Abu-Haltam ’25
Optometry Student, Pacific University
Forest Grove, Oregon

James Baker
Medical Doctor, Baker Allery and Asthma
Lake Oswego, Oregon

Julie Berglund Baker, Secretary
Business Manager, Baker Land Surveys, Inc.
Carlsbad, California

Robert O. Barrett ’66
Vice President of Sales (retired), Mohawk Industries 
Exon, Pennsylvania

Amelie Brazelton Aust
Executive Chair of the Board, Fall Creek Nursery
Eugene, Oregon

Julia Brim-Edwards
Sr. Director, Global Operations, World Headquarters, and Public Engagement (retired); Govt + Public Affairs. NIKE, Inc. 
Portland, Oregon

Manuel Castañeda
President, PLI Systems, Inc. 
Hillsboro, Oregon

Patrick Clark ’93, Co-Vice Chair
Principal, Realty Trust City 
Portland, Oregon

Jennifer Coyle '90, OD '93, MS '00
President, Pacific University (Ex Officio) 
Forest Grove, Oregon

Greg Dinges
Executive, Servco
Honolulu, Hawaii 

Jill Dolata
Associate Professor of Communication Sciences & Disorders, Pacific University
Forest Grove, Oregon

James L. "Jim" Fitzgerald '68
Vice President of Global Tax and Administration (retired), Dell Computer, Inc.
Georgetown, Texas

Mark Frandsen, Chair
Owner, Grove Properties, LLC.
Lake Oswego, Oregon

Lorely French
Professor of German, Pacific University
Forest Grove, Oregon

Sheri Garboden ’76
Senior Director of Human Resources (retired), FLIR Systems, Inc.
Hillsboro, Oregon

Kelli S. Gehrs '81, MAED '82
Teacher of the Hearing Impaired (retired), Tucker Maxon School
Tigard, Oregon

Michael E. Henningsen, Jr., Co-Vice Chair
President, (retired) Henningsen Cold Storage
Vancouver, Washington

Michael E. Hudson, Sr. '77
Owner, Hudson H.R. Service
Los Angeles, California

Dan James '87
Deputy Administrator, Bonneville Power Administration
Portland, Oregon

Matthew D. Lowe
Attorney, Jordan Ramis PC Attorneys at Law
Portland, Oregon

Richard Miles
Professor, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University
Princeton, New Jersey

Martin Moll, JD
Founder, Breakaway Advising
Tualatin, Oregon

Heidi Nielsen '96 
Founder and Strategist, In Common Agency
Portland, Oregon

Gary Pacarro '74
Founding Director (retired), Pacific University Hawaii Office 
Kailua, Hawaii

Nancy M. Phillips ’77, MAT ’82
Co-owner, Pac/West Communications
Wilsonville, Oregon

Chuck Quinn
President, Allbright Cotton
Fresno, California

Norman Scott ’63
Captain (retired), United States Navy
Spokane, Washington

Tommy Thayer, Hon. '18
Lead Guitarist, KISS
Lake Sherwood, California

Braeden Titus, '25
Undergraduate Student Trustee

"Tim" Khiem M. Tran ’74
CFO (retired), Johnstone Supply Inc.
Camas, Washington

David Triebes 
Retired Hospital Administrator  
Corvallis, Oregon

Mark Truax '09 
President, Pac/West Strategies 
Centennial, Colorado

Chris Tuffli '89 
Founding Partner, Rethinkh2o 
Manhattan Beach, California

Gerald C. Yoshida ’73
Sharehold, Director and Officer, Char Hamilton Yoshida & Shimomoto
Honolulu, Hawai‘i

Eugene “Gene” Zurbrugg
Owner, Zurbrugg Development Company
Hillsboro, Oregon

Emeriti Trustees

The bylaws (pdf), approved in March 2023, govern the actions of the Pacific University Board of Trustees