New employees and notable changes | November 2018

Academic Division

Marisol Andrade is a new teaching dental assistant in the Department of Pediatric Dentistry in the Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry.

Meghan Camino is a new administrative assistant II in the School of Engineering and Computer Science.

Maria Cordero transferred to the position of administrative assistant II in the Department of Physics in the College of the Pacific.

Wibecke Ferreira is a new behavior specialist in the Department of Psychology in the College of the Pacific.

Eunji Kim transferred to the position of program coordinator for the Westgate Center and Institute for Family Business in the  Eberhardt School of Business.

Ingunn Kristjansdottir is a new BAIS Behavior Specialist II Department of Psychology in the College of the Pacific.

Noel Luna is a new Graduate services specialist in the  Graduate School.

Eliott Mason is a new academic records coordinator II in the Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.

Business and Finance

Monica Alarcon is the new campus events Coordinator and administrative assistant in Business Services on the Sacramento Campus.

Linda Jeffers was promoted to assistant vice president for Human Resources. Jeffers has served in the interim role since June. She joined Pacific in 2016 as the director of Human Resources and is a Pacific alumna. She came to Pacific from United Cerebral Palsy in Stockton where she served as director of human resources. She will work to strengthen employee development and diversity, develop a comprehensive compensation and recruitment plan, and will oversee university-wide human resources and employee training.  

Stacey Lucchesi was promoted to associate director of benefits in Human Resources.

Julie Ness was promoted to university financial analyst in the Budget Office.

Ann Rose was promoted to business process analyst in the Office of the Controller.

Development

Nancy Lassner is a new administrative assistant II in Advancement Services.

Enrollment Management

Taylor Farley is a new financial aid counselor I in the Office of Financial Aid.

Office of the President

Nicholas Castro is the new assistant coach for women's tennis in Pacific Athletics.

Janine Swanson was promoted to secretary to Board of Regents in the Office of the President.

Stacy McAfee, assistant vice president for external relations and strategic initiatives, has been appointed the new president and chief executive officer of University College of the Cayman Islands. McAfee joined Pacific in 2015 and was instrumental in expanding Pacific's footprint and visibility in Sacramento, San Francisco and Stockton. Her accomplishments include forming connections with regional employers, chambers of commerce and major business and industry organizations to increase the market for Pacific graduates; helping establish pathway programs through agreements with the California Community Colleges, including the Los Rios and Sierra districts; and leading Beyond Our Gates to address pressing issues such as childhood literacy and education. Her last day at Pacific is Nov. 27.

Pacific Technology

Ryan Howard was promoted to systems administrator III in Systems Engineering.

Student Life

Marylou Bagus-Hansen was promoted to interim director of the Center for Community Involvement.

Hanley Chan and Dennison Raval are new patrol officers in San Francisco Campus Public Safety.   

Mary Nguyen is a new administrative assistant II in the Center for Community Involvement.