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and strategy Digital marketing Email marketing Content development Lean Six Sigma Greenbelt Responsibilities Web strategy Email marketing Digital marketing Biography Chris currently leads our Web Team in planning, designing, developing and implementing the PLU website and digital marketing. He started at PLU in 2008 as a Content Development Specialist creating different ways to tell the PLU story. Before that he spent time as a reporter at the Pierce County Herald, covering Bonney Lake and

Zach Powers Director of Communications he/him Phone: 253-535-8410 Email: zach.powers@plu.edu Status:Working Hybrid Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Editor, Resolute Magazine Education M.F.A., Creative Writing, Pacific Lutheran University, 2024 (candidate) M.P.A., Nonprofit & Government Management, The Evergreen State College, 2012 B.A., Political Science, Communications, Pacific Lutheran University, 2010 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Strategic Communications Content Development

Lace Smith Associate Vice President Phone: 253-535-7436 Email: smithla@plu.edu Status:Working Hybrid Professional Biography Education M.B.A., Business, Pacific Lutheran University - School of Business B.A., Studio Art, University of Puget Sound Biography As Associate Vice President of Marketing & Communications, Lace M. Smith leads the MarCom department. Smith’s teams include the design group, content development, web design, and customer service. Smith is responsible for developing and

content areas in varied settings (in-person classroom, online, homeschooling, and informal). Additionally, as an instructional designer, she engaged as part of a faculty technology task force and advised 12+ university degree and certification programs. Her expertise lies in understanding educational systems and teacher development across all stages of the career-long teacher professional growth continuum, and she is passionate about technology integration for what she calls ‘in-process’ learning and

the Baghdad ER and the Stop the Bleeding 31 st Combat Support Hospital, The Come as You Are War, Stories of the Baghdad ER and the Stop the Bleeding 31 st Combat Support Hospital, National Teaching Institute, Anaheim, CA (May 2006) Biography Military Education Command General Staff College Combined Arms Staff and Service School Nurse Manager Leadership Development Course Combat Care Casualty Course Army Nurse Corps Critical Care Nursing Course

50 staff members, the Vice President creates a vision and strategies for donor, alumni and parent engagement, as well as university communications. The Vice President directs initiatives to enhance PLU’s image and brand, and executes plans to increase support from individuals, government, foundations, and corporations. Biography Until 2014, Dan served as Vice President of External Relations for Lutheran World Relief, an international relief and development organization with programs in 35

of about 27 staff, the Vice President creates a vision for donor, alumni and parent engagement, developing short and long-term strategies, and executing all aspects of a plan to increase support from individuals, government, foundations, and corporations. Biography Until 2014, Dan served as Vice President of External Relations for Lutheran World Relief, an international relief and development organization with programs in 35 countries, serving more than 7 million people. As the chief fundraising

Vic Sweberg, MBA Email: sweberva@plu.edu Biography Biography Vic Sweberg has been an Adjunct Professor in the Pacific Lutheran University’s School of Business from 2013 to the present.  He has taught a variety of undergraduate and graduate-level courses.  Prior to 2013, he had a successful career with The Boeing Company for nearly 30 years.  At Boeing, he served in many capacities and held assignments in program management, strategy development, business development, and leading a variety of

Ami Shah Chair of Global Studies Phone: 253-535-7687 Email: shah@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 222-C Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Associate Professor of Global Studies Education Ph.D., Development Studies, University of Oxford, 2007 M.Phil. with Distinction, Development Studies, University of Oxford, 2002 B.A., International Affairs, The George Washington University, 2000 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise International Development International

youth. At PLU, as assistant director of communications, she supports a variety of campus partners by creating compelling content to promote the university’s mission and values. MacKenzie earned a Bachelor of Arts from Elon University and holds professional certifications from Duke University and Georgetown University in nonprofit management.