Contact NeST

Office of New Student and Transition Services

Ben Paker Student Center
Suite E110
1200 16th Street
Golden, CO 80401

nest@mines.edu
Main Phone: 303-869-5550

Jessica Keefer

Director
jkeefer@mines.edu

303-384-2601
Pronouns: she/her/hers

Education:

• BA, English, Ohio University
• MA, Higher Education, University of Denver
• PhD (in progress), Higher Education & Student Affairs Leadership, University of Northern Colorado

Nick Dietrich

Associate Director
ndietrich@mines.edu

 303-869-5530
Pronouns: he/him/his

Education:

• BA, Psychology, University of Puget Sound
• M.Ed, Student Development Administration, Seattle University

Begoña Ruiz

Associate Director for              Finance & Operations
bruiz@mines.edu

303-273-3994
Pronouns: she/her/hers

Education:

• BS, Engineering, Madrid Polytechnic University
• MS, Engineering, Madrid Polytechnic University
• MS, Geophysics, Colorado School of Mines
• MS, ETM Economics and Business, Colorado School of Mines
• Certificate, Diversity and Inclusion, Cornell University

dEANNA TORREz

Finance Coordinator
dtorrez@mines.edu

303-869-2767
Pronouns: she/her/hers

Education:

• BS (in progress), Accounting, University of Phoenix