Meet the Team

Jessica Keefer (she/her)

Jessica Keefer (she/her)

Director

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

Nick Dietrich (he/him)

Associate Director

  • BA, Psychology, University of Puget Sound
  • M.Ed, Student Development Administration, Seattle University
DePaul Straub (he/him)

DePaul Straub (he/him)

Assistant Director

  • BS, Interdisciplinary Liberal Studies, James Madison University
  • M.Ed, Student Affairs Administration in Higher Education, UNC Greensboro
Begoña Ruiz (she/her)

Begoña Ruiz (she/her)

Associate Director for Finance & Operations

  • 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 (she/her)

DeAnna Torrez (she/her)

Finance Coordinator

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