Meet the Team

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)
Associate Director
- BA, Psychology, University of Puget Sound
- M.Ed, Student Development Administration, Seattle University

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)
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)
Finance Coordinator
- BS (in progress), Accounting, University of Phoenix