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Senators are elected by a peer vote to represent staff at large and serve a two-year term.

Staff Executive Council

CHAIR
Megan Rice (2025-26)
Megan is in her 13th year at Pacific and during this time she has played many roles on campus. She began my time at Pacific serving as an Area Coordinator with the primary responsibility of supervising Resident Assistants. She also had a variety of other roles, such as, serving as a Staff Senator, being a member of the health and safety committee, organizing the all-staff conference, performing many roles within the Title IX process, and advising student organizations. More recently, she has taken on chairing our University Judicial Oversight committee, serving as a review process trainer and consultant for various academic programs, collaborating with others as a member of the substance use working group, and serving as a core member of the Orientation Steering committee with my primary responsibility being the hiring and training Orientation student staff. Over the years, she has valued the connections and collaboration experienced with various units and departments across campus. If elected to be a Staff Senate representative, she aims to utilize her knowledge of various areas of campus to help represent the needs and voices of a wide array of staff.

CHAIR-ELECT
Rana Tahir (2025-26)
Rana believes her breadth of experience through the university--as a graduate student (MFA '15), as an adjunct professor teaching undergraduates on the Forest Grove campus (ENGW 180), and as a staff member for the MFA interfacing with other departments--will be an asset when considering how different decisions might impact the university in a myriad of ways. Additionally, as a naturalized immigrant (first coming to the US on a student visa), person of color, religious minority, queer, trans-supporting cis woman living in the US while attacks on higher education and EDIA efforts increase, she would like to take part in helping Pacific staff navigate these times and all that will come ahead.

SECRETARY
Keagan Weis (2025-26)
Keagan (she/they) has been a Boxer for almost seven years and has watched it grow alongside their friends and colleagues. They joined the School of Audiology as the Clinical Education Specialist in August 2023 and they are looking forward to making a positive change in their student's lives as future audiologists. They are also looking forward to doing awesome work within the Staff Senate, advocating for all things EDIA and community collaboration. In their down time, they enjoy making art and crafting, reading, and spending time with their cats.

TREASURER
Megan Evetts (2025-26)
Participating and getting involved has always been her way of feeling connected to a greater purpose. Megan has enjoyed learning about Pacific and becoming part of the wider community over the last year and a half. She believes serving on Staff Senate would further allow her to connect with fellow staff members, our students, faculty, and the overall Pacific community.

PARLIAMENTARIAN
Ren Johns (2025-26)
Since joining Pacific in 2021, Ren has managed the Early Learning Community, Pacific's preschool through 4th grade program. Every day she gets to build community among teachers, children, staff, faculty, students, and families. With a background in nonprofit management and K-12 education, she is eager to bring her experience in project and partnership management as well as in mediating conflicting perspectives to support the work of the Staff Senate. As °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ considers its future, staff input is crucial. Ren wants to ensure staff voices are heard, representing your questions, concerns, and ideas as we all work to help Pacific navigate this next phase to build a stronger, more unified community.

Staff Senators

Kelsey Delanoy (2024-26)
Kelsey has been at Pacific for 5 years, starting in August 2019 in the Student Accounts office and transferred to Human Resources in November 2022. She has loved both roles she has been in.  She served as Staff Senate Chair-Elect in 2021 and Chair in 2022. Kelsey joined Staff Senate again as it provides a great opportunity to get to know more °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ colleagues. It is a great way to make more connections and collaborate with different offices and campuses. In her time outside of work, Kelsey enjoys hiking and going to the beach, specifically locations around Tillamook, OR, her hometown. 

Stacie Englund (2025-26)
Stacie Englund has worked at Pacific in the Financial Aid Office since 2004. She previously served on Staff Senate from 2014-16 and was also Staff Senate Treasurer during that time. Currently, she serves on the Staff Senate Caring Committee. Outside of work, she enjoys watching hockey, playing dog sports such as disc and flyball with her chihuahua, Pennie, and crafting.

Perry Francis (2025-27)
Since joining Pacific in 2019 as a member of the chemistry department, Perry has enjoyed working with a wide variety of Pacific people: colleagues, administration, faculty, and students. Until 2023, he served as a member of the Health & Safety Advisory Committee and is a current member of the University Finance Committee. Given the recent organizational restructuring discussions, he pondered other ways of helping and thought serving on the Staff Senate would be a great opportunity to support the Pacific community.

Hayden Hufezka (2025-27)
Over the past six years, Hayden’s undergraduate experience and now current role within Athletics has helped cement that this is the place he wants to be. Pacific has offered so many amazing opportunities for him to grow as a person and he wants to be able to give back to this community. He thinks he can best achieve this goal by serving on the Staff Senate.

Elizabeth Jerabek (2024-26)
Elizabeth looks after °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ's email and social media marketing, website content creation, search engine optimization, and paid digital advertising. Before joining Pacific in 2022, she worked with small businesses, non-profit associations, and publicly-traded companies in New York and Hong Kong. From her experience living abroad, she believes deeply in the value of multiple perspectives and a diversity of experiences and opinions. She is grateful to be part of the Pacific community and is interested in serving on the Staff Senate as a way of giving back and investing in that community.

Katy Kilsdonk '15 (2025-27)
2025 marks her ten-year reunion year as an alumna of °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ and her ten-year anniversary working at °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ, both of which have fundamentally shaped her to become the person she is. After spending the past year as a Boxer Buddy, welcoming new employees to °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ, she is moved to join the Staff Senate. She looks forward to this leadership opportunity to support, protect, and promote the future of the alma mater she cares so much about.

Andrea Lybarger (2024-26)
Andrea has worked at °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ in the Office of Graduate and Professional Admissions since 2011. While at Pacific, she has worked with applicants for various graduate programs and is currently the admissions contact for the School of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training. Outside of work, Andrea enjoys spending time with her family and friends, being outdoors in nature with her dogs, working out, and cooking. 

Jeremy Palmer (2024-26)
Jeremy is passionate about fostering positive change within our university community and believes that serving on the Staff Senate would provide him with the opportunity to actively contribute to the betterment of our institution. With a commitment to collaboration, communication, and advocating for the needs of both staff and students, he is dedicated to representing our collective interests effectively.

Tatiana Piatanova (2024-26)
Tatiana has been in the exciting field of Instructional Design since 2009. Prior to her career in Instructional Design, she was a jill-of-all-trades (and even helped to build houses in the summer), graphic designer, and educator for over 20 years. At CETCI, she works with faculty and instructional staff across all university programs on the design, development, and management of online, hybrid, and technology-enhanced courses. She provides individual consultations for faculty to aid in instructional design and also develops and delivers workshops and other programming and technologies to support faculty teaching. In her spare time, she enjoys exploring numerous hiking trails with her beastie Opee, running, graphic and web design projects, reading, knitting, and painting (as in art). 

Rebekah Ratzlaff (2024-26)
Rebekah has been a member of the Pacific community for over 20 years and began her full-time employment at the College of Health Professions in 2020. Working alongside other staff, students, and faculty as well as volunteering in various roles over the years (e.g., Center for Gender Equity Board Member, applicant interviewer, COVID Monitoring and Support Team, vaccine clinic non-medical staff, free clinic staff) she expanded her awareness of the culture and community here. Rebekah is passionate about sustainable practices and building community. Outside of work, Rebekah enjoys professional development, time with family, international travel, rockhounding, and playing tabletop games with friends.

Shana Reece (2025-27)
Shana is passionate about creating collaborative, trusting relationships in the work that she does within the College of Education and with the many departments she has had the privilege of working alongside across the university. She has been serving as a member of the °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ Staff Caring Committee for the past five years. As a Staff Senator her goal is to prioritize communication, advocate for staff interests by utilizing her financial experiences and heart for community, and collaborate on initiatives that enhance the overall campus community.

Amber Vanzant ’03, MAT ’04 (2025-27)
In my many years at Pacific, I have had the opportunity to experience Pacific in several different ways: as both an undergraduate student and a graduate student in the College of Education (GO BOXERS!), as a previous Staff Senator, as a member of the Staff Senate Caring Committee, and as an administrative staff member in the College of Health Professions. I feel that all of my experiences as a Boxer at Pacific, combined with my ten years of experience as a K-12 teacher in the Hillsboro School District, give me a unique skillset, and I look forward to networking with staff members from other divisions and areas. My goal is to find creative, meaningful ways to connect our work at Pacific and to help support each other through this transitional time for the University. 

Governance Staff

Maegan Jossy | Executive Assistant to the Provost/Governance
maeganj@pacificu.edu | 503-352-2215