Employee Comings and Goings
Several people have joined our community recently, some continuing employees have taken on new roles at Lewis & Clark, and a few said a fond farewell.

New employees
Emma Barrow, assistant lacrosse coach, Physical Education and Athletics; Chloe Flora, groundskeeper, Facilities Services; Chris Larson, groundskeeper, Facilities Services; Alison Lugar, dispatcher, Campus Safety; Emily Pierce, executive assistant, President’s Office; Talea Simmons, senior systems engineer, Information Technology; and Wesley Smith, painter, Facilities Services.
Employees in a new role
Casey Barnes, maintenance engineer III, Facilities Services; Ismael Magana, on-call officer, Campus Safety; Ben Meoz, interim vice president of Campus Living and senior associate dean of students; Dean of Students; Alexis Rehrmann, program manager for community partnerships and narrative medicine, Center for Community and Global Health; and Sydney Clevenger, associate director of foundation relations and strategic philanthropy, Advancement.
Departures
Diego Alcala, officer, Campus Safety; Robin Anderson, library student employment coordinator, Watzek Library; Evette Clark, vice president for student life and dean of students, Dean of Students; Leslie Dawson, administrative coordinator, Graduate School Finance and Operations; Lydia Dexter, legal fellow II, Earthrise Law Center; Erin Khong, assistant director, Inclusion and Multicultural Engagement; Mike Lewis, assistant coach, Physical Education and Athletics; Timothy McCrory, head men’s basketball coach/instructor, Physical Education and Athletics; Josh Moyes, officer, Campus Safety; and Hayes Young, program director, TransActive Gender Project.
Retirements
Jerry Vandecoevering, groundskeeper, Facilities Services.
This list of employees is provided by the Office of Human Resources, and published quarterly in The Source. Please direct inquiries to hr@lclark.edu.
Human Resources is located in Lower McAfee on the Undergraduate Campus.
email hr@lclark.edu
voice 503-768-6235
fax 503-768-6233
Associate Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer Helen Howell
Human Resources
Lewis & Clark
615 S. Palatine Hill Road
Portland OR 97219
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