Meet Our Staff

Reed Sheard, Vice President for College Advancement and Chief Information Officer, joined Westmont in October 2008. He comes from Spring Arbor University in Michigan where he served as vice president and CIO for five years. [more]

Stephen Baker, Associate Vice President for College Advancement, has been in the Development/Advancement field for 26 years. He spent three years directing and managing capital campaigns for Community Counseling Service, an international fundraising [more]

Sandi White, Assistant Vice President of College Advancement, joined the Westmont team in October, 2008. Coming from a background in psychology, education and non-profit fundraising, she enjoys being able to combine these environments into one job. [more]

Alex Nizet, Senior Director of Development, received a B.A. in Philosophy at UC Berkeley and a J.D. from McGeorge School of Law. A licensed attorney in California, Alex went on to receive his Master of Divinity from Yale University. [more]

Janna Mori, Director of Donor Relations, has been at Westmont College since 2003, with responsibility for all aspects of donor and volunteer recognition, acknowledgment, and stewardship, and oversight of [more]

Kenon Neal, Director of Foundation and Corporate Relations, has been associated with Westmont for twenty-five years. As an alumna and former employee in both Residence Life and Alumni and Parent Relations, Kenon brings a deep appreciation [more]

Annette Richards, Regional Director of Development, joined Westmont in January of 2008. She is based in Newport Beach and represents the college in both Orange and San Diego Counties. Annette has a B.A. in Economics and Business from Westmont. [more]

Joy Johnson, Administrative Assistant, joined Westmont in 2003, with many years of administrative assistant experience at Procter & Gamble. Joy provides wonderful support for the Associate Vice President of College Advancement and the Senior Development Director as well as the [more]

Karen Sloan, Administrative Assistant, joined the Office of College Advancement in March 2010, as assistant to Vice President Reed Sheard. She began working at Westmont in April 2007, as the assistant to the Vice President of Administration and Planning as well as part [more]

Ryan Bennett, Director of Annual Giving, joined the annual giving team in May 2008, after graduating from Westmont with a B.A. in Economics and Business. During his four years as an undergraduate, he worked as a Phonathon caller and supervisor and led his class’ senior gift campaign. [more]

James Byron, Assistant Director of Annual Giving, joined the Office of College Advancement in 2009. His responsibilities at Westmont include stewarding the President's Associates and Class Agent programs. [more]

Veronica Ocejo, Coordinator of Annual Giving Programs, graduated from Westmont in 2011, with four years of experience in the student Phonathon as a caller and supervisor. She served as the Chair of her class gift committee. [more]

Lisa Vincent, Fundraising Assistant, brings to Westmont years of experience as an academic administrator; coupled with her knowledge attained in the financial industry, Lisa is a wonderful support to the office of annual giving as well as a support to the development team. [more]

Kati Buehler, Senior Director of Gift Planning, has worked for 10 years as a financial adviser and certified financial planner, for seven years in Sacramento as an industry advocate, and prior to joining Westmont as the program director for a [more]

Mona Motte Wilds, Director of Gift Planning, works with Westmont supporters in Santa Barbara, in Los Angeles from Long Beach to Riverside and in California's Central Valley in Bakersfield and Fresno. Before joining Westmont [more]

Taylor Swan, Gift Planning Assistant, graduated from Point Loma Nazarene University (San Diego) where she earned her B.A. degree in managerial and organizational communication. She brings her skills in organization [more]

Mary Dombek, Director of Advancement Systems, has worked in College Advancement for more than 20 years, and has overseen gift processing and all aspects of the alumni and advancement database since 1992. Mary holds a bachelor's degree [more]

Audra Pearce, Advancement Services Assistant, joined the College Advancement team as the gift processing specialist in 2009. Her responsibilities include processing donations, online gifts, recurring gifts [more]

Julie Rubio, Advancement Services Assistant, has been in Advancement Services/Donor Relations since 2005. In her support role she assists the director of donor relations in the stewarding of named scholarships and donors. She also supports the director [more]