Whitworth Board of Trustees

Officers of the Board

Brian W. Kirkpatrick: Chair through June 30, 2025

Julie L. Levi: Chair beginning July 1, 2025

Scott C. Chandler: Vice Chair

Shelly O'Quinn: Secretary

Barbara L. Richter: Treasurer

Life Members

David G. Myers: John Dirk Werkman Professor of Psychology, Hope College, Peale Science Center, Holland, Mich.

Walter M. Oliver: Retired Senior Vice President of Human Resources & Administration, General Dynamics Corp., Phoenix, Ariz.

Kenneth M. Roberts: Chief Investment Strategist, Palouse Capital Management, Spokane, Wash.

Board Members

James S. Bennett, Jr.: Partner/Private Wealth Advisor, AGP Wealth Advisors

Mark J. Benson: Retired Vice President of Public Affairs, PotlatchDeltic Corp., Spokane, Wash.

Scott C. Chandler: Managing Partner, Franklin Court Partners, Inc., Littleton, Colo.

Paul Cunningham: Senior Pastor, La Jolla Presbyterian Church, La Jolla, Calif.

Robert C. Dobler: Retired CEO, Gamut360 Holdings, LLC., Tulalip, Wash.

Scott E. Dudley: Senior Pastor, Bellevue Presbyterian Church, Bellevue, Wash.

Andrew Erickson: Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

David J. Flesher: Retired Orthopedic Surgeon, Indianola, Wash.

Robyn Hogue: Retired Senior Pastor, Skyline Presbyterian Church, University Place, Wash.

Gary J. Hopkins: President & CEO, George C. Hopkins Construction, Glendale, Calif.

Joshua D. Hug: COO, Remitly, Inc., Kirkland, Wash.

Marcus J. Jackson: EVP Managing Director, Alliant Insurance Services, Spokane, Wash.

Sheryl L. Kinder-Pyle: Executive Presbyter, Presbytery of the Inland Northwest, Spokane, Wash.

Brian W. Kirkpatrick: Retired EVP & CFO, CRISTA Ministries, Bonney Lake, Wash.

Julie L. Levi: Attorney, San Diego, Calif.

Mark W. Lupton: CEO & President, L2 Wealth Management, Spokane, Wash.

Scott A. McQuilkin: President, Whitworth University, Spokane, Wash.

Tim M. Mitrovich: CEO, Ten Capital Wealth Advisors, Spokane, Wash.

Octavio J. Morales: Entrepreneur, Liberty Lake, Wash.

David G. Myers: John Dirk Werkman Professor of Psychology, Hope College, Peale Science Center, Holland, Mich.

David M. Nelson: Professor of Economics, Western Washington University; CEO & Founder, Finance & Resource Management Consultants, Inc., Bellingham, Wash.

Walter M. Oliver: Retired Senior Vice President/Human Resources & Administration, General Dynamics Corp., Phoenix, Ariz.

Shelly J. O'Quinn: CEO, Innovia Foundation, Spokane, Wash.

Eric E. Peterson: Senior Pastor, Colbert Presbyterian Church, Colbert, Wash.

L. Denice Randle: Workforce Recruitment Strategic Advisor, Washington Government Agency, DuPont, Wash. 

Jennifer V. Ratcliffe: Physician & Medical Director, Advanced Fertility Associates Medical Group, Santa Rosa, Calif.

Barbara L. Richter: Retired Procter & Gamble Executive, Seattle, Wash.

Kenneth M. Roberts: Chief Investment Strategist, Palouse Capital Management, Spokane, Wash.

Steve L. Ruetschle: Senior Pastor, Sunset Church, Portland, Ore. 

Michelle Rusk: Legal Counsel, Office of Program Research, Washington State House of Representatives, Seattle, Wash

Fred P. Stockton: Retired Entrepreneur, Scottsdale, Ariz.

Mason Stubblefield: Vice President, Compensation & HR Technology, NVIDIA, Saratoga, Calif.

Jason R. Thackston: Senior Vice President, Energy Policy and Chief Strategy Officer, Avista Corp., Spokane, Wash.

Aaron C. Vaccaro: Vice President, WestRiver Group, Seattle, Wash. 

Renee A. Williams: Burien, Wash.

Trustees Emeriti Life Members

Arthur E. Symons, Jr.: Founder, Symons Frozen Foods, Inc., Centralia, Wash.

Trustees Emeriti

Peter B. Barnes: Retired Senior Pastor, First Presbyterian Church of Winston-Salem, Winston-Salem, N.C.

Charles L. Boppell: Retired President & CEO, Worldwide Restaurant Concepts, Rancho Mirage, Calif.

Katherine Damiano Stone: Musician, Phoenix, Ariz.

Gary W. Demarest: Retired Pastor, Pasadena, Calif.

Andrea J. Lairson: Community Volunteer, Redmond, Wash.

James M. Singleton: Retired Associate Professor of Pastoral Leadership & Evangelism, Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary, Spokane, Wash.

Mark Toone: Senior Pastor, Chapel Hill Presbyterian Church, Gig Harbor, Wash.

Judith Williams: Retired Founder, Vice Chair, Telect, Inc., Liberty Lake, Wash.