Gordon Nygard
Asstistant Vice President/Executive Director
206-281-2308
gnygard@spu.edu
Gordon serves as Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Investment Officer of the Seattle Pacific Foundation which he joined in 1988 after a successful administrative career in banking.  He has earned both a B.A. in Business Administration and Economics (1973) and an M.B.A. (2005) from Seattle Pacific.  In addition, Gordon serves as President of the Seattle Pacific Gift Fund, Assistant Vice President for Endowment and Gift Planning for SPU and sits on the Executive Advisory Committee of SPU’s School of Business and Economics where he is an adjunct instructor in finance.

Marlon Sandlin
Senior Gift Planning Specialist
206-281-2257
msandlin@spu.edu
Marlon earned his B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1975 and M.Div. from Fuller Theological Seminary in 1979, and is licensed as a Certified Financial Planner®.  He has served Seattle Pacific University since 2001.  He has over 28 years of gift planning and development experience, including previous years of service at World Vision, Mission Aviation Fellowship, Compassion International and Fuller Seminary.

Dean Carrell
Gift Planning Specialist
206-281-2083
carrell@spu.edu
Dean joined the Gift Planning team in September 2006 as a Gift Planning Specialist.  Prior to that he served Seattle Pacific University for 7 years as their Annual Giving Director.  He is an SPU alumnus, earning his B.A. in Political Science, and brings over 16 years of fundraising experience from previous positions with The Bush School, Oregon Episcopal School, United Way of King County, and United Way of Pierce County.

Kendra Dye
Administrative Assistant
206-281-2810
kendra@spu.edu
Kendra, class of 2004, has been on staff at the Seattle Pacific Foundation since the fall of 2005.  Though she studied sociology as an undergraduate, she is delighted to be learning about finance and fund raising while participating in SPF’s mission of endowing the future of Seattle Pacific University.