Meet the Admissions Staff

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The Admissions staff is here to answer your questions and give you the information you need. Not sure who your admissions counselor is? Use our Find My Counselor tool to be pointed to the right staff member, then read our bios to get to know us better!

Undergraduate Admissions Leadership Team

Bryan Jones
Bryan Jones

Interim Vice President of Enrollment Management and Marketing

oemm@spu.edu

SPU Admissions Counselor Stephen York
Stephen York

Associate Director of Undergraduate Admissions

admstephen@spu.edu

Pierce Salave'a
Pierce Salave’a

Assistant Director of Visits and Events; Travel Counselor for Hawai’i and Guam

admpierce@spu.edu

Kat Berg

Assistant Director of First Year Admissions

admkat@spu.edu

Freshmen Admissions

Kat Berg

Assistant Director of First Year Admissions

admkat@spu.edu

Erik Birrueta
Erik Gustavo Birrueta

Undergraduate Admissions Counselor

admerik@spu.edu

Zechariah Knepper
Zechariah Knepper

Undergraduate Admissions Counselor

admzechariah@spu.edu

SPU Admissions counselor Kennedy Mejia-Payton
Kennedy Mejia-Payton

Senior Undergraduate Admissions Counselor for Multicultural Outreach

admkennedy@spu.edu

SPU Undergraduate Admissions Counselor Tyanna Rivera
Tyanna Rivera

Senior Undergraduate Admissions Counselor — Student Outreach Coordinator

admtyanna@spu.edu

Transfer Admissions

SPU Admissions Counselor Stephen York
Stephen York

Associate Director of Undergraduate Admissions

admstephen@spu.edu

Frank Vargus
Frank Vargas

Transfer Admissions Counselor

admfrank@spu.edu

International Admissions

Isaiah Peterson
Isaiah Peterson

Assistant Director for International Admissions

international@spu.edu

Visits & Events

Pierce Salave'a
Pierce Salave’a

Assistant Director of Visits and Events; Travel Counselor for Hawai’i and Guam

admpierce@spu.edu

Helen Talbot
Helen Walsh

Visits and Events Coordinator

visitus@spu.edu

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