Staff

The Career Center is located in Templeton 270 next to the Bookstore.
Office hours are 9:00 am - 5 pm Monday through Friday. 

Meet Our Staff 

Rocky Campbell ’00, Executive Director                                    

Strength Themes: Strategic | Learner | Arranger | Futuristic | Positivity

Rocky has more than 10 years of experience in management and corporate strategies. As chief operating officer of Relocation Coordinates International, he developed and managed global service supply chains, information technology and digital initiatives, and employee training, while serving as a subject matter expert on global mobility and recruitment assistance for corporate clients. Rocky has additional experience in publishing, sports, and nonprofit management.

Rocky has a master’s degree in sport studies from Miami University and a graduate certificate in strategic management from the University of California, San Diego. Among other roles at Lewis & Clark, he has served on the Board of Alumni for nearly five years.

 

Nina Olken, Senior Associate Director
503-768-8079

Strengths Themes: Empathy | Relator | Restorative | Intellection | Developer 

Nina is Senior Associate Director of the Career Center at Lewis & Clark. She began her career in Boston, MA at M.I.T. and Tufts University and has been a part of the Lewis & Clark community since 2011. Nina enjoys helping students make meaningful connections between their academic pursuits and their career aspirations. In particular, she is passionate about helping students find their path to meaningful work through internships and experiential learning. In addition to working with students during 1:1 appointments, Nina teaches an internship for credit class; Career Development 145 (CDEV: 145). Nina received a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Washington and a Master of Education in Administration of Higher Education from Suffolk University. In her free time, Nina enjoys spending time outdoors with her family.

 

Adonica De Vault, Associate Director
503-768-7079

Strengths Themes: Empathy | Context | Connectedness | Positivity | Harmony 

Adonica has been working at L&C for over twenty years in career advising. She has a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology (Saint Mary’s of Minnesota) and a Bachelor of Arts in English and Women’s Studies (University of St. Catherine, St. Paul). L&C students are creative, thoughtful and committed - one of the many reasons she loves her work. Other reasons include the awesome Career Center staff and student workers who arrive every day giving their all to help others find their way in the world.

“Every journey, honestly undertaken, stands a chance of taking us toward the place where our deep gladness meets the world’s deep need.” — Parker Palmer

 

Tasia Sullivan , Career Advisor

Strength Themes: Empathy | Relator | Learner | Futuristic | Harmony

Tasia has spent over 10 years in the field of social work serving the Pacific NW region and is excited to bring her passion for community-centered work to L&C.  Tasia loves to explore future possibilities with students that invite wonder and curiosity over potential opportunities.  She has a Masters in Business Administration (Louisiana State University in Shreveport) and Bachelors of Science in Community Health Education (Portland State University) and above all considers herself to be a perpetual student of life eager to discover more.

 

Kristin Baker, Administrative Specialist

Strength Themes: Consistency | Deliberative | Responsibility | Developer | Analytical

Kristin has been working at L&C for over 16 years. She started out working as a legal assistant in the law school’s civil practice clinic in 2006. When the clinic closed in 2015, she moved to the CAS campus where she works as an administrative specialist. She loves the energy of working on a college campus as well as the meaningful and important work they do in the Career Center.

 

 

Ret. Ambassador Niels Marquardt Niels Marquardt ’75, Diplomat in Residence

During his 33-year diplomatic career, Ret. Ambassador Niels Marquardt served as America’s top diplomat in Madagascar, Cameroon, the Comoros, and Equatorial Guinea with additional service in Germany, France, Thailand, and the Republic of the Congo. His final State Department assignment was as U.S. Consul General in Sydney, Australia, where he remained and served another four years in the private sector as CEO of the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia. He also served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Zaire and Rwanda.

After graduating from Lewis & Clark with a bachelor’s degree in German Studies, Niels earned his master’s degree in global management from the Thunderbird School of Global Management and his master’s in international security strategy from the National War College. In 2017, Lewis & Clark honored Marquardt with the Distinguished Alumnus award.