WWU Alumni Foundation Board

Lorraine Jacobs earned her bachelor’s degree in history in 1989. She spent the next 10 years working in the Accounts Payable Department at WWC. In 2003 she earned her JD from Willamette University in Oregon. While in law school she clerked for the Legal Publications Department at the Oregon State Bar. The bar hired her as a full-time attorney editor in 2004. She moved into the position of coordinating attorney editor a few years later and in 2024 accepted the position of department manager. In that role she oversees the production of approximately 50 legal publications covering topics ranging from administering trusts to workers’ compensation and everything in between. In her “spare time” she researches the brick walls in her genealogy and enjoys wildlife photography. She shares her home and heart with two rescue kitties, Frasier and Niles.

KARLI HART ’18 graduated from WWU with a bachelor’s degree in English and secondary teaching certification and has been teaching high school English in the Walla Walla area since then. Currently, she teaches English at Walla Walla High School. In her spare time, she enjoys rock climbing, water sports, reading, traveling, and spending time with friends and family.

BILL GERBER ’84 graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. He then captained a commercial salmon fishing boat off the coast of BC for 14 years. Next, the natural transition of becoming a ‘fisher of men’ took place when he left his nets and became an ambidextrous Development Director for Fraser Valley Adventist Academy. For the last 13 years he has been the Director of Camp Hope for the BC Conference. He and his wife Bonnie ’84 have a daughter Bethany (2015) married to Rob (2014), and a son Beau (2019) all WWU graduates and have a Senior daughter Brooklyn currently at WWU. He loves being a grandpa to granddaughters Eliza and Goldie. He enjoys visiting and speaking at smaller BC churches, collecting trumpets and axes, playing ice hockey, and watching for unique opportunities to touch someone’s life.

Sue Huett, a 1975 WWC graduate with a bachelor’s degree in physical education, taught at Walla Walla Valley Academy for ten years. During that time she earned a Master of Science in Teaching from Portland State University and later worked at Walla Walla General Hospital before pursuing a Master of Education in school counseling. She then worked at the Walla Walla Mental Health Center for three years in the child and family unit while contract teaching for the education department at WWU. In 1994, Sue was asked to join the staff of the Teaching Learning Center where she helped develop and expand disability support services for students. In her 28 years in that position, she delighted in hearing of student’s successes, finding their passions, and attending their graduations. Additionally, Sue has had a private practice in counseling for over 30 years. In her spare time Sue enjoys gardening, traveling, water aerobics, and outdoor activities. She and her husband, Dale, have three children—Steven, Beren, and Stacy—and six grandchildren.

Danielle Craigg is a proud graduate of the Honors General Studies program at WWU. She obtained a bachelor’s degree of biology, after she received her doctorate in medicine from Loma Linda University. Currently she is perusing a specialization in Preventive Medicine at Stony Brook University and obtaining a Master of Public Health simultaneously. Engaging with medical student education, participating in cancer research, creating community awareness of preventive medicine. She is passionate about lifestyle education, global health, cancer research and disaster preparation. She currently resides in Long Island, NY.