The Western Association of Graduate Schools membership consists of universities in the states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Canada, Colorado, Hawai'i, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Utah and Washington. Also included are the Canadian Provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan, Mexico, and the Pacific Rim.
Executive Committee
2019-2020
President
Julie Coonrod
Dean of Graduate Studies
University of New Mexico
MSC 03 2180
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
(505) 277-6062 (office)
(505) 277-7405 (fax)
WAGSOfficer@gmail.com
Term ends: March 2020
Past- President
Kathryn Hausbeck Korgan
Dean of the Graduate College
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
4505 S. Maryland Parkway
Graduate College
Mail Stop 1017
Las Vegas, NV 89154-1017
(702) 895-0446 (office)
WAGSOfficer@gmail.com
Term ends: March 2020
President-Elect
Tammi Vacha-Haase
Dean of the Graduate College
Boise State University
Boise, ID 83725
(208) 426-1039 (office)
WAGSOfficer@gmail.com
Term ends: March 2020
Secretary
Brandy Randall
Associate Dean
Graduate School
NDSU Dept. 2820
P.O. Box 6050
Fargo, ND 58108-6050
(701) 231-7191 (office)
WAGSOfficer@gmail.com
Term ends: March 2020
Treasurer
Maribeth Watwood
Dean of the Graduate College
Northern Arizona University
Graduate College
P.O. Box 4125
Flagstaff, AZ 86011
(928) 523-9322 (office)
WAGSOfficer@gmail.com
Term ends: March 2020
Member-at-Large
Inge Wefes
Associate Dean
University of Colorado Denver
Graduate School
Anschutz Medical Campus
Mail Stop C296
Building 500, W5107
13001 E. 17th Place
Aurora, CO 80045
(303) 724-2915 (office)
WAGSOfficer@gmail.com
Term ends: March 2020
Member-at-Large
Jessica Beck
Assistant Dean of Graduate Student Development
Oregon State University
Graduate School
Heckart Lodge
2900 SW Jefferson Way
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331-2121
(541) 737-4881 (office)
WAGSOfficer@gmail.com
Term ends: March 2020
Member-at-Large
Jackie Wirz
Assistant Dean of Graduate Studies
Director, Career and Professional Development Center
Oregon Health and Science University
Office of the Dean, School of Medicine
3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Rd.
Portland, Oregon 97239-3098
(503) 494-8311 (office)
WAGSOfficer@gmail.com
Term ends: March 2020
Member-at-Large
James Marshall
Dean, Division of Research and Graduate Studies
Fresno State University
5241 N. Maple Ave. MS TA51
Fresno, CA 93740-8027
(559) 278-2448 (office)
WAGSOfficer@gmail.com
Term ends: March 2020