HR Team Members

Have questions? Contact hr@whitworth.edu.

Ariane Mondragón Oglesbee

Associate VP & Chief Human Resource Officer

Primary Responsibilities: Everything.
Hobbies: I love true crime podcasts, reading by the beach, and being my kids' "Uber driver."
Favorite Food: My mom's Spanish rice and my dad's seafood gumbo. Also, anything from Kuni's.
Random: Every year I do cartwheels on my birthday just to make sure I can still do them!

August Weil

HR Manager, Employment & Health

509.777.3236
aweil@whitworth.edu

Primary Responsibilities: Hiring management and health and safety compliance.
Hobbies: Golf, basketball officiating, backpacking and more golf.
Favorite food: Bacon cheeseburger with peanut butter.
Random: Officiated the 2B Girls State Basketball Championship game in 2023!

Heidi Petersen

Benefits Administrator

509.777.3800
hpetersen@whitworth.edu

Primary Responsibilities: Benefits.
Hobbies: Boating, camping, RZR riding, snowmobiling and spending time with my kids and grandkids.
Favorite Food: Thai curry dishes, tom kha gai soup, anything with lemon or coconut.
Random: Took flying lessons in high school to continue in college to be a pilot, but changed majors while in college.

Jackie Smith

HR Specialist

509.777.4413
jackiesmith@whitworth.edu

Primary Responsibilities: Data processing.
Hobbies: Gardening (I love roses), classic cars (come see my '64 Thunderbird some time!) and fishing (but I get seasick, so I only fish from the shore).
Favorite Food: Pizza. Seriously, I could probably eat it for a month straight and not be tired of it.
Random: I LOVE Godzilla!! I have a very extensive collection of Godzilla movies and memorabilia.

Jon Bosh

Senior HR Manager

509.777.4280
jbosh@whitworth.edu

Primary Responsibilities: Learning management, performance evaluations, project management and investigations.
Hobbies: Hiking, camping, golfing.
Favorite Food: Orange chicken, BBQ sauce, pad thai.
Random: I am an athletic trainer by education, but HR manager by trade.

Lauren Ambrose

Senior HR Analyst

509.777.4219
lambrose@whitworth.edu

Primary Responsibilities: Human resources information systems (HRIS).
Hobbies: Baking, paddle boarding and hiking.
Favorite Food: Pizza!
Random: My dog is named after a character from my favorite TV show Friends.