Professor Luca Dal Pubel began his career at the Fermanian School of Business in 2020 as an Adjunct Professor of Organizational Leadership for our Adult Undergraduate Program. In 2022, Professor Dal Pubel began to teach Negotiation and Conflict Resolution in our Graduate Program. He has simultaneously and previously held teaching positions at a number of local and European universities.

Assistant Professor Thea Copeland joined the Fermanian School of Business in 2022 as an Adjunct Professor of Marketing, teaching marketing and data analytics, blending academic knowledge and real-world expertise. Professor Copeland began her career as a sales engineer in industrial manufacturing before moving into B2B marketing, specializing in strategy, digital marketing, and analytics. She spent 10 years on executive leadership teams overseeing marketing, analytics, sales enablement, business development, supplier relations, and change management. Currently, she is pursuing her D.B.A.

JC Hurtado-Prater joined the Fermanian School of Business (FSB) as an Adjunct Professor in 2020 and was hired as a full-time Associate Professor of leadership in 2022. JC was promoted to Associate Professor of both Leadership and Management, and now, for Fall 2025, he will be serving as Associate Dean of External Relations. A veteran of the United States Army, he came to PLNU with more than 20 years of experience in nonprofit organizations and management consulting.

Dr. Christopher Paik joined the Fermanian School of Business as a full-time assistant professor of economics in 2022. Dr. Paik was promoted to Associate Professor in 2025. He came to PLNU from the Economic Research Institute, Bank of Korea, where he worked as an economist as part of the International Economics Team. Dr. Paik earned his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Miami along with a MS in Financial Economics from Florida Atlantic University. While at the University of Miami, Dr. Paik served as an economics instructor and research assistant.

Mary Logue is the Resource Discovery Librarian at Ryan Library. She joined the faculty at Point Loma Nazarene University in late 2022 after working for the San Diego Public Library as a Branch Manager for three years. Prior to that, she worked for 19 years in the library at Westmont College. While at Westmont she specialized in cataloging, electronic resources and systems, and disaster preparedness/response. She spent her last few years at Westmont as Director of the Voskuyl Library.

Amy Nantkes teaches courses on public policy, state and local government, race, ethnicity, and politics, and group and organizational behavior. Her research interests include immigration policy and social welfare policy and inequality, with an emphasis in efficacy-developing policies and sustainable reduction of poverty in the United States. Amy's recent work includes a qualitative study on the effects of gentrification in a San Diego neighborhood and a Native American voting rights study included in the Sanchez v. Cegavske (2016) case.