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 at Point Loma Nazarene University as an adjunct professor in 2020 and became a full-time associate professor of leadership in 2022. A U.S. Army veteran, Hurtado-Prater brings over two decades of experience in nonprofit leadership and management consulting. He has delivered training and consulting services to Fortune 500 companies and major government agencies, including Johnson & Johnson, Cisco, Visa, the U.S. Department of the Interior, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Navy, Park Hyatt and more.

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.