Kelli Gassman

Assistant Professor of Business and Marketing

503-589-8125

kgassman@corban.edu

Education

  • B.A. Business & Spanish – Point Loma Nazarene University
  • M.B.A. International Business – Pepperdine University

Professional

Professor Gassman is an international business and marketing expert. Her 20 years of professional experience include 13 years with FedEx in global business development and marketing throughout 147 countries. She also served as Communications Manager/Corporate Spokesperson for a retirement living company.

Professor Gassman’s teaching responsibilities focus on her areas of expertise, including international business, marketing, consumer behavior and public relations. Before joining the Corban team as a full-time professor in 2011, she taught for four years as an adjunct professor at the University of Memphis in Tennessee.

Personal

Kelli married Dan in 2008, and they have two children, Trevor and Aubrey. She enjoys traveling, learning new languages, volleyball, knitting, and cooking.

Why Corban

“Attending a Christian university was influential in my career preparation and inspired me to want to give back to the next generation. It is exciting to be part of the formation process of developing Christian business leaders who will live out their faith as part of their careers.”

NWCCU ACCREDITATION

Corban University is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) and completed a Year-Seven Comprehensive (Evaluation of Institutional Effectiveness (EIE)) in 2022 for continued accreditation. The comprehensive self-study was followed by an onsite evaluation in October 2022. In February 2023, Corban received reaffirmation of its accreditation for 7 years. Corban University’s last Mid-Cycle Evaluation was fall 2018, and its Policies, Regulations and Financial Review (PRFR) was completed in fall 2021. As of our most recent evaluation, Corban University is compliant with the Standards, Policies, and Eligibility Requirements of the NWCCU.