Dr. Andrea Cook

Warner Pacific College President, Andrea P. Cook, learned the value of a hard day’s work at an early age growing up on a working cattle ranch in rural eastern Oregon. She helped her parents and three siblings herd cattle, move pipe, and tend to the countless other chores necessary to keep the ranch running year-round. In fact, as a child, she was already riding horse back when city kids her age were still figuring out how to ride bicycles.

President Cook’s parents Wayne and Maleese Cook were devout Christians from whom she learned about God, faith, and the importance of education. She credits her father, in particular, for teaching her that she must be faithful to what she is called to do today.

President Cook has spent most of her career in higher education in the state of Oregon serving at Judson Baptist College, the University of Oregon, and George Fox University. She also served at Goshen College in Goshen, Indiana. She became the first female president of Warner Pacific College in 2009.

President Cook holds both a master’s degree and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Educational Policy and Management from the University of Oregon. Her doctoral dissertation addressed the role of faculty intervention in student retention.

During her time at Warner Pacific, President Cook has been a driving force behind the college embracing its identity as an urban campus dedicated to serving the City of Portland. She is a person of integrity, insight, transparency, and faithfulness. She is a native Oregonian and a history maker in the area of higher education in the state.