Abigail Barsness

Abigail Barsness is a strategic operations and program management professional with experience spanning higher education, utilities, project management, marketing, and retail. She currently serves as Assistant Director for Events and Strategic Initiatives at Gonzaga University, a role she has held for nearly two years. In this position, she leads large-scale events and initiatives, manages vendor relations and budgets, participates in committee meetings, and develops corporate partnerships using tools like Salesforce. Her background includes project management and strategic planning from prior higher education roles, as well as marketing for a family business. Notable achievements include managing strategic planning committees and hosting educational events at a previous institution, for which she received a letter from the president, and planning a large-scale gala in her current role.