Andrea (Drea) Zigler first joined the College of Engineering in 2014 as an administrative assistant to the associate deans. After a stint providing executive assistant support to the Research Office, she returned to the college in 2020 to assist the head of the School of Nuclear Science and Engineering. Prior to joining Oregon State University, Drea provided executive support at Best Buy, Inc. headquarters, and was an ecologist with government parks and private conservation groups.