Marc Marenco has taught philosophy at Pacific University since 1988.  He has been the Director of the Pacific Institute for Ethics & Social Policy

Since its inception in 2000.  Marc has an M.Div. degree from Yale University and a doctorate in philosophy from Oxford University.  He was the

recipient, along with his colleague Dr. Lisa Sardinia, of a $257,000 National Institutes of Health Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues grant to do public

education on genetic science and the ethical, legal and social issues it raises in 2005.  He teaches ethics & policy seminars in nearly every program

within the University and is currently working on two three year community based programs called ethics & policy forums (EPF), one continues the

focus on the genetic science and technology (every fall); the other is on mental health and criminal justice (every spring).  He resides with his daughter

Dascha (15), son Paul (8) and foreign exchange student Miyu (16 from Japn) in Forest Grove, Oregon.