Eric was extremely proud returning to teach at Desales Catholic School (1991 graduate) about 10 years ago. DeSales is where his love of theatre started, but worked at Coffey Communications from 2000-2012 as the Senior Production Specialist in Web Services. He completed his undergraduate degree from The College of Idaho (1995) majoring in Theatre Arts, Secondary Education and History. He continued his education at Portland State University (2000), graduating with a Masters of Science in Theatre Arts (Directing) in 2000.
Eric teaches Computers/Technology courses, Theatre Arts, Government and Economics, and is the MakerSpace Club advisor. He is also in charge of the yearly school play productions and is the Marketing graphic designer for WWCS. In his free time he is active with The Little Theatre of Walla Walla. His wife is Angela Ferguson-Rohde and they have one daughter, Lauren who attended Assumption and is currently at DeSales.