This information was accurate on March 24, 2018, when Kathy Krendl spoke during a CMC forum.

Kathy Krendl is the president of Otterbein University. As an executive in higher education at three universities, she has championed diversity and inclusion — she truly believes that higher education should be available to everyone. President Krendl was raised on a farm in northwest Ohio and put herself through college, attending Lawrence University in Wisconsin for her bachelor’s degree, The Ohio State University for her master’s degree, and University of Michigan for her doctorate degree. She also holds a juris doctor degree with honors from The Ohio State University. doctorate degree. She has held leadership positions at Indiana University, Ohio University and Otterbein University, where she was named the 20th president and the first woman to lead the university and took office July 1, 2009. Otterbein, a comprehensive master’s institution, has an enrollment of 2,900 undergraduate and graduate students and offers degree programs in arts and sciences and professional studies.