University Leadership

OTTERBEIN UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Chairman of the Board	Mark R. Thresher
Vice Chairman	William E. Harrell
Vice Chairman	Cheryl L. Herbert
Secretary	James A. Rutherford
Assistant Secretary	Alan Waterhouse
President of the University	John Comerford
Vice President for Business Affairs	Susan Bolt

Peter R. Bible ‘80 EisnerAmper LLC	Jacqueline J. Haverkamp Otterbein Faculty
Kaitlyn Brooks ‘20 Student Trustee	Cheryl L. Herbert Ohio Health
Larry C. Brown ‘80 Powell UMC	Christopher Kaiser ‘77 OSU Surgery LLC
John Comerford President, Otterbein University	Mary W. Navarro The Huntington National Bank
Deborah E. Currin ‘67 Folk Artist	Nevalyn Fritsche Nevil ‘71 Clinical Psychologist
Jocelyn Curry ‘78 Folk Artist	Rebekah Perry Otterbein Student
Joan Esson Otterbein Faculty	Dr. Melina Phinney ‘85 Northeast Ohio Nephrology Associates
David W. Fisher ‘75 Kephart Fisher, LLC	Rebecca C. Princehorn ‘78 Bricker & Eckler
James Francis ‘71 J&L Fran Enterprises, LLC	James A. Rutherford Wingset, Inc.
Daniel C. Gifford ‘88 DASCO Home Medical Equipment, Inc.	Brant O. Smith ‘95 Waltek & Company, Ltd
Wm. Edward Harrell ‘94 Radio One Cleveland	Mark R. Thresher ‘78 Nationwide
Theresa Harris TMH Solutions, LLC	Alan Waterhouse ‘82 AcuFocus

Thomas R. Bromeley ‘51

Michael H. Cochran ‘66

William L. Evans ‘56

Judith G. Gebhart ‘61

John T. Huston ‘57

Erwin K. Kerr

John E. King ‘68

William E. LeMay ‘48

John W. Magaw ‘57

Thomas C. Morrison ‘63

Jane W. Oman ‘96

Paul S. Reiner ‘68

Peggy Ruhlin ‘81

Wolfgang R. Schmitt ‘66

John Comerford, 2018-
Office of the President

David A. Bender, 2003-
Director of Information and Technology Services

Jefferson Blackburn-Smith, 2012-
Vice President for Enrollment Management

Robert M. Gatti, 1978-2019
Vice President for Student Affairs
and Dean of Students

Wendy Sherman Heckler, 2017-
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Michael R. McGreevey, 2015-
Vice President for Institutional Advancement

Kristine Robbins, 2011 -
Chief of Staff

Susan Bolt, 2018-
Chief Financial Officer and Vice President for Business Affairs