Leadership

College Officers

Emily Williams Knight
President, Kendall College

Dr. Gwen Hillesheim
Provost, Kendall College

Christopher Koetke, MBA, CEC, CCE
Executive Director, Kendall College School of Culinary Arts 
Vice President, Laureate International Universities Center of Excellence in Culinary Arts 

Dr. Paul Busceni
Dean, School of Education

Jeffrey Catrett 
Dean, School of Hospitality Management 

Michelle Coussens 
Dean, School of Business

Renee Zonka 
Dean, School of Culinary Arts 

Kimberly Skarr
Dean of Student Affairs


Board of Directors 

Paula Singer (Chairperson)
President and CEO - Laureate Higher Education Group

Al Capitanini
President - Italian Village Restaurants

James Eisenberg
Chairman - XDX Innovative Refrigeration
Chairman Emeritus - Vienna Sausage Manufacturing Co.

Jorge Elguera
Chief Information and Innovations Officer - Laureate Higher Education Group

Tony Foreman
President and Co-Founder - Foreman Wolf

David Kipley
President and CEO - Construction Methods, Inc.

Carol L. Kizer, CCE, RD, FMP and HAAC
Hospitality Management Chair Emeritus - Columbus State Community College

Lee McGee
CFO/Treasurer - Restructure Holdings, Inc. (A Sterling Capital Portfolio Co.)

Robert R. Roehrich, Ph.D.
President - Synergistic Strategies Consulting

Arie A. J. van der Spek
Senior Vice President, Laureate Hospitality Education Worldwide