Mark Kinders, Ed. D.:  

Mark is from Chicago, Illinois. Mark's schools include St. Laurence High School. Mark later attended Northwestern University (BSJ, Political Science, History, Journalism), the University of Wisconsin-River Falls (MA, History), the University of Minnesota (MPA, Public Affairs), and the University of Arkansas, (Ed.D., doctorate in higher education administration). After graduating St. Laurence, Mark served in the U.S. Marine Corps, from 1968-72, in helicopter squadrons. He also was assigned to the White House Presidential Security Detail, guarding Air Force One at MCAS El Toro as President Richard Nixon resided at the Western White House in San Clemente, California. Mark retired after 35 years in public higher education in 2020, after having worked, studied, or graduated from 9 different universities. He retired as a Vice President-Emeritus at the University of Central Oklahoma serving metropolitan Oklahoma City. Mark and his wife Linda will return to their home in west-central Wisconsin, near Minneapolis-St. Paul, in the future after selling their home in suburban OKC. They also spend time in Bend, Oregon, in a home they co-own with their son amid the Cascade Mountains, and at Mark’s late in-laws’ home in Decatur, Illinois. Mark remains active as a Visiting Scholar at the University of Central Oklahoma coordinating a dozen faculty and external partners on suicide etiology research and exploring mitigation strategies to reduce ideation and suicide among veterans. He is active on ...Expand for more