Charles D. Peterson,Pharm.D. 

Dr. Peterson is the dean of College of Health Professions at NDSU. He holds the responsibility of overall management of the College comprised of more than 2,000 students, 15 degree programs, and a College research portfolio exceeding $30 million, including five prestigious R01 grants from the National Institutes of Health. He has served as the Chair of the Institutional Review Board for the protection of human research subjects and served as a member of the evaluation team for the accreditation council of pharmacy education.  He also serves as principal investigator and project director for the North Dakota Telepharmacy Project, authoring a primer for the federal government providing guidelines for states on how to successfully implement a telepharmacy program.  

Kimberly Wallin, PhD

Dr. Wallin is the dean of College of Science and Mathematics at NDSU. She holds the responsibility of overall leadership and management of the College. The College of Science and Mathematics comprised of more than 1,700 students, 150 faculty in 8 departments, and has a research portfolio exceeding $40 million. Faculty have active CAREER awards from the National Science Foundation, COBRE awards from the National Institute of Health, and partnerships with numerous agencies. Graduate students have active Graduate Research Fellowships from the National Science Foundation. She has a background of leadership in graduate programing and education as well as building interdisciplinary teams in research. She is committed to faculty, student, and staff success in teaching, learning, and research.

Michael Kessler, PhD

Dr. Kessler is the Dean of the College of Engineering at NDSU. The largest college at NDSU, the College of Engineering has about 2700 students and more than 120 faculty and staff, and offers 12 majors and 23 graduate programs in its 8 departments.  Before his role as Dean, he served as the Berry Family Director and Professor of the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Washington State University from 2013-2017. He obtained his Ph.D. (2002) in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  He is the past president of the North American Thermal Analysis Society and a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society for Engineering Education, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Royal Society of Chemistry, and ASM International.