Lori E. Varlotta, Ph.D., is a three-time university president with has a four-decade tenure in higher education. She has held leadership positions at universities large and small, public and private, faith-based and secular, stand alone and system-embedded. She has served at the executive level for over twenty years: as the senior vice president at Sacramento State and the campus president at Hiram College (OH) and California Lutheran University. In both CEO roles, Dr. Varlotta was the first woman at the institution to hold the post. And in each case, she was recruited to lead systemic changes to reposition the institution for ongoing sustainability. She currently serves as the President of Antioch University--a national university with five campuses across the country.