Daniel P. Oltersdorf
Vice President, Residence Life

Dan is responsible for the development of CA's cutting-edge residence life resources and training materials. He is responsible for the training and supervision of all residence life staff and maintaining the continued development of online and print resources for our Residence Life and Higher Education materials.

Dan is known internationally as a leader in the field of residence life. In 1998, he founded the well known website, ResidentAssistant.com, which has over 800 pages of ideas and advice for residence halls staff, and currently receives over 500,000 page-views a month. Dan has been featured in publications including Student Leader Magazine, The Chronicle of Higher Education, USA Today, MATRIX Magazine, SteamTunnels Magazine, and Microsoft's bCentral.

He has a broad set of experiences, having worked at Colorado State University, Florida State University, and the Residential College system at the University of Miami. In addition, he has worked with institutions all over the country through his online resources and on-campus training. He received his Master’s degree in Higher Education, with an emphasis on Group Training and Development at Florida State University and was named Graduate Student of the Year in the Southeast. He received his undergraduate degree in Human Development and Family Studies at Colorado State University, where he worked as an RA and in new student orientation.

Dan is also the co-author of "InspiRAtion for RAs," and "Inspiration for Student Leaders," part of a series of books created to provide inspiration, motivation and humor to student leaders.

Dan is available for speaking engagements: http://www.danoltersdorf.com