Derek Kindle

Vice Provost for Enrollment Management
University of Wisconsin-Madison (Madison, WI)

Derek Kindle is the Vice Provost for Enrollment Management at the University of Wisconsin- Madison, a leading research and flagship institution with an enrollment of over 50,000 students. Derek provides overall leadership for the Division of Enrollment Management which comprises Undergraduate Admissions & Recruitment, Student Financial Aid, the Registrar, and the Student Success Through Applied Research (SSTAR) Lab.

Derek has nearly 25 years of experience in higher education and has held roles in Admissions, Financial Aid, Bursar, and Enrollment Management. A nationally recognized higher education expert, he serves in leadership positions with organizations including the College Board, the Higher Education Loan Coalition (HELC), and American Talent Initiative (ATI). Currently, Derek is a regionally elected member of the Board of Trustees for the College Board and the co-director of the National Association for College Admissions Counseling (NACAC) Chief Enrollment Officers’ Forum for new and emerging enrollment leaders. He recently completed his tenures as the Diversity Officer for the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) and as a member of the College Cost Transparency Initiative Taskforce. Previously, Derek was a commissioner for the Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training (ACCET), a member of the U.S. Department of Education’s Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) design team, and a contributor to an early Government Accountability Office study on FAFSA simplification.

Prior to his current role, Derek was UW-Madison’s Director of Student Financial Aid from July 2016 to March 2020 and oversaw the administration of nearly $480M in federal, state, institutional, and private aid.

Derek earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees with honors at Howard University in Washington, DC.