Meet Our Staff
Central Office Staff
The Central Office Staff is responsible for the overall operations of the Residence Life program at Otterbein University. They handle student concerns and counseling referrals, parent and family relations, residence hall facilities and staffing, staff training and selection, housing assignments and roommate issues, Commons Apartments and Theme Houses, room changes, room and meal plan billing inquiries, refunds, meal plan changes and information, and more. Please feel free to email us with questions or stop by the Student Affairs Office.
Tracy Benner, Director of Residence Life
Laura Farley, Administrative Assistant Residence Life
Anne Sillato, Receptionist
Hall Directors
Hall Directors are professional staff members or graduate students. Their main responsibilities include the supervision of Resident Assistants (RAs), individual halls/complexes' facility management, counseling, behavior management, and advising individual hall/complex Hall Councils. Please feel free to email them with questions.
25 W. Home Street Kadia Reid, Assistant Director of the Center for Student Involvement and Hall Director
Clements Hall Melinda Latas, Graduate Student Hall Director
Davis Hall and Davis Annex Molly Ward, Assistant Director of the Center for Student Involvement and Hall Director
DeVore Hall Wende` Nichols, Assistant Director of the Office of Diversity and Hall Director
Dunlap-King Hall - Arts Appreciation housing Becca Lowe, Student Hall Director
Engle, Garst and Scott Halls - The Triad Matthew R. D'Oyly, Assistant Director of Wellness and Hall Director
Hanby Hall Laura Thompson, Graduate Student Hall Director
Mayne Hall - Honors housing Caitlin Tully, Assistant Director of the Center for Community Engagement and Hall Director