Dr. Olin Oedekoven is the President and CEO of Peregrine Academic Services and Peregrine Leadership Institute. He served 33 years in the U.S. Army Reserves and U.S. Army National Guard, retiring in 2011 at the rank of Brigadier General. Dr. Oedekoven founded Peregrine Leadership Institute in 2003 and Peregrine Academic Services in 2009. As a thought-partner in higher education and leadership, his companies provide online education and assessment services used to improve the quality of higher education and leadership services aimed to promote values-based leaders ready to make a difference in the world. He has authored or co-authored five books and several journal articles on leadership and human resource management.