Christopher A. Kiefer graduated from Reitz Memorial High School in 1977 and became the Dean of the Schools of Business, Information Technology, Public Affairs & Social Services, and Entrepreneurship for Ivy Tech Community College-Southwest in 2015. He began a career with the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office, then as an Ivy Tech criminal justice professor spanning over the last 26 years in the public service field.Â
Chris received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Southern Indiana and a Master’s degree from Indiana State University. Chris also graduated from the Indiana Law enforcement Academy with honors in 1996.
A native of Evansville, Indiana, Chris is very involved in the community. Chris’s involvement includes a long list of organizations. The past 20 years and five terms as President serving the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation as Board Trustee, EVSC Foundation, Vanderburgh Parks Foundation, Vanderburgh County Community Corrections, Past-President of Memorial’s Booster Club, Co-Chair of the Ivy Tech/ EVSC Public Safety Bicycle Program, and Hangers, EVSC Clothing Bank Advisory. In addition to community organizations, Chris serves on many higher learning committees advocating for curriculum development, and program success, and working with state legislators for the betterment of education in the State of Indiana.
Chris and his wife Denise have been married for over 34 years and have two children, Courtney (Slater) Coe and Christopher II (Tracy), and a beautiful granddaughter, Daphne Ann Coe. As a family, they enjoy spending time with Chris’s brothers and sister at Rough River lake (Camp Kiefer).
