Katherine O'Dair is executive director for the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs at Boston College. Ms. O'Dair is responsible for the development and oversight of comprehensive assessment plans for all offices in the Division of Student Affairs, the creation of collaborative programs with academic affairs, the management of the vice president's office, and special projects.

Previously Ms. O'Dair served as associate dean for the Office of Graduate Student Life at Boston College, directing a comprehensive student life program for 5,000 graduate and professional students. From 1996 through 2004, she oversaw the Residential Life Programs Office and Student Programs Office as the assistant dean in student life at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Ms. O'Dair holds a bachelor's degree in communications from Miami University and a master's degree in student personnel and counseling from Northeastern University, and is currently a Ph.D. student in higher education administration at Boston College.

An active member of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA), Ms. O'Dair serves as the Knowledge Community Chair for Administrators in Graduate and Professional Student Services for the Region 1 Advisory Board and was National Chair from 2006 through 2008. She has presented nationally with NASPA and the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU) and has written in the NASPA magazine Leadership Exchange.