Director of Student Engagement for the College of Arts & Architecture

Kendall Mainzer is the Director of Student Engagement for the College of Arts & Architecture and an affiliate instructor of landscape architecture. She earned her Juris Doctorate in 2009 and enjoyed a magical career with the Walt Disney Company in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, before joining Penn State in 2014. She leverages her legal education and guest service leadership experience as a mediator, facilitator, and advocate for students and the arts at Penn State.

Kendall explores co-curricular engagement enhancement potential of a student’s academic career. She brings extensive organizational leadership experience to both the classroom and the Arts Ambassadors program. She is motivated by dream-making, helping others find their ‘why’, and then helping them find their way.