Chris Kimball served as president and chief executive officer of California Lutheran University from April 2008 to August 2020. Before assuming the presidency, he held the position of Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs at CLU from 2006 to 2008. Prior to his work at California Lutheran University, Kimball held leadership roles at Augsburg College in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he served as Dean of the Faculty and Provost. He is an alumnus of McGill University in Canada and earned his doctorate from the University of Chicago. Beyond his administrative responsibilities, Kimball has been involved in teaching. At Augsburg College, he constructed and taught a baseball class. During his tenure as President of Cal Lutheran, he taught a course titled "U.S. History Through Baseball."