Don L. Crowder, PhD earned his bachelor of science in pre-med from Davidson College, his master of science in clinical psychology from Eastern Kentucky University and his PhD in clinical psychology with emphasis on medical psychology and neuropsychology from the University of Health Sciences at The Chicago Medical School (now Rosalind Franklin University).

A counselor with more than five decades of experience, primarily in Wisconsin, Dr. Crowder has also been an instructor at the undergraduate and graduate levels at Saginaw Valley College, Central Michigan University and Delta College, all in Michigan. He has been appointed to numerous task forces, committees and councils, covering topics ranging from substance abuse to crisis prevention, and served in various state and national leadership positions, including as chairman of the Department of Medicine in Burlington, Wisconsin and on the Psychology Examining Board for the State of Wisconsin.