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Ronald L. Elsenbaumer serves as the inaugural chancellor of Purdue University Fort Wayne. As an accomplished educator and researcher, Chancellor Elsenbaumer has more than 40 years of wide-ranging leadership experience, across both academia and the private sector. He previously served in senior leadership positions at the University of Texas at Arlington, including provost and vice president for academic affairs, vice president for research and federal relations, and senior advisor to the president for entrepreneurship and economic development.

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Carl Drummond previously held the position of associate vice chancellor for research and external support from 2002 until 2009, and then served as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences from 2009 to 2014. Drummond has been a member of the Purdue Fort Wayne faculty since 1994. He earned his Ph.D. in geology from the University of Michigan in 1994.

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Jerry Lewis has three decades of experience in higher education and has served in senior leadership positions at Emory University, the University of Miami, and the University of Texas at Arlington. He has expertise in branding, communications, marketing, public affairs, crisis communications, healthcare, and events management. His accomplishments include managing communications and marketing for multiple branding initiatives, two $1 billion fundraising campaigns, a presidential debate, dozens of hurricanes and tropical storms, and the first Ebola patients treated in the western hemisphere.

 

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Allyson joined the university in 2010 as an account clerk in Facilities Management. Since then, she has been promoted numerous times to positions with more proficiencies and responsibilities. Various local entities have benefitted from her dedication to volunteering, including Purdue Fort Wayne’s Administrative and Professional Staff Advisory Council, Girl Scouts of America, LEARN Resource Center, East Allen County Schools Wellness Advisory Council, Junior Achievement’s BizTown, and Girls on the Run of Northeast Indiana.

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Kristina Surface’s experience in higher education allows her to serve as an essential liaison between enrollment management, student success, student services, and student affairs—all of which contribute to our students’ college experience. She also cochairs the Strategic Plan Steering Committee.