Purdue Northwest Chancellor Search
In December 2023, the Purdue Board of Trustees accepted President Mung Chiang's recommendation to appoint Dr. Chris Holford as the next chancellor of Purdue University Northwest, effective January 2024.
“I am excited and delighted that Dr. Chris Holford will serve as the next chancellor of Purdue University Northwest. He is widely respected for innovation and success over the past couple of years in the region and has deep roots in both campuses of PNW.”
Purdue President Mung Chiang (Purdue Today Announcement)
Chancellor Search Timeline
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Chris Holford announced as Chancellor-Elect of Purdue University Northwest, assuming office in January 2024.
Chancellor Search Advisory Committee
- Malcolm DeKryger, Purdue University Trustee (chair)
- Scott Bates, the Nils K. Nelson Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, PNW
- Mya Bell, PNW student representative, president of the PNW Honors College Student Advisory Board (ex-officio)
- David Bolton, PNW student representative, president of the PNW Student Government Association and Black Student Union (ex-officio)
- Rachel Clapp Smith, the Teddy Jacobi Dean of the PNW College of Business, professor of leadership
- Veera Gnaneswar Gude, the NiSource-Meyer Charitable Foundation Professor of Energy and the Environment, director of the PNW Water Institute
- Robert E. Johnson, III, president and CEO of Cimcor Inc. in Merrillville, Indiana, and PNW alumnus
- David Nalbone, professor of psychology, and chair of the PNW Faculty Senate (2023-24), PNW
- Pat Obi, the White Lodging Professor of Finance, PNW
- Iris Sanchez, director, Hispanic Serving Institution Initiatives, PNW
- Diane Spoljoric, associate professor of nursing, and vice chair of the PNW Faculty Senate (2023-24)
- Jon Swarts, dean of the PNW Honors College, dean of the PNW University College, and professor of political science
- Alyssa Wilcox, Purdue senior vice president for partnerships and chief of staff to President Chiang
- Chenn Zhou, NIPSCO Distinguished Professor of Engineering Simulation at PNW, director of the PNW Center for Innovation through Visualization and Simulation (CIVS), director of the Steel Manufacturing Simulation and Visualization Consortium (SMSVC), and coordinator of the English Training in Engineering Program