James S. Almond

Vice President for Business Services and Assistant Treasurer

Jim Almond joined Purdue in 1983 as a project administrator in the Office of Contract and Grant Business Affairs. He held managerial roles in accounting services and personnel services before becoming assistant director of investments in 1992, assistant comptroller in 1995, and comptroller a year later. He was promoted to vice president for business services and assistant treasurer in 1998.

In his role, Almond oversees budget and fiscal planning, school and departmental business affairs, the comptroller's area, administration of sponsored program services, human resource services, businesses services computing, and procurement.

Almond has served as a steering committee member for the North Central Accreditation Self-Study, was co-chair of the Excellence 21 Steering Committee, and is a member of both the Patents and Copyrights Committee and TRASK Fund Committee. He is the University officer to the Administrative and Professional Staff Advisory Committee (APSAC) and the Clerical and Service Staff Advisory Committee (CSSAC). In 1999, he was the vice chair of the Purdue University United Way Campaign and chair of the 2000 Purdue University United Way Campaign.

In addition to his Purdue duties, Almond has served on the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) Taxation Task Force, the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 Reporting Task Force, and the UBIT Expense Allocation Project.

Jim Almond is a native of Fort Wayne, IN, and received his bachelor's and master's of business administration degrees from Indiana University in 1983 and 1987.