{"id":1142,"date":"2024-06-27T13:02:18","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T13:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/campuses\/indianapolis\/?page_id=1142"},"modified":"2026-06-11T20:57:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T20:57:07","slug":"leadership","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/indianapolis\/leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"modal-ready\"><div  class=\"purdue-home-cta-banner purdue-home-teritary-hero \">\n        <div class=\"section has-gold-background has-padding-top-large has-padding-bottom-large \">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n            <h1 class=\"second-level-page-heading purdue-home-teritary-hero__header\">Leadership<\/h1>\n            <div class=\"purdue-home-teritary-hero__content\">\n                \n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<section  class=\"purdue-home-link-cards \">\n\n    <div class=\"section has-none-background\">\n        \n        <div class=\"container\">\n                                <div class=\"purdue-home-link-cards__cards\">\n                        <div class=\"columns is-multiline\">\n                                                            <div class=\"column is-4-desktop is-half-tablet\">\n                                    <article class=\"purdue-home-cta-card purdue-home-cta-card--stack\" data-link=\"\/indianapolis\/david-umulis-bio\/\" data-target=\"_self\"><div class=\"card-image\"><figure class=\"image is-square\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"David Umulis\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/indianapolis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/David-Umulis-712x712-1.jpg\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"flex-container flex-container--faculty\"><h2 ><a class=\"purdue-home-cta-grid__card-name modal-link\" href=\"\/indianapolis\/david-umulis-bio\/\" target=_self >David Umulis<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"purdue-home-cta-grid__card-titleline\">Senior Vice Provost Purdue University in Indianapolis<\/p><p class=\"purdue-home-cta-grid__card-email\">dumulis@purdue.edu<\/p><\/div><\/article>                                <\/div>\n                                                            <div class=\"column is-4-desktop is-half-tablet\">\n                                    <article class=\"purdue-home-cta-card purdue-home-cta-card--stack\" data-link=\"\/indianapolis\/michael-b-cline-bio\/\" data-target=\"_self\"><div class=\"card-image\"><figure class=\"image is-square\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Michael Cline Photograph\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/indianapolis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Michael_Cline_Photograph.jpg\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"flex-container flex-container--faculty\"><h2 ><a class=\"purdue-home-cta-grid__card-name modal-link\" href=\"\/indianapolis\/michael-b-cline-bio\/\" target=_self >Michael B. Cline, PE, PTOE<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"purdue-home-cta-grid__card-titleline\">Senior Vice President for Administrative Operations &amp; Chief Operating Officer, Indianapolis<\/p><p class=\"purdue-home-cta-grid__card-email\">mbcline@purdue.edu<\/p><\/div><\/article>                                <\/div>\n                                                            <div class=\"column is-4-desktop is-half-tablet\">\n                                    <article class=\"purdue-home-cta-card purdue-home-cta-card--stack purdue-home-cta-card--nolink\"><figure class=\"image is-square\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jeff Karpicke\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/indianapolis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Jeff-Karpicke.jpg\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"flex-container flex-container--faculty\"><h2 class=\"purdue-home-cta-grid__card-name\">Jeff Karpicke<\/h2><p class=\"purdue-home-cta-grid__card-titleline\">Associate Vice Provost Purdue University in Indianapolis<\/p><a class=\"purdue-home-cta-grid__card-email\" href=\"mailto:karpicke@purdue.edu\">karpicke@purdue.edu<\/a><\/div><\/article>                                <\/div>\n                                                            <div class=\"column is-4-desktop is-half-tablet\">\n                                    <article class=\"purdue-home-cta-card purdue-home-cta-card--stack\" data-link=\"\/indianapolis\/renee-a-thomas-bio\/\" data-target=\"_self\"><div class=\"card-image\"><figure class=\"image is-square\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/indianapolis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/dir_OSCE_Renee_Thomas.jpg\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"flex-container flex-container--faculty\"><h2 ><a class=\"purdue-home-cta-grid__card-name modal-link\" href=\"\/indianapolis\/renee-a-thomas-bio\/\" target=_self >Renee Thomas<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"purdue-home-cta-grid__card-titleline\">Associate Vice Provost for Student Access and Community Engagement<\/p><p class=\"purdue-home-cta-grid__card-email\">rathomas@purdue.edu<\/p><\/div><\/article>                                <\/div>\n                                                            <div class=\"column is-4-desktop is-half-tablet\">\n                                    <article class=\"purdue-home-cta-card purdue-home-cta-card--stack\" data-link=\"\/indianapolis\/sharon-miller-bio\/\" data-target=\"_self\"><div class=\"card-image\"><figure class=\"image is-square\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sharon Miller\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/indianapolis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dir-smiller.jpg\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"flex-container flex-container--faculty\"><h2 ><a class=\"purdue-home-cta-grid__card-name modal-link\" href=\"\/indianapolis\/sharon-miller-bio\/\" target=_self >Sharon Miller<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"purdue-home-cta-grid__card-titleline\">Assistant Vice Provost Purdue University in Indianapolis<\/p><p class=\"purdue-home-cta-grid__card-email\">mill3416@purdue.edu<\/p><\/div><\/article>                                <\/div>\n                                                            <div class=\"column is-4-desktop is-half-tablet\">\n                                    <article class=\"purdue-home-cta-card purdue-home-cta-card--stack\" data-link=\"\/indianapolis\/likun-zhu-bio\/\" data-target=\"_self\"><div class=\"card-image\"><figure class=\"image is-square\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Likun Zhu\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/indianapolis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/dir-zhu.jpg\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"flex-container flex-container--faculty\"><h2 ><a class=\"purdue-home-cta-grid__card-name modal-link\" href=\"\/indianapolis\/likun-zhu-bio\/\" target=_self >Likun Zhu<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"purdue-home-cta-grid__card-titleline\">Assistant Vice Provost for Indianapolis Faculty Affairs<\/p><p class=\"purdue-home-cta-grid__card-email\">zhu154@purdue.edu<\/p><\/div><\/article>                                <\/div>\n                                                            <div class=\"column is-4-desktop is-half-tablet\">\n                                    <article class=\"purdue-home-cta-card purdue-home-cta-card--stack\" data-link=\"\/indianapolis\/evan-hawkins-bio\/\" data-target=\"_self\"><div class=\"card-image\"><figure class=\"image is-square\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/indianapolis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/24_JU_Evan-HawkinsJU_9969_Vert-scaled-e1778001135521.jpg\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"flex-container flex-container--faculty\"><h2 ><a class=\"purdue-home-cta-grid__card-name modal-link\" href=\"\/indianapolis\/evan-hawkins-bio\/\" target=_self >Evan Hawkins<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"purdue-home-cta-grid__card-titleline\">Senior Director of Administrative Operations<\/p><p 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class=\"purdue-home-cta-grid__card-email\">rswalker@purdue.edu<\/p><\/div><\/article>                                <\/div>\n                                                            <div class=\"column is-4-desktop is-half-tablet\">\n                                    <article class=\"purdue-home-cta-card purdue-home-cta-card--stack\" data-link=\"\/indianapolis\/joseph-m-wallace-bio\/\" data-target=\"_self\"><div class=\"card-image\"><figure class=\"image is-square\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Joseph M. Wallace\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/indianapolis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Joseph-Wallace_1.jpg\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"flex-container flex-container--faculty\"><h2 ><a class=\"purdue-home-cta-grid__card-name modal-link\" href=\"\/indianapolis\/joseph-m-wallace-bio\/\" target=_self >Joseph M. Wallace<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"purdue-home-cta-grid__card-titleline\">Associate Vice President for Research Development For Indianapolis<\/p><p class=\"purdue-home-cta-grid__card-email\">jmwallace@purdue.edu<\/p><\/div><\/article>                                <\/div>\n                                                            <div class=\"column is-4-desktop is-half-tablet\">\n                                    <article class=\"purdue-home-cta-card purdue-home-cta-card--stack\" data-link=\"\/indianapolis\/patrick-francis-bio\/\" data-target=\"_self\"><div class=\"card-image\"><figure class=\"image is-square\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Patrick Francis\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/indianapolis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dir_Patrick_Francis.jpg\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"flex-container flex-container--faculty\"><h2 ><a class=\"purdue-home-cta-grid__card-name modal-link\" href=\"\/indianapolis\/patrick-francis-bio\/\" target=_self >Patrick Francis<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"purdue-home-cta-grid__card-titleline\">Director of Career Relations for Indianapolis<\/p><p class=\"purdue-home-cta-grid__card-email\">pmfranci@purdue.edu<\/p><\/div><\/article>                                <\/div>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                \n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1142","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/indianapolis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/indianapolis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/indianapolis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/indianapolis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/indianapolis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1142"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/indianapolis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3280,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/indianapolis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1142\/revisions\/3280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/indianapolis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}