General Grounds Operations

Phil Richey

prichey@purdue.edu | Grounds Director

  • Oversees all department functions and operations.

Streets, Recycling & Refuse

Wyatt Carmony

hwcarmony@purdue.edu | Grounds Manager

  • Street maintenance & gravel pit
  • Refuse & recycling
  • Street signs, parking garage upkeep
  • Topsoil production
  • Heavy equipment support
  • Airport snow removal support
  • Campus snow/ice management

Campus Grounds Maintenance

Jacob Henry

jlhenry@purdue.edu | Grounds Maintenance Manager

  • Grounds maintenance for academic and University Residences
  • Landscape maintenance (weeding, pruning, mulching, mowing, spraying)
  • Turf maintenance
  • Service of exterior trash receptacles
  • Campus snow/ice management

Fleet & Transportation

Aaron Veach

ajveach@purdue.edu | Transportation and Fleet Maintenance Manager

  • University vehicles maintenance
  • Fuel station & car wash

Landscape Construction & Care

Jason Kilgour

jskilgour@purdue.edu | Landscape Maintenance Manager

  • Irrigation (new and repair)
  • New landscape installations and renovations
  • Production and maintenance of campus annuals
  • Pest control
  • Campus tree care
  • Athletic venues’ landscape maintenance
  • Interior plant care
  • Slip/trip/fall response
  • Campus snow/ice management

Landscape Design & Planning

Brooke Sammons

bncolella@purdue.edu | Certified Landscape Architect

  • Campus landscape design and reviews
  • Capital project design review
  • Campus art, student projects, memorials and monuments