{"id":1423,"date":"2025-02-06T20:12:46","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T20:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.www.purdue.edu\/operations\/?page_id=1423"},"modified":"2026-07-01T15:07:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T15:07:57","slug":"evan-hawkins","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/home\/about-us\/evan-hawkins\/","title":{"rendered":"Evan Hawkins"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Administrative Operations Indianapolis, Executive Director<\/p>\n \n

Evan Hawkins
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Executive Assistant: Megan Birner
765-495-7774 | mebirner@purdue.edu<\/a> <\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Evan Hawkins is the executive director for Administrative Operations for Purdue University in Indianapolis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this role, Evan serves as a principal liaison for Purdue University in Indianapolis, collaborating with key partners and stakeholders, including state and local officials, municipalities, private industry and community organizations<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, he provides executive oversight and administration of campus services and facilities, ensuring they effectively support faculty, staff and students in alignment with Purdue\u2019s mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evan came to Purdue from Marian University, where he served as the assistant vice president of facilities and procurement. In this role, he was responsible for operations, maintenance and construction projects; managing lease agreements; and leading strategic planning for housing and parking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evan also brings a wealth of K-12 school operations experience. Prior to working for Marian University, he served as the chief operating officer for Tindley Accelerated Schools in Indianapolis and was elected to the Indianapolis Public Schools Board of School Commissioners from 2019-2022, serving as board chair during his final two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evan earned a bachelor\u2019s degree from IUPUI and his master\u2019s degree in business administration from Purdue University in West Lafayette.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evan may be reached at hawkinse@purdue.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"parent":2026,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1423","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-01 19:13:28","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1423"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4963,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1423\/revisions\/4963"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}