Security Officers

The Purdue Security Officers Working Group is comprised of one representative from each of Purdue's 30 IT areas and provides technical input and leadership for the SecurePurdue program. The Chief Information Security Officer serves as a facilitator for the group.

The group is responsible for technical coordination of security activities across the Purdue University campuses. This group works in conjunction with IT Purdue Systems Security (PSS) to develop University-wide policies and programs to ensure continued IT security at Purdue. The activities of the group include developing policies, collaborating on ideas and initiatives to strengthen the IT security environment, and communicating within all campus IT groups. Members of the group will also be actively involved in creating new policies, creating new standards, developing new security tools and techniques, and coordinating University-wide communication and training initiatives in basic security practices.

 

Membership

Administrative Services: Dan Varney, Madhuri Kulkarni

Advancement: Ian Karns

Agriculture, Genomics: Kevin Stevens

Athletics: Wesley Shoop

Business Services: Dan Varney, Madhuri Kulkarni

CERIAS: Adam Hammer

Communications Infrastructure & Data Centers: Justin McIntyre

Discovery Park, Engineering, Technology, VP of Research: Kevin Stevens, Mike Barrett

Education: Travis Kirby

Enterprise Resources (PIER): Ethan Hammond, Mike Moya, Doug Yeager 

Grad School: Don Brier

Health and Human Sciences: Andrew Beal, Tony Klassen

Internal Audit: Wendi Johnston

IT End User Experience and Libraries: Brian Berndt, Dan Rhine

IT Research Computing: Dave LeFevre, Nick Smith

Liberal Arts:Travis Kirby

Management: Travis Kirby

Pharmacy: Kevin Stevens, Jeff Rattray, William Tarrh

PU Fort Wayne Campus: Scott Vitz, Brian Spaulding

Purdue Indianapolis Campus: Rob Meagher

Purdue University Northwest Campus: Daniel Bruhn 

Purdue University Online: Evan Tragesser

Purdue Research Foundation: Ed Johnson, Tom Long

Science: Dan Trinkle

Student Services: Mike Budzik, Richard Lucas, Jim Motta

Veterinary Medicine: Kevin Stevens, Jason Lee, Michelle Ruedin

Revised September 17, 2025: Updated Security Officers List
Revised January 28, 2026: Reviewed and Administrative changes made.