VPSL staff at the 2022 Student Life Kick-Off celebration.

The Steering Committee

The Steps to Leaps Steering Committee provides leadership and support to the Steps to Leaps Initiative as a whole, making decisions about critical operations and driving the program’s general course.

Heather Beasley
     Chief Operating Officer, Student Life
     owenh@purdue.edu

Emily Del Real
     Assistant Director, Program Research and Design, Student Life
     edelreal@purdue.edu 

Sara Dickey
     Associate Dean of Students, Student Life
   
 sldickey@purdue.edu 

Katherine Dufault
     Director, Academic Success Center, Teaching and Learning
     kdufault@purdue.edu

Will Evans
     Senior Assistant Director, Wellness Programs
     evans240@purdue.edu

Zenephia Evans
     Associate Dean of Students, Education & Advocacy, Student Life
     zevans@purdue.edu

Melissa Evens
     Director, External Relations, Student Life
     mevens@purdue.edu

Daniel A. Guberman
      Assistant Director for Student Centered Pedagogy, CIE
      dguberma@purdue.edu 

Christopher Hanes
     Assistant Vice Provost for Student Well-Being and Senior Director of CAPS, Student Life
     cwhanes@purdue.edu

Christina King
   
 Director of Advising Operations, University Undergraduate Academic Advising
     crking@purdue.edu

Carl Krieger
     Director, Wellness Programs, Student Life
     ckrieger@purdue.edu

Chris Krull
   
 Executive Director, Teaching and Learning, Student Success
     clkrull@purdue.edu

Brittany Ledman
     Senior Communications Professional, The Graduate School
     wright63@purdue.edu

Chantal Levesque-Bristol
     Executive Director, Teaching Success, Center for Instructional Excellence
     cbristol@purdue.edu
 
Andrew Stuart MacDiarmid
     Director of Graduate Assistance, The Graduate School
     amacdiar@purdue.edu

Beth McCuskey

     Vice Provost, Student Life
     bmccuske@purdue.edu

Jackie Perkins
     Director, Marketing, Student Life
     jmperkins@purdue.edu 

Katherine Sermersheim
     Dean of Students, Associate Vice Provost, Student Life
     ksermer@purdue.edu

Heather Servaty-Seib
     Professor and Associate Vice Provost, Teaching and Learning  
     servaty@purdue.edu

Jason Ware
     Clinical Associate Professor & Director of Engaged Scholar Development, John Martinson Honors College
     jaware@purdue.edu