Daniels taps Chiang, Bertoline for strategic leadership roles Note to journalists: Journalists visiting campus should follow visitor health guidelines. WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue President Mitch Daniels on Friday (April 23) announced two senior leadership appointments as the university continues to position itself to achieve strategic initiatives, advance in Purdue’s core areas of strength and respond to national and international need. “Having carefully selected targets for Purdue’s major new investments, it’s equally important that we put our best people on the job leading those initiatives and producing results,” Daniels said. "We don’t have finer or more proven leaders than these two, both great scholars with records of action to match.”