
	Diaz has been Purdue&#39;s chief financial officer since July 2009. Marymount is an independent Catholic university that enrolls nearly 3,700 students.
	
	Prior to arriving at Purdue, Diaz was vice chancellor for administration at the University of California, Riverside. He also has extensive experience at NASA, where he managed a $3 billion budget as director of the Goddard Space Flight Center and then a $5.5 billion budget as associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate.
	
	Diaz holds a bachelor&#39;s degree in physics from St. Joseph&#39;s University in Philadelphia and a master&#39;s degree in physics from Old Dominion University, as well as a master&#39;s degree in management from MIT.
