Tom Robertson is a native of Oxford, Indiana. He received his BA, MS and Ed.S degrees from Purdue University. Robertson worked in the department of Continuing Education at Purdue University for thirty-four years. He retired from Purdue's Conference Division in 2017, where he was a senior conference coordinator. He served as interim director of the Conference Division in 2009–2010. While working at Purdue, Robertson was active in a number of professional organizations: University Continuing Education Association, Association of Continuing Higher Education, Indiana Association of Adult and Continuing Education, and Phi Delta Kappa.
Michael Eddy earned his bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees at Purdue University. In 1986, he joined Continuing Education to manage its communications and marketing. In 1997, Eddy assumed administrative responsibility for evening classes, extension classes, distance learning courses and degree programs, senior programs, and travel courses. He served in leadership for the Indiana Council for Continuing Education from 1997 through 2000. He represented Purdue to the Indiana Partnership for Statewide Education from 1997 to 2013. The University Professional and Continuing Education Association recognized Eddy's career with its 2015 John L. Christopher Outstanding Leadership Award. In 2018, Indiana's governor recognized his service to the state with the Circle of Corydon award as he retired from a thirty-two-year career in Purdue Continuing Education.