Department Leadership

Executive Director of Student Success

Karen McGregor, Ph.D., serves as Purdue Global’s executive director of student success. With over 15 years of experience in higher education, McGregor has provided leadership in various areas of student support and the student experience, including academic advising, resident life, institutional effectiveness, and prior learning assessment.

Throughout her career, McGregor has collaborated with faculty, academic leaders, and student support staff to design, implement and assess initiatives and programming to help students achieve success academically and professionally. 

McGregor earned her Doctor of Philosophy from Michigan State University’s Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education (HALE) Program, where she studied the needs of adult learners. She earned a Master of Arts in student affairs from Eastern Michigan University.

From Midland, Michigan, McGregor enjoys spending time with her husband and daughter and her family’s feisty Boston terrier puppy. She is an avid runner and loves any activity that allows her to be outside.

Manager of Student Success Coaching

Ashley Flood is one of the managers of student success coaching at Purdue Global. An educator at heart, Ashley taught fourth grade after receiving her undergraduate degree from Saginaw Valley State University. From there, Ashley decided that she wanted to get back into the world of higher education and made the switch to student success while receiving her master's degree from SVSU.

With a background as a student success coach, Ashley joined Purdue Global in September of 2022 and is excited to be part of an institution that takes the success of its students so seriously and truly encapsulates what it means to work collaboratively with a team to reach a common goal.

Ashley currently resides in Midland, Michigan with her husband and their fluffy, orange rescue cat. Ashley is a nature lover and enjoys whale watching, having had the opportunity to do so in Massachusetts, Washington, Alaska and most recently, Iceland. 

In November 2022, Ashley had a column published in Inside Higher Ed entitled, “Why I Enrolled in Developmental Math”.