Leadership Team

A 1996 Notre Dame alumnus, Cook succeeds Doug Marsh, who served as the inaugural University architect and will continue as a key leader of the facilities design and operations team through May.

Cook joined Notre Dame on Jan. 27 from the University of Texas at Austin, where he had served as the executive director of planning, design and construction since 2021.

As vice president and University architect, Cook will lead the planning, design and construction of new campus facilities, as well as the renovation, maintenance, utilities, landscape services and facilities information for more than 200 buildings and 1,000 acres of campus grounds. He will continue to further Notre Dame’s goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050 in partnership with Assistant Vice President for Utilities and Maintenance Paul Kempf.

Prior to his role at Texas, he completed a 24-year career in the U.S. Navy, with deployments in Europe, Africa, Cuba and the Middle East. Cook held multiple positions of executive leadership with responsibility for planning, design, construction, utility systems operations, facility services, maintenance and energy solutions. During his last Naval assignment as commanding officer for a construction battalion, Cook guided a team of 1,200 personnel based on an 11-acre campus in San Diego.

Cook earned a bachelor’s degree from Notre Dame’s School of Architecture and a Master of Science in construction engineering and management from Purdue University. He holds a license to practice architecture in Indiana and is the recipient of the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star and numerous other personal awards and accolades.

Cook is married to Emily Husted Cook, a Notre Dame alumna. Together, they are the parents of seven children, four of whom have attended Notre Dame. He is originally from Oklahoma City.

As Senior Director of Interior Architecture for Facilities Design and Operations, Julie Boynton leads a team of interior designers and project managers working on major new construction and renovation capital projects for the University of Notre Dame.  Julie's team has successfully completed interior architecture work on several million square feet of projects varying in complexity and scope. The interior architecture team at the University of Notre Dame is responsible for interior finishes and details, furniture, fixtures, and equipment, including signage, and planning and executing the physical move of project occupants.

Prior to joining the University of Notre Dame in 2003, Julie served in a variety of roles for Trinity Health System.  Julie holds a bachelor’s of science degree in business management from Bethel College, Mishawaka, Indiana.

Mike joined the Notre Dame community in May 2005, assuming the position of Senior Project Manager.   In 2011, Mike was promoted to Senior Director, Project Management leading a team of 5 staff overseeing capital and small projects for the University.   The focus of the projects typically undertaken by this team is related to the Academy and Research efforts of the University.

Mike holds a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Detroit, and is a licensed architect in both Indiana and Michigan.  Prior to joining the University, Mike worked in private practice for 13 years. The focus of that work was religious, municipal, and college and university clients throughout the Midwest region.

Chip joined the Notre Dame community in December 2008, assuming the position of Sr. Environmental & Safety Specialist in the Utilities Department.  Prior to joining the University, Chip served as a project engineer with Lawson-Fisher Associates, a consulting engineering firm located in South Bend, leading various water resources projects.    In December 2022, he was promoted to Director of Maintenance, responsible for the daily maintenance services for over 11 million square feet of campus facilities as well as the management and execution of the campus facility renewal plan. Chip holds a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Notre Dame, and is a licensed professional engineer and Certified Safety Professional (CSP).

Chris Hatfield serves as the Sr. Director for Building Services, leading a team of 350 staff providing custodial services, landfill waste removal, recycling services, and pest control services. The Building Services Department cleans over 7 million square feet of campus buildings with the help of 11 autonomous robotic cleaning machines.

Upon graduating from Notre Dame with a bachelor of arts degree, Chris served as a Surface Warfare Officer in the US Navy where he qualified as chief engineer for nuclear powered ships. After leaving active service he worked in a variety of manufacturing, logistics, engineering and maintenance leadership roles for International Paper. Prior to returning to Notre Dame in 2009, he served as the Director of Facilities Planning and Management at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay campus.

Mark has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering degree from Western Michigan University and is a licensed Professional Engineer. He has over 36 years of experience, primarily in the fields of commercial HVAC and energy production and distribution.  He worked in the private sector for engineering consulting firms and a large temperature controls contractor prior to joining Notre Dame in 1994. Mark currently oversees a 7 member engineering staff as well as the Distribution Group and Building Controls Group within the Utilities Department.

Paul Kempf is the Assistant Vice President for The Utilities and Maintenance Departments.  These two University departments are responsible for the operation of the campus’s combined heat and power plant, distribution of all centrally produced utilities as well as the maintenance of over 11 million gross square feet of campus facilities.  The University uses it combined heat and power plant to produce steam, chilled water and electricity as well as operates its own potable water system, municipal separated storm sewer system and sanitary sewer system.

Paul oversees a staff of over 100 University employees as well as another 100 plus contractor employees involved in projects, operations, maintenance and repairs.

He is a 1980 graduate of Notre Dame with a degree in Electrical Engineering and is a registered professional engineer in the State of Indiana and has worked for his alma mater for over 34 years.  As part of the University's comprehensive sustainability strategy, he serves on the Sustainability Strategy Standing Committee, the Energy & Emissions, and Water small working groups.

As Senior Director of Construction and Quality Assurance, Tony leads a team of three construction administrators in oversight responsibility for the successful completion and delivery of all new major capital and renovation projects on campus. Prior to joining the University, Tony served as Vice President of General Construction at Ziolkowski Construction, Inc. located in South Bend, IN. Tony attended Purdue University, majoring in Building Construction Technology, and holds a Bachelor of Science and Masters Degrees in Business Administration from Trine University.

In his 20 years at the University, Tony has had direct leadership of over $900 million in construction projects, and directly oversees the building envelope systems which include nearly 2.9 m square feet of low-slope roofing, 2.3 m square foot of steep-slope roofing, 5 m square feet of building veneer, and over 31,000 windows.

As Director of International Facilities, Claudia Quaglieri manages the operations, finance, and health & safety of the six international facilities located in Rome, London, Dublin, and Kylemore.

Her responsibility is to ensure that the buildings are safe, efficient, and in excellent condition through the planning of preventive interventions and the design of major annual projects. Besides, she plans and oversees major multi-year projects that involve structures and spaces.

In July 2021, she joined the Notre Dame department of FDO – Facilities Design & Operations as Rome Facility Manager and in 2023 was appointed as Associate Director International Facilities.

Claudia graduated with a degree in literature and spent her Erasmus program at the Cardiff Metropolitan University. She holds two M.A.s in Europrojects’ planning and journalism and two courses with IFMA Italia Primer and Advanced Facility Management.

Jaime joined the University in 2015 as a Diversity & Inclusion Staff Fellow, a leadership development program sponsored by the Office of the Executive Vice President. As director of Capital Program and University Facilities Information, Jaime and his team manage the business operations of all the divisions’ capital and renovation projects, and coordinate the timely update and maintenance of a wide range of facilities data including occupancy and space usage for more than 11,000,000 gross square feet of university property.

Jaime holds a bachelor’s degree from Indiana University in South Bend and a master’s in business analytics from the University of Notre Dame.

Craig joined the Notre Dame community in May 2001, assuming the position of Project Manager in the Office of the University Architect.  A lifelong resident of Kalamazoo, MI Craig and his family relocated to South Bend in 2001. Craig holds a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Notre Dame, and is a licensed architect in Michigan.  Prior to joining the University, Craig served as a project manager with Tower Pinkster, an architectural firm located in Kalamazoo, MI.

As Director of Utilities for Notre Dame’s Facilities Design and Operations division, Curt Wade heads up the operation and maintenance of Notre Dame’s utility generation and distribution systems. Wade leads a team of power plant operators, maintenance, and instrument and control technicians guiding efficiency, reliability, resiliency, dispatch, and generation capacity planning of the campus’s electrical and thermal generation, as well as potable and stormwater systems.

Prior to joining the University of Notre Dame in June of 2022, Curt Wade was past Senior Director of the University of Central Florida’s Utilities and Energy Services Division. At UCF, Wade held a variety of operational and transformational Director roles across energy, utilities, demand-side-management, utility master planning, and sustainability during his 12-year tenure.