John D’Angelo

VP, Capital Planning & Facilities

Indiana University

John D’Angelo is the Vice President of Capital Planning and Facilities at Indiana University.  In this role, John leads 1700 professionals in the planning, design, construction, operations and management of 895 buildings comprising 37.4 million gross square feet on 7,916 acres and a replacement value of 11.4 billion dollars.

Prior to Indiana University, John was AVP of Facilities Operations at The University of Chicago where he led a team of 432 staff that managed all facilities operations and maintenance. Prior to UChicago, John was VP of Facilities at Northwestern University where he led a 670-person team in delivering all facilities services for multiple campuses comprising 16 million square feet.  Under John’s leadership, the team delivered 240 major capital projects valued at $2.4B and adding 3 million square feet in less than four years.

John has also held roles as the Vice President of Engineering and Facilities Operations at New York-Presbyterian Hospital with responsibility over seven hospital campuses in and around Manhattan, and as the Senior Director of Facilities for the Cleveland Clinic where he led facilities operations and management across the 24 million square foot health system. Prior to that, he held various facilities leadership positions within the U.S. Navy and was named Pacific Engineer of the Year by the United States Department of Defense.

John received his undergraduate degree in Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering from Purdue University and his master’s degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Maryland. John is a licensed Professional Engineer in multiple states.

John has published multiple articles on Facilities Management and has taught that topic for a Master’s Engineering program and has taught Construction Project Management at the undergraduate level. He has been a founding President for three separate not-for-profit technical societies. John holds a patent for surgical suite lighting and has been selected to develop national codes and standards in the areas of Legionellosis prevention, lighting, air quality, energy conservation and sustainability. John was one of the authors for New York City’s Resiliency Codes following the devastation of Hurricane Sandy.

John has started, improved or led the energy efficiency program at four major institutions, winning the ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year with each and is the only person to have won that award 14 times.