Brother Michael Berghoff (Alpha Delta/Purdue 1985) was elected chairman of Purdue University’s Board of Trustees on July 17, 2015. Berghoff was appointed to the Board of Trustees on July 1, 2009, and in May was reappointed to serve a three-year term through June 30, 2018.
Berghoff received his bachelor’s degree in industrial management from Purdue University in 1985. As a Purdue student, Berghoff served as chairman of the Purdue Student Publishing Foundation and president of Theta Chi fraternity.
Today Brother Berghoff is founder and president of the Lenex Steel Corporation, the largest steel fabricator in the region, which is headquartered in Indianapolis and also has a plant in Terre Haute, Ind. The company fabricates and installs structural steel throughout the Midwest.
Before starting Lenex, Berghoff worked in management positions at Haden Construction in Detroit; Broad, Vogt & Conant, a steel fabrication company in Detroit; and Ferguson Steel in Indianapolis.
Berghoff currently serves a member of the board of directors for the Indiana Chamber of Commerce, and is a member of the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) Board of Advisors, and chair of the Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) Community Advisory Council. He has served as president of the Purdue Theta Chi alumni corporation, president of the St. Simon the Apostle Parish, a member of the Cathedral High School Board of Directors, and chairman of the board of directors for Young Presidents Organization.