Gregg R. Kendrick

As of October 2024, Gregg R. Kendrick was the Chief Information Security Officer of Vanderbilt University, a role Vanderbilt University Information Technology announced he had been named to. As CISO at Vanderbilt, Kendrick leads initiatives to protect institutional data, strengthen cybersecurity measures and build a culture of security awareness across the university community.
Vanderbilt described his expertise in cybersecurity and IT leadership as instrumental to navigating evolving information security challenges facing the university, framing the appointment as central to the institution's broader technology direction.

Career path

Kendrick's career began in the U.S. Marine Corps as an artilleryman, where he earned qualifications in information operations and special technical operations and became a joint qualified officer. His service included deployments supporting Operations Desert Shield/Storm, Restore/Uphold Democracy, Southern Watch and Iraqi Freedom, spanning multiple theaters over the course of his military career. He was appointed to the Defense Intelligence Senior Executive Service in Naval Intelligence, serving as executive director of Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command.
He also served as deputy director of the National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force and held additional duties with U.S. Cyber Command, rounding out a career spent largely in national security and cyber operations roles.
He retired from active duty in November 2009. Before joining Vanderbilt, Kendrick served as Chief Information Security Officer for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, an agency identified in federal interagency records under its formal name, the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Vanderbilt announced his appointment as the university's new chief information security officer on October 28, 2024, a date confirmed across multiple university news postings.

Education

Kendrick earned a master's in business administration from Southern New Hampshire University and completed the Seminar XXI program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, adding academic credentials to a career built primarily on military and government cybersecurity service.