Maureen Rush, vice president for public safety and superintendent of the Penn Police Department, was recently honored by Security Magazine as one of the “Most Influential People in Security.” Rush was only one of three people honored in the education sector.

Rush joined the Division of Public Safety (DPS) in 1994 as the director of Victim Support and Special Services and served as chief of the Penn Police from 1996 to 2000. Today, she manages a budget of more than $22 million, which encompasses eight departments, 176 Penn employees, and 500 contract security officers. Under her leadership, DPS has become a national model and the Penn Police Department was the first nationally accredited campus police agency in Pennsylvania.