diff --git a/backend/src/main/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/configuration/DevConfig.groovy b/backend/src/main/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/configuration/DevConfig.groovy
index e9e530d64..78c250823 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/configuration/DevConfig.groovy
+++ b/backend/src/main/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/configuration/DevConfig.groovy
@@ -34,16 +34,27 @@ class DevConfig {
 
     @Transactional
     @PostConstruct
-    void createDevAdminUsers() {
+    void createDevUsers() {
         if (adminUserRepository.count() == 0) {
-            def user = new User().with {
+            def users = [new User().with {
                 username = 'admin'
                 password = '{noop}adminpass'
+                name = 'Joe the admin'
+                emailAddress = 'joe@institution.edu'
                 roles.add(new Role(name: 'ROLE_ADMIN'))
                 it
+            }, new User().with {
+                username = 'nonadmin'
+                password = '{noop}nonadminpass'
+                name = 'Peter non admin'
+                emailAddress = 'peter@institution.edu'
+                roles.add(new Role(name: 'ROLE_USER'))
+                it
+            }]
+            users.each {
+                adminUserRepository.save(it)
             }
 
-            adminUserRepository.save(user)
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/security/controller/UsersController.java b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/security/controller/UsersController.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ab0127ce5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/security/controller/UsersController.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.security.controller;
+
+import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.security.model.User;
+import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.security.repository.UserRepository;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of the REST resource endpoints exposing system users.
+ *
+ * @author Dmitriy Kopylenko
+ */
+@RestController
+@RequestMapping("/api/security/users")
+public class UsersController {
+
+    private UserRepository userRepository;
+
+    public UsersController(UserRepository userRepository) {
+        this.userRepository = userRepository;
+    }
+
+    @GetMapping
+    List<User> getAll() {
+        return userRepository.findAll();
+    }
+ }
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/security/model/Role.java b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/security/model/Role.java
index 20564093d..fcb893c20 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/security/model/Role.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/security/model/Role.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.security.model;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnoreProperties;
 import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.domain.AbstractAuditable;
 import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
 import lombok.Getter;
@@ -31,6 +32,8 @@ public class Role extends AbstractAuditable {
     @Column(unique = true)
     private String name;
 
+    //Ignore properties annotation here is to prevent stack overflow recursive error during JSON serialization
+    @JsonIgnoreProperties("roles")
     @ManyToMany(cascade = CascadeType.ALL, mappedBy = "roles", fetch = FetchType.EAGER)
     private Set<User> users = new HashSet<>();
 
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/security/model/User.java b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/security/model/User.java
index 9b24cf946..55ecd40b8 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/security/model/User.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/security/model/User.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.security.model;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnoreProperties;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
 import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.domain.AbstractAuditable;
 import lombok.*;
@@ -33,11 +34,12 @@ public class User extends AbstractAuditable {
     @Column(nullable = false)
     private String password;
 
-    private String firstName;
+    private String name;
 
-    private String lastName;
+    private String emailAddress;
 
-    @JsonProperty(access = JsonProperty.Access.WRITE_ONLY)
+    //Ignore properties annotation here is to prevent stack overflow recursive error during JSON serialization
+    @JsonIgnoreProperties("users")
     @ManyToMany(cascade = CascadeType.ALL)
     @JoinTable(name = "user_role", joinColumns = @JoinColumn(name = "user_id"), inverseJoinColumns = @JoinColumn(name = "role_id"))
     private Set<Role> roles = new HashSet<>();
diff --git a/backend/src/test/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/security/controller/UsersControllerIntegrationTests.groovy b/backend/src/test/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/security/controller/UsersControllerIntegrationTests.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6b2c5f2cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/test/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/security/controller/UsersControllerIntegrationTests.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.security.controller
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest
+import org.springframework.boot.test.web.client.TestRestTemplate
+import org.springframework.test.context.ActiveProfiles
+import spock.lang.Specification
+
+/**
+ * @author Dmitriy Kopylenko
+ */
+@SpringBootTest(webEnvironment = SpringBootTest.WebEnvironment.RANDOM_PORT)
+@ActiveProfiles(["no-auth", "dev"])
+class UsersControllerIntegrationTests extends Specification {
+
+    @Autowired
+    private TestRestTemplate restTemplate
+
+    static RESOURCE_URI = '/api/security/users'
+
+    def "GET users"() {
+        when: 'GET request is made for ALL users in the system'
+        def result = this.restTemplate.getForEntity(RESOURCE_URI, Object)
+
+        then: "Request completed successfully"
+        result.statusCodeValue == 200
+        result.body[0].username == 'admin'
+        result.body[0].roles[0].name == 'ROLE_ADMIN'
+    }
+}
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