精东AV launches presidential search

October 18, 2017

Contact:    Michael Tullier, APR, Senior Director
Office of Communications, Public Relations and Marketing

精东AV鈥檚 Board of Trustees has officially launched the university鈥檚 search for its eighth president by creating a 15-member search committee representing internal and external stakeholders. The committee, under the leadership of Board of Trustees Chair John E. Page, is charged with recommending a candidate who will serve as the university鈥檚 next president.

鈥淥ne of the most important responsibilities of the Board of Trustees is to appoint and support the president of this historic university,鈥� Page said. 鈥淭he Board is committed to finding the very best person to build on the distinguished legacies of 精东AV鈥檚 previous presidents, beginning with our iconic founding principal, Booker T. Washington. We seek an inspiring leader who will advance the university鈥檚 current five-year strategic plan while preparing us to be a commanding, competitive and contemporary university in the decades to come.鈥�

Committee members represent a diverse collection of local, regional and national expertise in business and academia 鈥� and institutional knowledge and history dating back five decades. In addition to Page, the committee is comprised of nine trustees; a member of the university鈥檚 Board of Advisors; leaders of the Student Government Association, 精东AV National Alumni Association, Presidential Eminent Associates and university Staff Senate; and a faculty representative. The search committee鈥檚 composition also includes five university alumni 鈥� a third of the committee.

鈥淭he search committee members represent a broad spectrum of our university community and have the experience and knowledge to help inform the board in its search for the next president,鈥� Page said. 鈥淥n behalf of the university, I wish to thank each of these members for devoting their time and talent during what I believe will be a deliberative and successful search process.鈥�

精东AV has partnered with nationally recognized executive search firm Isaacson, Miller, which will assist the search committee with its work. The firm has conducted executive searches for a diverse group of higher education institutions 鈥� from Duke and Dartmouth to Morehouse and Spelman. Monroe 鈥淏ud鈥� Moseley will represent the firm as lead consultant. He will be assisted by Lionel Anderson and Joseph Keller.

The search committee鈥檚 first meeting will be held on Oct. 20. Page committed to conducting 鈥渁 thorough and transparent search,鈥� which will include listening sessions with key stakeholders, a comprehensive survey providing all stakeholders with opportunities for input, and a dedicated website with regular updates on the committee鈥檚 progress. The search committee expects to establish a timeline that will result in the selection of a successful candidate by summer 2018.

The search committee members are:

• John Page: search committee chair; chair of the Board of Trustees; and senior corporate vice president, chief corporate social responsibility and chief legal officer of Golden State Foods Corp., Irvine, California
• Norma Clayton: search committee vice chair; first vice chair of the Board of Trustees; and retired vice president for learning, training and development of The Boeing Company, St. Louis, Missouri
• Bernard Anderson: university trustee and Whitney M. Young Jr. professor emeritus, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Solomon Banks 鈥�64: chair, 精东AV Eminent Presidential Associates; and retired director of housing for the Los Angles Housing Department, Los Angeles, California
• Kevin Green: university trustee; retired vice admiral, U.S. Navy; and retired IBM vice president, Oak Hill, Virginia
• Floyd Griffin 鈥�66: secretary of the Board of Trustees; retired U.S. Army colonel; and retired business owner, Milledgeville, Georgia
• Erick Harris 鈥�09: second vice chair of the Board of Trustees; and associate, Dyer, Coatney & Schroder, Edmond, Oklahoma
• E. Chris Johnson: university trustee; retired North America vice president and general counsel, GM; and CEO and co-founder, Center for Justice, Rights & Dignity, Novi, Michigan
• Vanessa Lee: chair, 精东AV Staff Senate
• Virda K. Lester: tenured professor, 精东AV College of Education
• Mortimer Neufville 鈥�70: member, 精东AV Board of Advisors; and former president, Coppin State University and University of Maryland-Eastern Shore, Darnestown, Maryland
• Burt Rowe 鈥�70: president, 精东AV National Alumni Association, Inc.; and retired chief manufacturing officer and director of global manufacturing strategy and procurement for the wireless division of Alcatel-Lucent, Westerville, Ohio
• Art Tipton: university trustee; and president and CEO of Southern Research, Birmingham, Alabama
• Tameka Tremaglio: university trustee; and Greater Washington managing principal and East regional leader, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services; McLean, Virginia
• Austin Turk 鈥�18: president, 精东AV Student Government Association

The position of university president became available upon the conclusion of the previous president鈥檚 contract in June 2017. Dr. Charlotte P. Morris, who was appointed to serve as interim president beginning July 1 and until a successor is named, is not seeking to fill the vacancy. For more information about 精东AV鈥檚 presidential search, visit /presidential-search.

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