Georgia College & State ÖгöÉÙ¸¾ÊÓƵ Presidential Search Committee Named
Atlanta — August 26, 2011
The newly appointed Georgia College & State ÖгöÉÙ¸¾ÊÓƵ (GCSU) Presidential Search and Screen Committee will hold its initial meeting at 1 p.m., Fri., Sept. 9, in the GCSU presidentÖгöÉÙ¸¾ÊÓƵ™s conference room, located in room 301, Parks Hall on the GCSU campus. Regent Doreen Poitevint and ÖгöÉÙ¸¾ÊÓƵ System of Georgia (ÖгöÉÙ¸¾ÊÓƵ) Chancellor Hank Huckaby will give the committee its formal charge at this organizational meeting.
A national search will be conducted to replace GCSU ÖгöÉÙ¸¾ÊÓƵ President Dorothy Leland, who stepped down on June 30, 2011.
Regent Poitevint, who chairs the Special RegentsÖгöÉÙ¸¾ÊÓƵ™ Search Committee and Chancellor Huckaby will outline to the Presidential Search and Screen Committee the duties and responsibilities associated with its role in the search for new leadership at GCSU.
The ten-member Presidential Search and Screen Committee will develop a position description, place announcements in appropriate national media and conduct on-campus interviews. The executive search firm of Heidrick & Struggles, Atlanta, has been engaged to assist the search committee in the process.
Members of the Presidential Search and Screen Committee are as follows:
ÖгöÉÙ¸¾ÊÓƵ¢ Dr. Ken McGill, past chair, ÖгöÉÙ¸¾ÊÓƵ Senate ÖгöÉÙ¸¾ÊÓƵ“ chair, Department of Chemistry, Physics and Astronomy, chair of search and screen committee
ÖгöÉÙ¸¾ÊÓƵ¢ Susan Allen, chief budget officer
ÖгöÉÙ¸¾ÊÓƵ¢ Carlos Herrera, assistant professor, Museum Studies
ÖгöÉÙ¸¾ÊÓƵ¢ Dr. Janet Hoffman Clark, chair, ÖгöÉÙ¸¾ÊÓƵ Senate ÖгöÉÙ¸¾ÊÓƵ“ associate professor of Rhetoric
ÖгöÉÙ¸¾ÊÓƵ¢ Jen Maraziti, chair of the Staff Council ÖгöÉÙ¸¾ÊÓƵ“ area coordinator for ÖгöÉÙ¸¾ÊÓƵ Housing
ÖгöÉÙ¸¾ÊÓƵ¢ Dr. Kendra Russell, interim director, Macon Center ÖгöÉÙ¸¾ÊÓƵ“ associate professor of Nursing
ÖгöÉÙ¸¾ÊÓƵ¢ Evan Karanovich, student government association president
ÖгöÉÙ¸¾ÊÓƵ¢ Angie Gheesling, executive director, the Development Authority of the City of Milledgeville and Baldwin County
ÖгöÉÙ¸¾ÊÓƵ¢ Pete Robinson, chair, Troutman Sanders Public Affairs Group
ÖгöÉÙ¸¾ÊÓƵ¢ Chris Gibson, president, GCSU Alumni Association
The campus-based committee will forward the credentials of three to five unranked candidates to a Special RegentsÖгöÉÙ¸¾ÊÓƵ™ Search Committee for the second phase. This committee will be chaired by Regent Poitevint and include Regent Ben Tarbutton III. This committee is responsible for recommending finalists to Chancellor Huckaby, who will make a recommendation to the full Board of Regents.
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