Valdosta State ÖгöÉÙ¸¾ÊÓƵ Presidential Search Committee Named
Atlanta — August 26, 2011
The newly appointed Valdosta State ÖгöÉÙ¸¾ÊÓƵ (VSU) Presidential Search and Screen Committee will hold its initial meeting at 1 p.m., Thurs., Sept. 8, in the Executive Dining Room, ÖгöÉÙ¸¾ÊÓƵ Center on the VSU campus. Regent Donald Leebern and ÖгöÉÙ¸¾ÊÓƵ System of Georgia (ÖгöÉÙ¸¾ÊÓƵ) Executive Vice Chancellor Dr. Steve Wrigley will give the committee its formal charge at this organizational meeting.
A national search will be conducted to replace VSU President Patrick Schloss, who stepped down on June 30, 2011.
Regent Leebern, who chairs the Special RegentsÖгöÉÙ¸¾ÊÓƵ™ Search Committee and Wrigley will outline to the Presidential Search and Screen Committee the duties and responsibilities associated with its role in the search for new leadership at VSU.
The12-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 Myers McRae, Macon, Ga., 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. Phyllis Holland, department head of the Management and International Business Department, chair of search and screen committee
ÖгöÉÙ¸¾ÊÓƵ¢ Lisa Baldwin, assistant director of Information Technology for Enterprise Application Services
ÖгöÉÙ¸¾ÊÓƵ¢ Dr. Greg Harrell, professor of Mathematics and Computer Science
ÖгöÉÙ¸¾ÊÓƵ¢ Stanley Jones, registrar
ÖгöÉÙ¸¾ÊÓƵ¢ Dr. Julie Lee, dean, Dewar College of Education
ÖгöÉÙ¸¾ÊÓƵ¢ Antolina Pilgrim, director of Accounting
ÖгöÉÙ¸¾ÊÓƵ¢ Dr. Maria Whyte, coordinator, Nurse Practitioner Program, College of Nursing
ÖгöÉÙ¸¾ÊÓƵ¢ Graham Davis, student government association president
ÖгöÉÙ¸¾ÊÓƵ¢ Chuck Dunmon Jr., chair, VSU Foundation, Inc.
ÖгöÉÙ¸¾ÊÓƵ¢ Jerry J. Jennett, past chair, VSU Foundation, Inc.
ÖгöÉÙ¸¾ÊÓƵ¢ Greg Voyles, president, VSU Alumni Association
ÖгöÉÙ¸¾ÊÓƵ¢ James McGahee, retired chief executive officer, South Georgia Medical Center
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. Joining Regent Leebern on this committee is Regent Rusty Griffin. 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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