The board of trustees chose members of the university community to serve on two committees aimed at thinning the presidential candidate pool.
It’s the next step on the lengthy path to finding UW’s next president—a path that’s designed to be more open than the last presidential search, which was closed to most input.
“I think they’ll do a good job,” Dave Palmerlee, president of the board, said. “The faculty committee members were selected from recommendations from the faculty senate chair, students from recommendations from ASUW and staff members from recommendations by the staff senate chair with one or two minor exceptions.”
The first committee will review applications gathered by a yet-to-be-determined search firm and select 10 to 15 candidates. The second committee will narrow that list down to five or fewer.
“We’re happy with the committees and with the structure of the search so far,” Brian Schueler, ASUW president, said. “I’m happy with the way the committee looks, and I think they’re going to do a great job.”
Schueler, who sent recommendations for student committee members to the board, said ASUW would be involved again later in the timeline when candidates are selected by the committees and announced by the board.
“ASUW as a whole is very interested in this process,” he said. “I’m impressed with the amount of student opinion that’s really taken to heart.”
Faculty Senate Chair Tucker Readdy said he is grateful for the increased inclusion during this search and approves of the faculty members chosen to sit on the search committees.
“I’m very happy to see the four names on that list,” he said. “I’m excited to get this process underway after all the planning.”
First committee:
Trustees: Jeff Marsh (chair), Dave True, Mike Massie, Michelle Sullivan, Mel Baldwin
Faculty: Associate professor Deborah McGriff of the College of Education; Law Professor Jacquelyn Bridgeman, who has served as interim dean of the College of Law; Noah Hull, doctoral student in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources; Susan Manown, who’s pursuing law and Master of Business Administration degrees at UW; Kelly Wiseman, staff assistant in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources; Mark Gunnerson, control specialist in the UW Physical Plant; UW Foundation board member April Brimmer Kunz; Susan Stubson of Casper; and John Turner of Moose.
Second committee:
*The second committee will interview the candidates forwarded by the first committee and select three to five finalists to come to campus for public forums and interviews.
Trustees: Dave Bostrom of Worland (chair), John McKinley of Cheyenne, Dick Scarlett of Jackson, John MacPherson of Saratoga and Wava Tully of Lusk
Faculty and students: Professor Cynthia Weinig of the Departments of Botany and Molecular Biology, and the Program in Ecology; Professor Jason Shogren of the Department of Economics and Finance; law student Joel Defebaugh, a former president of the ASUW; Brian Schueler, current ASUW president; Josh Decker, manager of UW Real Estate Operations; Rachel Stevens, data and communications manager in the School of Pharmacy; UW Foundation board member Greg Hill
Community: Lynne Cheney of Jackson; Lynne Boomgaarden of Cheyenne.
