The search for UNC-system President Erskine Bowles’ successor officially launched Thursday.
At a special Board of Governors meeting, Chairwoman Hannah Gage explained the procedure set out in 1997, with three committees made up mostly of board members.
During the 2005 search that ended in Bowles’ selection, the system did not adhere to the guidelines in the policy manual, so the board has relatively little experience with the multi-committee procedure.
Gage said the board went beyond the outlined procedure to make sure every board member got a position in the search, which she called “the most important work we will do as we serve on this board.”
In the next few weeks, the search will ramp up as the committees work to hire a search consultant, figure out parameters for the new president and gather input from the state.
Chancellor Holden Thorp and law professor Judith Wegner, head of the systemwide Faculty Assembly, will represent UNC-Chapel Hill on the leadership statement committee, which will solicit input and revise a statement of the search’s and system’s goals.
The rest of that committee consists of seven board members, four other chancellors, nine chairmen of the various boards of trustees, two other professors, and the chairwoman of the staff assembly. It is the only committee with representation outside the Board of Governors.
UNC-system presidential search committees
Leadership Statement Committee
Solicits input from the state and formulates a set of goals for the search and for the next president.
-Clarice Cato Goodyear, chairwoman
-Dudley E. Flood, Vice-chairman
-John M. Blackburn
-T. Greg Doucette, Association of Student Governments president
-Franklin E. McCain
-Charles H. Mercer, Jr.
-Gladys Ashe Robinson
-Harold L. Martin, Sr., N.C. A&T chancellor
-Anne Ponder, UNC-Asheville chancellor
-H. Holden Thorp, UNC-Chapel Hill chancellor
-John W. Bardo, Western Carolina University chancellor
-Donald J. Reaves, Winston-Salem State University chancellor
-David S. Brody, East Carolina University trustees chairman
-Harold E. Mitchell, Elizabeth City State University trustees chairman
-Gloria Carter Moore, Fayetteville State University trustees chairwoman
-Glenn B. Adams, N.C. Central University trustees chairman
-Shirley T. Frye, N.C. School of Science and Mathematics trustees chairwoman
-S. Lawrence Davenport, N.C. State University trustees chairman
-Ruth G. Shaw, UNC-Charlotte trustees chairwoman
-Charles C. Lucas III, UNC School of the Arts trustees chairman
-M. Terry Coffey, UNC-Wilmington trustees chairman
-Judith W. Wegner, UNC-CH, Faculty Assembly chairwoman
-Sandie L. Gravett, Appalachian State University, Faculty Assembly chairwoman-elect
-Kelley Eaves-Boykin, UNC-C, Staff Assembly chairwoman
-Raymond Burt, UNC-W, Faculty Assembly Executive Committee
Selection/Screening Committee
Hires a search consultant and narrows down the applicant list.-David W. Young, co-chairman
-Brent D. Barringer, co-chairman
-Members: Peaches G. Blank, Laura W. Buffaloe, Bill Daughtridge, Jr., Phillip R. Dixon, Paul Fulton, Charles A. Hayes, Adelaide D. Key, Ronald C. Leatherwood, Cheryl M. Locklear, Fred G. Mills, Burley B. Mitchell, Jr., Marshall B. Pitts, Jr., Irvin (Al) Roseman
Search Committee
Oversees search process and makes final recommendation.
-G. Leroy Lail, chairman
-Priscilla P. Taylor, vice-chairwoman
-Members: R. Steve Bowden, Frank Daniels, Jr., Walter C. Davenport, John W. Davis III, James M. Deal, Jr., Hannah D. Gage, Ann B. Goodnight. Peter D. Hans, James E. Holshouser, Jr., Estelle “Bunny” Sanders, J. Bradley Wilson
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