State University of New York Board of Trustees Chairman Carl T. Hayden yesterday announced the formation of the SUNY Chancellor Search Committee. The committee is charged with conducting a search for a permanent SUNY chancellor to succeed John R. Ryan, who stepped down in May. Dr. John B. Clark currently serves as interim chancellor.
Membership of the committee reflects the larger SUNY community and includes college and university presidents, students, faculty, trustees and alumni.
Distinguished citizens from outside of SUNY include Vishakha Desai, president of the Asia Society; Paul Tagliabue, former commissioner of the National Football League; Enrique Senior, a managing director at
Allen & Company; and ReiJane Huai, CEO of FalconStor Software, a global data protection and storage virtualization company based on Long Island.
"SUNY is the youngest and largest comprehensive system of higher education system in the nation. The opportunity to lead it represents a unique challenge. By the very composition of the search committee, we
intend to signal our commitment to extending the global reach and influence of SUNY. Our goal is to conduct a rigorous international search that succeeds in attracting a broad and deep pool of candidates. I am excited to begin our work," Hayden said.
SUNY Trustee Gerri Warren-Merrick will serve as vice chair of the committee.
"Very few positions rival that of SUNY chancellor in the world of higher education," Warren-Merrick said. "The next SUNY chancellor has a wonderful opportunity to lead, educate and inspire New York and the
nation. We will be aggressive in our efforts and we are eager to begin the process."
The Committee will be assisted with the national search by the Boston-based firm of Isaacson Miller Search Consultants.
Committee members serve on a voluntary basis without compensation. The committee will conclude its work by recommending to the SUNY Board of Trustees a short list of finalists. The board will consider the
finalists and then vote in public session to name the next SUNY chancellor.
Clark will not be a candidate in the search. He was appointed interim chancellor after Ryan announced that he was leaving SUNY to become the president of the Center for Creative Leadership in Greensboro, N.C.
2007 CHANCELLOR'S SEARCH COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
Donald Boyce, president of the Student Assembly of the State University of New York; member, SUNY Board of Trustees
Edward F. Cox, a partner in the Manhattan law firm of Patterson,Belknap, Webb and Tyler, LLP; member, SUNY Board of Trustees
Vishakha N. Desai, president and CEO of Asia Society
Carl T Hayden, chair of the SUNY Board of Trustees; chair of the SUNY Chancellor Search Committee; and chancellor emeritus of New York State Board of Regents
Muriel Howard, President, SUNY College at Buffalo
ReiJane Huai, chairman and CEO, FalconStor Software, Inc.
Milton Johnson, president, Faculty Council of Community Colleges and associate professor of speech, Finger Lakes Community College
Alain Kaloyeros, vice president and chief administrative officer, College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University at Albany
John LaRosa, president, SUNY Downstate Medical Center at Brooklyn
H. Carl McCall, member, SUNY Board of Trustees; former NYS Comptroller
Enrique F. Senior, managing director, Allen & Company
John Simpson, president, State University at Buffalo
David Skorton, president, Cornell University
Debbie Sydow, president, Onondaga Community College
Paul Tagliabue, chairman, Board of Directors, the Neil D. Levin Graduate
Institute of International Relations and Commerce, the State University
of New York; former commissioner, National Football League
Candace Vancko, president, SUNY College of Technology at Delhi
Gerri Warren-Merrick, member, SUNY Board of Trustees; co-chair of the SUNY Chancellor Search Committee; president of WarrenMerrick Communications
Carl Wiezalis, member, SUNY Board of Trustees; president of the University Faculty Senate; professor of Respiratory Therapy, Upstate Medical Center
Staff to Search Committee:
John J. O'Connor, vice chancellor and secretary of the University
Aimee Bernstein, associate vice chancellor
(This SUNY System Administration press release was edited for space reasons. To view the complete release, including bios of the committee members, please visit <https://www.suny.edu/sunyNews/index.cfm>
Cynthia Cooper
College and Community Relations
01/15/2008 |