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Co-chairs

, MBA, ����̽̽ '83
University of Vermont Board of Trustees
Chair

, Ph.D., ����̽̽ '81
University of Vermont Board of Trustees
Vice Chair

Committee members 2024-2025

Ayden Carpenter
Undergraduate Student (senior), Public Communications, Community and International Development (double major)

Chris Danforth, Ph.D.
Professor of Mathematics and Statistics
Director, Vermont Advanced Computing Center

Monika Donlevy
President, Staff Council
Administrative Assistant, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation

William (Bill) Falls, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Professor, Department of Psychological Science

Jenan Husain
Graduate Student, Ph.D. Candidate in Neuroscience

Stephanie Jerome, M.P.A., ����̽̽ '84
University of Vermont Board of Trustees

, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor & Chair, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Donald H. McCree, ����̽̽ '83
University of Vermont Board of Trustees

Abigail (Abby) McGowan, Ph.D.
Professor of History

Deborah (Deb) Mignucci, MBA, ����̽̽ '82
Vice President, ����̽̽ Alumni Association Board Executive Committee

Ed Pagano, J.D., ����̽̽ '85
University of Vermont Board of Trustees

Jeff Schulman, ����̽̽ '89
Director of Athletics

Katharine (Katie) Shepherd, Ed.D., ����̽̽ G'97
Dean, College of Education and Social Services
Levitt Family Green and Gold Professor

Catherine (Kitty) Toll, M.Ed., ����̽̽ G'87
University of Vermont Board of Trustees

H. Whitney (Whit) Wagner, ����̽̽ '78
����̽̽ Foundation Leadership Council

Eric von Wettberg, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Agriculture, Landscape, and Environment
Director, Vermont Agriculture Experiment Station

Search advisory committee staff

• Jonathan D'Amore, Chief of Staff to the President
• Sharon Reich Paulsen, Vice President for Legal Affairs and General Counsel and Senior Advisor to the President
• Rhonda Lynn, Office Coordinator
• Corinne Thompson, Trustee Coordinator

The Presidential Search Advisory Committee (“the Committee”) is designed to be broadly representative of the University community, but each member of the Committee is responsible for acting in the best interest of the University as a whole and not as an advocate for the particular segment of the community from which they come. With that in mind, the Committee should:

• Solicit input from the University community regarding the challenges, opportunities, and leadership needs of ����̽̽.
• Create a compelling Leadership Profile for the 28th President of ����̽̽ that is informed by input received from the University community and designed to identify and attract the best possible candidates.
• Develop a recruitment plan that ensures broad national exposure and that engages the ����̽̽ community’s assistance in identifying a strong pool of candidates with exceptional qualifications that is diverse across multiple dimensions.
• Select and interview semifinalists, evaluate references, and provide to the Board of Trustees the Committee’s unranked evaluation of the semifinalists.
• Work on all of its tasks in close collaboration with Isaacson, Miller, the search firm retained by the Board to assist with the presidential search.
• Faithfully and without exception permanently maintain complete confidentiality of all aspects of the search, including candidate information and Presidential Search Advisory Committee deliberations.

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