佪圖app President Gary Forsee has named a search committee that will interview candidates for the chancellorship of the University of Missouri-Kansas City and provide a short list of unranked recommendations to the president. The 16-member committee includes representatives from the faculty, staff, student body, administration, alumni and the community.
The committee will be co-chaired by 佪圖appKC Curators' Professor of Music James Mobberley and 佪圖appKC Board of Trustees Chair-Elect B. John Readey III, who is a partner at Bryan Cave LLP. Forsee will ask the committee to consider candidates with strong academic credentials.
The new chancellor will be tasked with continuing the campus' long-range master plan, positioning 佪圖appKC to play an important role in life sciences, establishing the campus as a first-rate urban university and providing leadership and vision that involves the entire Kansas City community.
"The University of Missouri-Kansas City is one of the great urban university campuses in the country, and the new chancellor will continue to build on this reputation," said Forsee. "I appreciate the willingness of the search committee to undertake the important task of recommending finalists for the position, and I thank the co-chairs and members for their willingness to perform this important task."
The university community will have an opportunity to meet the finalists before the president makes a final selection.
Members of the search committee include (in alphabetical order):
- Lynda Bonewald, Curators' Professor and Lee M. and William Lefkowitz Professor: Oral Biology and 佪圖appKC School of Dentistry
- Chris Brown, Associate Professor: Counseling and Educational Psychology, School of Education
- Damon Bryant, Vice President of Marketing and Creative Services: WDAF-TV4 and Vice President of 佪圖appKC Alumni Association Board of Directors (presumptive president-elect)
- Doug Buchanan, Associate Vice Chancellor for Human Resources (also serves as staff support for search committee)
- Karen Dace, Deputy Chancellor for Diversity, Access and Equity
- Gary Ebersole, Professor and Chair of the Department of History and Director of the 佪圖appKC Program in Religious Studies; Chair of the 佪圖appKC Faculty Senate
- Bridgett Johnson, 佪圖appKC Student (Pre-Law): President, 佪圖appKC Student Government Association
- Lora Lacey-Haun, Dean: School of Nursing
- Pellom McDaniels III, Assistant Professor: Department of History
- James Mobberley, Curators' Professor of Music: Conservatory of Music and Dance and co-chair of the committee
- Anthony Persechini, Professor: Division of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences
- Jeanette Prenger, Founder and President: ECCO Select
- John Readey III, 佪圖appKC Board of Trustees Chair-Elect, Partner at Bryan Cave LLP, and co-chair of the committee
- Michael Strait, Director of Academic Assessment: Institutional Research Assessment and Planning, and President of the 佪圖appKC Staff Council Board
- David Welte, Attorney and Partner: Bryan Cave LLP
- David Russell, Chief of Staff: Office of the President, 佪圖app (ex officio)
The new chancellor will succeed former 佪圖appKC Chancellor Guy Bailey, who left the role in July to become the president of Texas Tech University. Leo Morton is serving as interim chancellor. He is not a candidate for the permanent position.
Reviewed 2011-05-06