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The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Board of Regents today approved a 17-member Presidential Search and Advisory Committee to find a successor for President Mark Emmert.


The committee has been asked to submit a list to the Regents of “all candidates who meet the minimum qualifications with the Committee’s unranked recommendation of three to five candidates for final interviews.”


The committee also will provide a summary for each candidate “stating why he or she is suited to be president of the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø.”


The members of the Presidential Search Advisory Committee are as follows:


* Chair: Kellye Testy, Dean and James W. Mifflin University Professor, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Law.

* Kristianne (Kristi) Blake, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Regent and corporate director.

* Ana Mari Cauce, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.

* Kenyon Chan, chancellor of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Bothell.

* Neal Dempsey, founding partner, Bay Partners.

* Carver Gayton, retired executive director, Northwest African American Museum.

* Joanne Harrell, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Regent and senior director, e-Government Programs, Microsoft-US.

* JW Harrington, professor, Department of Geography and vice chair, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Faculty Senate.

* Sally Jewell, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Regent and CEO, Recreational Equipment, Incorporated.

* Lincoln Johnson, associate vice president, Campus Life.

* John Kincaid, president, Schaake Holdings, LLC.

* Madeleine McKenna, president, Associated Students of the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø.

* William (Bill) Phillip, Tacoma business leader and philanthropist.

* Sarah Reyneveld, president, Graduate and Professional Student Senate.

* Johnese Spisso, vice president for Medical Affairs, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø & COO, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Medicine, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Medicine-Harborview, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Medical Center, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøPN, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøP, ALNW.

* Patrick S. Stayton, professor of bioengineering.

* John A. Taylor, instructional technician, School of Art.