Florida Atlantic Presidential Search Committee 

To the Florida Atlantic community,

This morning, I notified the Board of Trustees that I have completed the process of selecting the members of Florida Atlantic University’s Presidential Search Committee. This is the beginning of a process that will select the next leader who will guide the University into a prosperous future.

I have taken great care in assembling this 15-member search committee. I firmly believe this wonderful group reflects the broad voices across the Florida Atlantic community and represents all key stakeholder groups, including our faculty, students, alumni, Board of Trustees, community business leaders, and our generous donors.

My goal is for this committee to engage in a transparent and comprehensive search process that honors the varying perspectives that make Florida Atlantic exceptional, while following the legal requirements that apply to the makeup of search committees.

In addition to the faculty member who will serve on the search committee, I look forward to announcing the formation of a dedicated group of individual faculty advisors. These members of our esteemed faculty will serve as a conduit between the broader faculty body and the search committee, providing the opportunity for robust faculty input on the qualities we are seeking in our next president.

The members of the search committee are as follows:

Craig Mateer
Board of Governors

Sherry Murphy
Florida Atlantic Trustee

Pablo Paez
Florida Atlantic Trustee

Earnie Ellison
Florida Atlantic Trustee

Kevin Wagner, Ph.D.
Professor and Associate Dean, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters

Stefan Andjelkovic
Student Body President-Elect

Brian Poulin
Chair, Florida Atlantic Foundation Board

Roland Valdivieso
Florida Atlantic Alumnus

Jeff Joyner
Florida Atlantic Alumnus

Michelle Hagerty
Philanthropist

Scott McCleneghen
Executive Vice President, SE Florida Pro CRE at First Horizon Bank

John Tolbert
Senior Vice President, Blackstone Real Estate Hotels & Resorts

Robert “Bobby” D’Angelo
Florida Atlantic Alumnus

Stephanie Toothaker, Esq.
Chairwoman and Chief Strategist, Toothaker.org

Robert Allen, Esq.
Founding Partner, Robert Allen Law

The search committee, guided by Trustee Sherry Murphy as chair, will play a vital role in determining the onward path of Florida Atlantic. Our team in Public Affairs is currently working on the launch of the Presidential Search website, which will include biographical information on each of our search committee members and information on the means for stakeholders to provide input on the search.

The search committee process will begin this summer with organizational and working group meetings that include consultations with a search firm, development of the webpage and the marketing plan for the search, establishment of a calendar of public events, and development of a range of compensation to be submitted to the Board of Trustees for approval. Once these preliminary steps are completed, the search committee will be ready to begin its work in earnest when everyone returns to campus this Fall.

I look forward to taking this journey with you, and I could not be more excited for the start of another record-setting academic year at Florida Atlantic University.

Go Owls!
 
Piero Bussani
Chair, Florida Atlantic University Board of Trustees