Presidential Search Committee Begins to Form

Bryn Mawr College Trustee Arlene Gibson '65, who has been chosen by the board to chair the search committee for the successor to President Nancy J. Vickers, has announced the plans for constituting the committee this spring.

In a letter to the College community, Gibson outlined the composition of the committee:

• Seven trustees, including Gibson, Board Chair Sally Hoover Zeckhauser '64, and five other members of the board
• Four faculty members, to be selected by the faculty through a process laid out in the College's plan of governance
• One member of the staff, nominated by the Staff Association
• One undergraduate, nominated by the Self Government Association
• One graduate student, to be nominated jointly by the student associations of the two graduate schools
• One member of the Haverford College Board of Managers

The board has retained Shelley Storbeck, A.M. '82, as a consultant to the committee. Storbeck, an expert in the field of higher education with the executive-search firm Edward W. Kelly and Partners, is a veteran of presidential searches for numerous highly selective liberal-arts institutions, including Bates, Colgate, Middlebury, Pomona, Smith and Vassar Colleges.

As the search committee forms, Gibson is planning a series of discussions with the College's various constituencies to inform the committee's search.

"We need to identify the qualities and characteristics we are seeking in a leader and to match those with the mission and priorities of the College," Gibson says. "I am particularly eager to hear the thoughts of Bryn Mawr students, faculty members and staff, and I invite you to e-mail your ideas to me ajgibson@brynmawr.edu. Furthermore, we invite you to nominate persons whom you believe the committee should consider for leadership of our very unique alma mater by e-mailing us at BrynMawr.Pres@ewkp.com."

For updates on the search, consult www.brynmawr.edu/prezsearch.

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