Tom Ross, president of the University of North Carolina system, formally charged a 19-member search committee formed to seek candidates for the University of North Carolina Wilmington’s next chancellor Oct. 2. Members of university faculty, staff, trustees, alumni, the student body and local community comprise this committee, including Wilmington Mayor Bill Saffo and UNCW advocate Bob Warwick. The search for UNCW’s next chancellor will be national in scope, facilitated by a national recruiting firm to be named at a later date. The search committee will engage the campus and community via open forums to help identify the traits required of the new chancellor.
Other members of the committee include:
Gabriel Lugo, Faculty Senate President and Associate Professor, Mathematics and Statistics
Tom Barth, Professor, Public and International Affairs
Paula Reid, Associate Professor, Nursing
Woody Hall, Professor, Economics
Kathy Roney, Professor, Early Childhood, Elementary, Middle, Literacy and Special Education
Tobi Polland, Board of Trustees member; SGA President; rising senior
Terry Ismert, Staff Senate Chair; Adult Nurse Practitioner, UNCW Student Health Center
Morgan Jackson ’96, UNCW Board of Visitors
Hugh Caison ’85, UNCW Foundation
Patrick Boykin ‘94, Former student-athlete; local business leader
Agnes Beane, Long-time UNCW advocate; community leader
Michael Shivar (co-chair), Trustee
Wendy Murphy ‘93 (co-chair), Trustee
Dennis Burgard ‘88, Trustee
Wilma Daniels, Trustee
Carlton Fisher ‘83, Trustee
Gidget Kidd ‘91, Trustee
