Input Needed for Presidential Search

As a result of President Andreasen’s announcement of his retirement, officially June 2016, the search for a new president for Andrews University has begun. Ben Schoun, chair of the Board of Trustees and of the Presidential Search Committee, sent an email last week detailing the process being followed to select a new leader for our institution. The Committee also seeks input regarding potential candidates, characteristics deemed important for a president and other suggestions related to the search.

For up-to-date information visit andrews.edu/presidentsearch. To share suggestions, names of possible candidates, or characteristics you believe are important to consider when identifying a new president, email presidentsearch@andrews.edu or submit a form on the webpage. You can also submit suggestions or comments to any Committee member (see below), but please do not try to get detailed information from any of them, as the chairman is the sole spokesperson for the Committee.

Committee representatives of the various stakeholders in this search are as follows:

Board of Trustees

            Ben Schoun, Committee chair (chair, University Board of Trustees)

            Don Livesay, Committee vice-chair (president, Lake Union Conference, and Board vice chair)

            Dan Jackson (president, North American Division)

            Lisa Beardsley-Hardy (director, Department of Education, General Conference)

            Judith Storfjell (non-church-employed retired educator)

            Loren Hamel (non-church-employed physician, president of Lakeland Health)

Faculty

            Tom Goodwin (College of Arts & Sciences)

            Janet Ledesma (School of Education)

            Duane McBride (College of Arts & Sciences)

            Nicholas Miller, Search Committee secretary (Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary)

Staff

            Elynda Bedney (director, Student Financial Services)

Students

            Maureen Raj (MA in School Counseling candidate, officer of the Graduate Student Administration)

Alumni

            Dana Wales (owner, Wales & Associates)

Invitee (voice; no vote)

            Artur Stele (nominee for future Board Chair, and General Conference VP)