Search Updates

Today the proposed charge and membership of the Presidential Search Advisory Committee were announced. The charge and membership list are available in the Board's October docket materials on page 74. The Board will consider and act on this slate at its meeting on Friday, October 13. 

The committee was assembled following an open nominations process that yielded nearly 200 names. The committee was built to broadly reflect the University community and includes representatives from the Board of Regents, faculty, students, staff, alumni, philanthropy, among others. Please see the systemwide message from Chair Mayeron that was shared on October 6.

The Presidential Search Advisory Committee (PSAC), which will be appointed and charged at the Board’s October 13 meeting, will hold listening sessions across the system in October for students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members. The PSAC will seek to gather input on the qualities and characteristics important in our next president. Please mark your calendars for the following dates:

• Tuesday, October 17 – Twin Cities campus (East Bank) 
• Wednesday, October 18 – Morris campus
• Thursday, October 19 – Rochester campus
• Friday, October 20 – Twin Cities campus (West Bank and St. Paul) 
• Monday, October 23  – Crookston campus
• Tuesday, October 24 – Duluth campus

Additional details, including specific times and locations, will be announced soon. Input may be submitted to the committee online or by emailing [email protected]. 

At its September meeting, the Board of Regents met with its executive search consultants and began discussing key leadership characteristics to guide the search for the University’s 18th president. Major milestones for the presidential search, and the target dates to complete them, have been established as follows. Specific dates, times, and locations of public forums and Board meetings will be shared when they are available.

• At its October 2023 meeting, the Board will appoint and charge the Presidential Search Advisory Committee (PSAC). It will also continue its discussion of key presidential leadership characteristics. 
• In mid- to late-October 2023, the PSAC will host listening sessions on each campus to gather input that will inform development of the position profile.
• After the profile is finalized, the candidate recruitment period will commence and extend through the end of the calendar year 2023.
• The PSAC will complete its work and recommend lead candidates to the Board of Regents for consideration in late January 2024.
• At its February 2024 meeting, the Board will discuss lead candidates in a de-identified way and select finalist(s) for public interviews.
• Open forums with finalist(s) will be held systemwide in mid-February 2024.
• The Board will interview finalist(s) and select the next President of the University of Minnesota in late February 2024.