Presidential Search Committee formed at Cornell

The search for Cornell’s 14th president has officially begun with the formation of a Presidential Search Committee, chaired by trustee Jan Rock Zubrow, that plans to be as inclusive and thorough as possible.
 
Zubrow led the search committee two years ago that recommended Elizabeth Garrett as the university’s 13th president. Garrett died of colon cancer March 6 after eight months in office.
 
Robert S. Harrison, chairman of the Cornell Board of Trustees, appointed the committee, which was approved by the board. The committee is composed of 19 members representing trustees, faculty, undergraduate and graduate students, staff and alumni.
 
The Presidential Search Committee will hold listening sessions with faculty, staff, students, alumni and local community leaders to receive input on what attributes Cornell’s next president should have to lead the university; on how a next president should apply his or her own vision to the university’s priorities and initiatives; and to identify other challenges and opportunities Cornell is facing that an incoming president should be ready to address.
 
A presidential search website (www.cornell.edu/president-search) has been created to provide information and to be a point of contact where people can send their thoughts and names of potential candidates.
 
Hunter R. Rawlings III, Cornell president emeritus, began serving as interim president on April 25, as the international search process begins.