The California State University (CSU) Board of Trustees is beginning the search for a new president of California State University, East Bay (CSUEB) to succeed Dr. Leroy M. Morishita, who is retiring in June 2020.
The first meeting of the Trustees' Committee for the Selection of the President will be held in an open forum from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 31, in the University Union Multipurpose Room on the CSUEB campus. The open meeting will be followed by a closed meeting.
The open forum will be web-streamed live (and web-archived) on the
President Search webpage, where individuals may also provide their input.
CSU Trustee Jack McGrory will chair the committee. The other trustee members include: Rebecca Eisen, Hugo Morales and Lateefah Simon, as well as Trustee Chair Adam Day and CSU Chancellor Timothy P. White.
Board policy requires the chair of the CSU trustees to appoint an Advisory Committee to the Trustees' Committee. The Advisory Committee is composed of representatives from the faculty, staff, students, and alumni, as well as a member of a campus advisory board, all of whom are selected by the campus's constituency groups. Also on the Advisory Committee is a vice president or academic dean from the campus, and a president of another CSU campus—both selected by the chancellor. Both committees function as one unified group.
Members of the Advisory Committee for the Selection of the President include:
- CSUEB faculty members Jason Smith, J.D., associate professor and chair, Department of Health Sciences, and Vanessa Yingling, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Kinesiology
- Michael Lee, Ph.D., chair, CSUEB Academic Senate
- Lisa Booker, asset management analyst, Procurement and Support Services Department (staff representative)
- Daisy Maxion, president, CSUEB Associated Students, Inc. (student representative)
- Kabir Dhillon, executive vice president, CSUEB Associated Students, Inc. (student representative)
- Allen Kwan, president, CSUEB Alumni Association (alumni representative)
- Patrick Devine, chair, CSUEB Educational Foundation Board (campus advisory board representative)
- Suzanne Espinoza, Ph.D., vice president, CSUEB Division of Student Affairs
- Community representatives Renee Herzfeld and Bishop J.W. Macklin
- Judy Sakaki, Ph.D., president of Sonoma State University
The purpose of the meeting in an open forum is to: review the role of the committee, receive comments and input from the public and campus community, explain the search process and confidentiality, confirm the schedule of meetings, discuss preferred attributes of the next president, review the descriptions and needs of the campus and presidential position, and discuss any other business related to the search process.
Over the next several months, the committee will review candidates and conduct interviews.
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