Search Process

The President of the UW System search process will follow a two committee structure – the search and screen committee and the regent selection committee. 

Michael J. Falbo, President of the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents, appointed an 18-member search and screen committee, as well as the 6-member regent selection committee, to help identify a successor to UW System President Kevin P. Reilly, who will step out of his leadership post in January 2014.  Following a national search and intensive screening process, the search and screen committee is expected to recommend five candidates as finalists for consideration by the regent selection committee, chaired by Regent President Falbo.

After a series of interviews, Regent President Falbo and the regent selection committee will recommend one individual to the full Board, which must approve the appointment. Storbeck/Pimentel & Associates, a national firm specializing in senior level searches for colleges and universities, will support the search process.

Search and Screen Committee

Regent Vice President Regina Millner will chair the search and screen committee, joined by five fellow Regents, three former Regents, and others from across the UW System:

REGENTS

  • Mark Bradley, Regent
  • Tim Higgins, Regent
  • Regina Millner, Regent Vice President (Chair)
  • Janice Mueller, Regent
  • Drew Petersen, Regent
  • Gary Roberts, Regent

FORMER REGENTS

  • Danae Davis, Regent Emerita
  • Jay Smith, Regent Emeritus
  • Mark Tyler, Regent Emeritus

UW LEADERSHIP

  • Lane Earns, Provost, UW-Oshkosh
  • Debbie Ford, Chancellor, UW-Parkside
  • Freda Harris, Associate Vice President, Budget and Planning, UW System Administration
  • Al Thompson, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, UW-Stevens Point

FACULTY AND STAFF

  • Susan Babcock, Professor, Material Science and Engineering, UW-Madison
  • Erik Ernst, Promotion Manager, Wisconsin Public Television, UW-Extension
  • Karen Klyczek, Professor, Biology, UW-River Falls
  • Robert Wilson, Lead Custodian, Cartwright Center, UW-La Crosse

STUDENT

  • Heba Mohammad, Senior, History and Political Science, and Student Government Association President, UW-Green Bay

Regent Selection Committee

Regent President Michael J. Falbo will chair the regent selection committee, joined by five fellow Regents: 

  • Regent John Behling
  • Regent Margaret Farrow
  • Regent Tracy Hribar
  • Regent Edmund Manydeeds
  • Regent Gerald Whitburn