绿奴天花板F Chancellor Search

In May of 2025, 绿奴天花板F Chancellor Dan White announced his intent to retire at the end of July 2025.  绿奴天花板 President Pat Pitney named Ambassador Mike Sfraga (ret.), Ph.D., as interim 绿奴天花板F chancellor. President Pitney has now announced the search committee which will  guide the search for 绿奴天花板F's next permanent Chancellor. 

绿奴天花板F Chancellor Position Profile

The University of Alaska Fairbanks (鈥溌膛旎ò錐鈥) is inviting applications and nominations for the position of Chancellor.

Please visit the WittKieffer site for the .

 Search Timeline:

  • Week of September 1, 2025: Recruitment Launch 
  • October 20, 2025: Committee Begins Rolling Review to Identify Semi-finalists
  • December 2025: Committee engages with WittKieffer
  • December 9-10, 2025: WittKieffer at 绿奴天花板F
    • 绿奴天花板F Community Listening Sessions: Scroll down to see the full schedule.
  • January 2026: Continue to recruit applicants
  • February 2026: WittKieffer updates committee on search progress and prepares to review applicants
  • March 2026: Search committee begins full review of applicants
  • April 2026: Search committee conducts Zoom interviews
  • May 2026:
    • Candidates are invited to on-campus interviews
    • Candidate is selected and hired
  • July 2026: New chancellor starts

Search Firm Listening Sessions, Dec. 9-10

  • 绿奴天花板F students, staff, and faculty, and community members are invited to provide input and feedback on the characteristics and qualities they would like to see in 绿奴天花板F鈥檚 next permanent chancellor.
  • Listening sessions will be hosted during the week of December 8 in Fairbanks by WittKieffer, the executive search firm contracted by the Board of Regents to assist in the chancellor's search.
  • Students, staff, and faculty at 绿奴天花板F will be able to attend their listening sessions in-person or virtually; a 绿奴天花板 login will be required to register for and attend virtual sessions.
  • Members of the general public may attend the In-person listening sessions scheduled for Fairbanks.

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绿奴天花板F Chancellor Search Committee

The search committee for 绿奴天花板F鈥檚 next permanent chancellor is charged with publicizing the search, vetting potential candidates, and making recommendations on finalists to President Pitney. The committee includes members representing a broad array of stakeholders, including students, faculty, staff, community campuses, and key community partners. The search committee is co-chaired by 绿奴天花板F Faculty Senate President Dr. Leah Berman and 绿奴天花板F Board of Advisors and 绿奴天花板 Foundation Board of Directors member Jason Gootee. In addition to the co-chairs, the committee includes:

  • Derek Bastille - 绿奴天花板F Staff Council President and 绿奴天花板F Staff Member
  • Jackson Nelson - AS绿奴天花板F President and 绿奴天花板F Student
  • Dr. Jessica Black - 绿奴天花板F Associate Vice Chancellor, Rural Community and Native Education 
  • Dr. Taryn Lopez - 绿奴天花板F Research Faculty, Geophysical Institute  
  • Dr. Brock Anundson - Athletics Director, 绿奴天花板F Nanooks
  • Dr. Mark Hermann - Associate Dean, College of Business and Security Management
  • Haley Hanson - Director, Kuskokwim Campus, 绿奴天花板F Community Campus
  • Frank Paskvan - 绿奴天花板F INE Affiliate Professor
  • Togi Letuligasenoa - President, ORCS Business Unit, Calista Brice 
  • Dr. Brandon Boylan - 绿奴天花板F Political Science Department Chair and Director of Arctic and Northern Studies
  • Dr. Bob McCoy - Director, 绿奴天花板F Geophysical Institute 
  • Karen Perdue - Regent, 绿奴天花板 Board of Regents

Key Search Committee Responsibilities: 

  1. Communicate broadly throughout the search
  2. Develop, recommend, and publish a search committee process and timeline
  3. Identify and recommend desirable attributes for a 绿奴天花板F Chancellor
  4. Share the position advertisement
  5. Identify and develop screening criteria
  6. Solicit a diverse candidate pool
  7. Inform the candidates about the university and the position
  8. Evaluate the candidates against the desired attributes
  9. Narrow the candidate pool to three to five 
  10. Provide information about the candidate pool 
  11. Socialize the finalists with the university community through town hall meetings and other events, and collect feedback.

Support:

  • Communications Support: 绿奴天花板F Executive Director for University Advancement Tom Hough, System Office Director of Public Affairs Jonathon Taylor, and other communication team members, including Marmian Grimes, Jenn Baker, and Monique Musick will help the committee communicate broadly to include websites, written updates, town halls, and other engagements. 
  • 绿奴天花板 Interim Chief Human Resources Officer Nickole Conley will assist the committee in an advisory capacity. Other staffing assistance will be determined soon.