Presidential Search: Announcements
October 5, 2023
Dear Members of the SUNY Delhi Campus Community,
It is with great pleasure and excitement that we have officially started the process
to identify the next President of SUNY Delhi.
Search Committee
The committee held its first meeting on October 4, 2023, during which SUNY Chancellor
John B. King, Jr. charged the group with its task to find SUNY Delhi’s next leader.
Presidential Search Committee
SUNY Delhi’s Presidential Search Committee will conduct the search in accordance with
SUNY’s Presidential Search Guidelines.
The Search Committee is an essential representation of the great work that happens at SUNY Delhi every day, and we are committed to the future success of the college.
The search committee makeup is consistent with SUNY Presidential Search Guidelines and as the search chair, I am honored to preside over this 16-member committee that consists of the following colleagues:
- Ana Almanzar, College Foundation Representative
- Todd Baright, Alumni Representative
- Lori Ciafardoni, Faculty Representative (School of Nursing)
- Steve Dixon, Faculty Representative (Librarian)
- Kelly Keck, Professional/Classified Staff Representative
- Desiree Keever, Faculty Representative (School of Business and Hospitality)
- Bret Meckel, Academic Dean (School of Veterinary and Professional Studies)
- Wayne Oliver, College Council Representative
- Ray Pucci, College Council Representative
- Julia Rios, College Council Representative
- Christian Robinson, Student Representative
- Juan Rosales, Chancellor’s Designee
- Genevieve Salerno, Faculty Representative (School of Veterinary and Applied Sciences)
- Jack Schoonmaker, College Council Representative
- Lars Schweidenback, Faculty Representative (School of Liberal Arts and Sciences)
- Lynn “Will” Warner, Faculty Representative (School of Applied Technologies and Architecture)
Non-Voting
- Andrea Dibble, College Liaison (non-voting)
- Zulaika Rodriguez-Awoliyi, Chancellor’s Liaison (non-voting)
Presidential Search Website
We have also launched the Presidential Search website to keep the campus community informed about the process. The website contains information about the search process, search committee, and the search firm, RPA Inc., which has been retained to guide the search for Delhi’s next president. A schedule/timeline that highlights monthly progress of the search will be added in the days to come.
The website will also contain a presidential search prospectus and advertisement for the position at SUNY Delhi. For all information on the position and process, please continue to visit SUNY Delhi’s presidential search website for updates where you will find the following:
- An archive of public presidential search-related announcements to date.
- Search Timeline
- Advertisement for the position (coming soon)
- Campus Prospectus (coming soon)
- Search Committee Membership
Please refer anyone with questions about the search process to the website. If you have any questions or wish to nominate someone for the presidency at SUNY Delhi, please email Zulaika.Rodriguez@suny.edu.
Thank you for your support.
Sincerely,
Wayne Oliver
Presidential Search Committee Chair
College Council Representative