Committee Chair

• This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , professor of pathology and microbiology at UNMC, senior associate to the president for innovation and competitiveness, and president of the University Technology Development Corp

Committee Members

• Mogens Bay, chairman and chief executive officer, Valmont Industries Inc., and board member, The Nebraska Medical Center
• This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , human resources diversity specialist, UNMC
• Kilie Donovan, third-year student, UNMC College of Medicine
• This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , dean, UNMC College of Public Health
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• Gerald Luckey, Butler County Clinic
• This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , F. Gene and Rosemary Dixon endowed chair in dentistry and associate dean for research, UNMC College of Dentistry
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• This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , chief administrative officer, UNMC College of Medicine, and chief executive officer, UNMC Physicians
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Search Committee

Marjorie Kostelnik (Chair), Dean, College of Education and Human Sciences University of Nebraska-Lincoln, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Charles Bicak, Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs, University of Nebraska at Kearney, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Eric Buchanan, Assistant Vice President/Director of Corporate & Foundation Relations, University of Nebraska Foundation, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Nancy Edick, Dean, College of Education, University of Nebraska at Omaha, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Ayman El-Mohandes, Dean, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Eleanor Kirkland, Director, Head Start-State Collaboration Office, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Helen Raikes, Professor, Child, Youth & Family Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Brian Maher, Superintendent, Kearney Public Schools, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Jessie Rasmussen, President, Buffett Early Childhood Fund, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Steve Seline, President, Walnut Private Equity Partners, LLC, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Susan Sheridan, Professor, Educational Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

John Sparks, Chairperson, Pediatrics Administration, University of Nebraska Medical Center, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

And with the assistance of:

Carolyn Pope Edwards, Professor, University of Nebraska—Lincoln; Search Committee Liaison from the NU Provost’s Office, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Dara Troutman, Senior Associate to the President, University of Nebraska; Search Committee staff, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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The University of Nebraska recruits and encourages individuals, regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, national origin or religious beliefs.  Acceptance of applications, inquiries, and nominations will begin immediately and continue until the completion of the search process.

Applicants are encouraged to send a detailed letter of interest, a curriculum vita, and contact information for five references to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .  Electronic correspondence is strongly preferred. 

Inquiries and nominations can be submitted to the same e-mail address or one can contact the search firm representatives at the address or phone number listed below.

Isaacson, Miller
David Bellshaw and Bernard Jones
1000 Sansome Street, Suite 300
San Francisco, CA  94111
Phone:  (415) 655-4900
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