Search Committee Members
Selecting a new president is one of the most important events in the life of a college. That’s why Dickinson’s Board of Trustees selected representatives from all parts of the Dickinson community to serve as members of the Presidential Search Committee.
Committee members are faculty, students, administrators, alumni and trustees. Trustee Jim Chambers ’78 is chair of the committee.
They will be updating the community at each step of the process, through regular emails, updates to the website and in-person sessions and conversations.
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James D. Chambers '78
Trustee, Private Investor, Chair of Search Committee
Michael Bloom ’69
Trustee, Partner (retired) and of Counsel, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Jennifer Blyth
Professor of Music
Brontè Burleigh-Jones
Vice President for Finance and Administration
Michael W. Donnelly ’02
Trustee and Alumni Council President, Principal of Willow Dale Elementary School
Benjamin R. Edwards
Professor of Earth Sciences
Marie Helweg-Larsen
Professor of Psychology
Ruth LaMantia Ferguson ’92
Trustee, Senior Vice President – Chief Human Resources Officer, Related Companies
Julie I. Johnson ’82
Trustee, Program Director, Division on Research and Learning, National Science Foundation
John E. Jones III ’77
Trustee, Federal Judge, U.S. Middle District of Pennsylvania
Thomas L. Kalaris ’76
Trustee and Board Vice Chair, Founder, Saranac Partners Limited
Sara G. Nash
Class of 2019
Kellie L. Newton ’81
Trustee, Partner, Dentons US LLP, Washington DC
Sarah E. Niebler
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Douglas J. Pauls ’80
Trustee, Retired Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, BankUnited, Miami Lakes, FL
Karl D. Qualls
Professor of History
Nicholas Rejebian
Class of 2017
Jennifer Ward Reynolds ’77
Trustee and Board Chair, Director and Partner, Ward Properties
Neil B. Weissman
Interim President, Professor of History
John J. Curley ’60
Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Trustees and advisor to the search committee
Karen Neely Faryniak ’86
Chief of Staff and Secretary of the college, will serve as the committee’s coordinator.
Debra Hargrove
Associate Vice President for Human Resource Services, will serve as a process advisor.