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Presidential Search Timeline

Nov. 14, 2024

Search is Launched Publicly: Ads are Placed and Requests for Nominations are Sent. Search Website and Post to AGB Site Become Active; Announcements Made on Social Media Platforms; Launch Memo to Campus Community. Search Consultants Begin Active Recruiting.

Week of Dec. 2, 2024

Candidate Screening Exercise for Search Committee. Consultants Provide a Sample Screening Rubric; Open the Password-Protected Application Website and Conduct a Mock Review of an Application.

WE ARE HERE

Jan. 3, 2025

Date for Best Consideration

Jan. 7, 2025

Committee Shares Top 8 (unranked) Candidates with AGB Search Team via Email in Preparation for Selection Meeting.

Jan. 9, 2025

Search Committee Meets to Select Semifinalists.

Committee Approves Semifinal Interview Questions.

Memo to Community with Search Update.

Jan. 9, 2025 - Week of Jan. 21, 2025

AGB Search Conducts Semifinal Due Diligence, Including Social Media Research, Publication Verification, Courtlink/Nexis Research and Listed Reference Checks.

Week of Jan. 21, 2025

Semifinal Interviews (ZOOM). Two Full Days.

Search Committee Recommends Slate of Unranked Finalists.

Announcement of Finalists to Community. Consultants Begin Off List Reference Checks.

Weeks of Feb. 10, 2025 and Feb. 17, 2025

Campus Interviews for Finalists.

Finalist Surveys.

Week of Feb. 24, 2025

Consultants Provide Results of Surveys and Off List References to Hiring Authority.

Contract Negotiations with Candidate.

TBD

Announcement of New President


Presidential Search Committee

The Presidential Search Committee comprises a diverse group of members that represent the GovState community, including students, faculty, staff, alumni, and trustees.

Stacy Crook

Stacy Crook

Vice Chair, Board of Trustees,
Presidential Search Chair

Stacy Crook, an alumna of the university’s Master of Science Accounting program, is a Principal and Director of Investment Accounting at Asset Allocation and Management and brings more than 20 years of financial and investment experience to the board. Previously with Jackson National Life Insurance and Northern Trust Company, Crook has been recognized by many, including her peers as Diversity MBA’s 2018 Top 100 Under 50 Executive Leaders.

Crook also serves her community as the Chicago Chapter President for the National Black MBA Association and as Vice-Chair for GovState’s College of Business Advisory Board. She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and United Way of Metro Chicago’s Women United Creating Connections.

Shortly after Crook's appointment to the GovState’s Board of Trustees, she attended her first trustee meeting where Chair Angela Sebastian introduced the new trustee. “The board is excited to welcome a community leader with proven commitment to GovState and we are grateful and fortunate for her willingness to serve,” Sebastian said.

“Stacy has an expertise in process optimization, change management and corporate governance, and we are so fortunate to work with her," Sebastian said later.

Crook joins trustees Sebastian, Jim Kvedaras, and Kevin Brookins as the fourth alum on the board. She was appointed to the board to fill a vacancy left by Lisa Harrell who stepped down in 2022.

Crook received a Bachelor of Science from the University of Tennessee and a Master of Business Administration from Roosevelt University.

Jim Kvedaras

Jim Kvedaras

Chair, Board of Trustees,
Search Committee Member

Josh Allen

Joshua Allen

Vice President, Human Resources,
Search Liaison

Paul McGuinness

Vice President, Student Affairs,
Cabinet Representative

Jason Zingsheim

Dean, College of Arts and Sciences,
Dean Representative

Mushtaq Choudhary

Associate Vice President, Student Affairs

Josh Sopiarz

Faculty Senate President, Library

Tim Harrington

Associate Vice President, Associate Provost

Lyn Baluga

Associate Vice President, Financial Services

Mayor Sheila Chalmers-Currin

Mayor of the Village of Matteson

Katherine Carl

Faculty, College of Business

Glenna Howell

Faculty, College of Education and Human Development

Kerrie Morris

Faculty, College of Arts and Sciences

Nicole Bing

Faculty, College of Health and Human Services

Amy Vujaklija

Faculty Representative

Susie Morris

Civil Service President

Stephanie Contreras

Civil Service Representative

Juan Gonzalez

Academic Support Professional

Emmanuel Lopez

Director, Latinx Resource Center

Kimberly Gonzalez

Advancement/Foundation

Mike Hart

Unit B/UPI President

Giesela Grumbach

Chair, Department of Social Work

Mayor Vernard Alsberry Jr.

Mayor of the Village of Hazel Crest

Kate Del Rio

Student Representative

Eraina Green

Student Senate Representative

Paul McGuinness

Vice President, Student Affairs,
Cabinet Representative

Jason Zingsheim

Dean, College of Arts and Sciences,
Dean Representative

Mushtaq Choudhary

Associate Vice President, Student Affairs

Josh Sopiarz

Chair, Faculty Senate, Library

Tim Harrington

Associate Vice President, Associate Provost

Lyn Baluga

Associate Vice President, Financial Services

Mayor Sheila Chalmers-Currin

Mayor of the Village of Matteson

Katherine Carl

Faculty, College of Business

Glenna Howell

Faculty, College of Education and Human Development

Kerrie Morris

Faculty, College of Arts and Sciences

Nicole Bing

Faculty, College of Health and Human Services

Amy Vujaklija

Faculty Representative

Susie Morris

Civil Service President

Stephanie Contreras

Civil Service Representative

Juan Gonzalez

Academic Support Professional

Emmanuel Lopez

Director, Latinx Resource Center

Kimberly Gonzalez

Advancement/Foundation

Mike Hart

Unit B/UPI President

Giesela Grumbach

Social Work

Mayor Vernard Alsberry Jr.

Mayor of the Village of Hazel Crest

Kate Del Rio

Student Representative

Eraina Green

Student Senate Representative


Qualifications and How to Apply

For more information on the qualifications for the position and how to apply, please review the Governors State University Presidential Profile and the Position Overview on the AGB Search website.

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Presidential Profile
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Position Overview