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Kansas Board of Regents appoints Emporia State presidential search committee, approves committee charge
Summary
The Kansas Board of Regents unanimously appointed members to Emporia State University's presidential search committee, named Jim Kessler to lead the effort, approved the committee charge and delegated authority to finalize the presidential profile to board leadership and Emporia State's president.
During a special teleconference meeting, the Kansas Board of Regents unanimously appointed members to the Emporia State University presidential search committee and approved the committee's charge, the board said. The board also agreed to allow board leadership and Emporia State's president to finalize the presidential profile once listening sessions inform it.
The action came after the board introduced Jim Kessler as the individual who "stepped up to lead the search committee in Emporia." Chair Benson thanked Kessler for accepting the role, saying, "Jim has spent a lifetime serving the community there in Emporia." Kessler responded, "Well, thanks. And, thanks for the honor of, asking me. It means a lot to me ... I'm excited, and we're ... the committee that we've proposed, is excited to get started and and to get the ball rolling."
Regent Perasker outlined the committee charge: to develop a presidential profile outlining desired leadership characteristics; conduct an impartial and nondiscriminatory review of candidates; maintain strict confidentiality to protect the integrity of the process and applicants; collaborate with the executive search consultant; and submit an unranked list of five qualified candidates to the board. Perasker summarized those duties to the board during the discussion.
On formal actions: a motion to appoint the listed members to the Emporia State presidential search committee was made by Regent Perasker and seconded by Regent Dicus; the board voted unanimously in favor. A separate motion to approve the committee charge was made by Regent Johnston and seconded by Regent Dicus; that motion passed unanimously. The board also voted to delegate authority to approve and confirm the presidential profile, once prepared from listening sessions, to Chair Benson and President Flanders. That motion was moved by Regent Johnston and seconded by Vice Chair Mendoza and was approved without opposition.
Board members noted that the presidential profile would not be ready by the board's next regular meeting in September and said they did not want to delay the search until November. As a result, they approved delegating final approval of the profile to speed the process. The board said listening sessions would be held to inform the profile.
No statutes, ordinances, or other legal citations were referenced in the discussion recorded in the transcript, and no budgetary items or deadlines beyond the scheduling notes above were specified. The decisions taken were procedural: appointing committee members, approving the committee charge, and delegating authority to finalize the presidential profile.
Next steps described by the board are listening sessions to inform the profile and the search committee beginning its work under Kessler's leadership.
