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Board of Regents accepts Wendy Wintersteen's retirement, authorizes presidential search for Iowa State
Summary
The Iowa Board of Regents voted to accept the retirement of Iowa State University President Wendy Wintersteen effective upon employment of a successor and authorized the executive director to advertise for and contract with a search firm and to develop a search process and timetable.
The Iowa Board of Regents voted May 19 to accept the retirement of Iowa State University President Wendy Wintersteen effective upon the employment of a successor or an alternate mutually agreeable date, and to authorize the executive director, in consultation with board leadership, to advertise for, select and contract with a presidential search firm and to develop a search process and timetable.
Regent Bates, speaking for the board, opened the item by praising Wintersteen's tenure: "On behalf of the Board of Regents, I wanna give a heartfelt thank you to president Wintersteen for her years of outstanding service to Iowa State University and its students, faculty, and staff," and noted Wintersteen's more than 40-year career and service as ISU president since February 2017. Bates said the board looks forward to working with Wintersteen through the transition to a new leader.
Regent Rouse moved the combined motion to accept the retirement and to authorize the search steps; Regent Dunkel seconded. The board conducted a roll-call vote. Every voting member present recorded a yes vote and the motion was approved.
Regent Hensley asked about how much information the full board would receive and when decisions about the composition of a search committee and the RFP (request for proposals) would be made. Bates replied the board would be updated at each board meeting as the process proceeds and that the search committee's makeup and size would be determined later once a search firm is engaged. Bates said the search committee is the entity that will oversee the search once it begins.
The motion passed on a roll-call vote. The board's action instructs the executive director to begin the procurement process for a search consultant, and to develop a process and timetable for the presidential search; specific committee membership and schedule will be decided later and reported to the full board.
The item contains no statutory citations or external approvals required beyond the board's own processes, and the board emphasized that the search committee will manage the run-of-search tasks once the firm is retained.
The board will return to the topic as the search firm is selected and the committee is formed; no further action was recorded at the May 19 meeting.
