The presidential search committee for Emporia State University is in place.
The Kansas Board of Regents appointed 22 members for the committee. The search committee will advise the Regents as the search process continues.
Board members include:
*Diane Beatty, ESU Foundation Board of Trustees chair
*Xavier Cason, Emporia State senior majoring in elementary education
*Joan Brewer, Dean of the Emporia State Teachers College
*Blake Flanders, Kansas Board of Regents President and CEO
*Ron Frierson, Director of Economic Policy for Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti
*Rob Gilligan, Emporia city commissioner
*Michael Gonzales, principal owner of NE&E Consulting
*Ted Hollembeak, Emporia Municipal Court Judge
*Brenda Koerner, President of ESU Faculty
*Cynthia Lane, Kansas Board of Regents
*Greg Larson, ESU Budget and Project Coordinator for Information Technology
*Erin Mykleby, ESU Associate Athletic Director and Senior Woman Administrator
*John Rich, ESU Professor of Accounting Emeritus
*Sally Sanchez, Hispanics of Today and Tomorrow
*Jamie Sauder, Emporia city commissioner
*Erica Self, ESU master’s degree student in business administration
*Jerald Spotswood, ESU Dean of the Graduate School, Distance Education and Research and Grants
*Lucy Steyer, ESU senior majoring in political science
*Brent Thomas, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
*Burton Tredway, Senior Director of Procurement for Koch Ag and Energy Solutions
*Jackie Vietti, facilitator of Kansa Community College Institute and former ESU interim president
*Dana Walker, Associate Director of GLobal Digital Procurement for Colgate Palmolive
The appointment of committee members follows the naming of Emporia State graduate Greg Kossover, the executive vice president and chief financial officer of Equity Bank, as the president of the search committee.
Interim President Ken Hush has been leading ESU since shortly after previous president Allison Garrett was named as the chancellor and CEO of the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education. George Arasimowicz, the provost who briefly served as acting president before Hush took over as interim president, recently resigned.
