Search for the Dean of the School of Business
UW Bothell’s search for the next dean of the School of Business launched in November 2024.
Advisory Search Committee for the Dean of the School of Business
- Steve Holland, Professor Emeritus, School of Business (chair)
- Zoe Barsness, Associate Professor, UW Tacoma Milgard School of Business
- Beth Miguel Alipio, Graduate Programs Advisor, School of Business
- Codrin Nedita, Associate Teaching Professor, Economics, School of Business
- Sherri Nielsen, Graduate Programs Coordinator, School of Business
- Gülru Özkan-Seely, Associate Professor, Operations Management, School of Business
- P.K. Sen, Professor, Accounting, School of Business
- Lisa Sharples, Past Chair, School of Business Dean’s Advisory Board
- Joseph Sherman, Associate Vice Chancellor for Development, Advancement
- Michael Stiber, Professor & Division Chair, School of STEM Division of Computing & Software Systems
- Ben Studley, graduate student, School of Business
- Thomas Tumbokon, undergraduate student, School of Business
- Mary Mahon, administrative support to the advisory search committee
Charge letter
Dear colleagues,
Thank you for agreeing to serve on the advisory search committee to identify and recommend candidates for the position of Dean of the School of Business at UW Bothell.
Dr. Steve Holland, Professor Emeritus in the School of Business, will chair this committee, with Mary Mahon providing administrative support. We have engaged consultants from Greenwood Asher & Associates to support your work. The Greenwood Asher team will be led by Jim Johnsen who will work closely with you to recruit, screen and evaluate candidates.
Our search consultants will solicit input/feedback from stakeholder groups during the remainder of autumn quarter 2024 that will inform a leadership profile. The committee will use the profile to develop an evaluation rubric that will apply throughout the search process. The search firm will also use the profile to recruit a robust candidate pool. I ask that you advise me regarding a short list of candidates for the first-round interviews and identify up to three highly qualified finalists for on-campus interviews and conversations with a variety of stakeholders and constituencies.
I ask that you submit a summary of strengths and areas of improvement (without ranking) for each of the short-listed candidates and, ultimately, the finalists. The summary should represent the breadth of feedback and information gathered throughout the entirety of the search process. I will make the final decision based on collective input.
I ask that you approach this process in a broadly inclusive manner that engages the campus community and seeks a pool of candidates that reflects UW Bothell’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
I will attend a portion of the committee’s kick-off meeting later this month to discuss my priorities and expectations for the position and the search with you. The Attorney General’s Office will provide the committee with an overview of search committee confidentiality and document retention. In addition, all committee members will be expected to participate in implicit bias training with Dr. Chad Allen, Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement.
Our goal is to have the next Dean of the School of Business begin in summer 2025. This will require a significant commitment from each member of this committee. I am grateful for your willingness to invest the time and energy necessary to reach a successful conclusion for this critical search.
Sincerely,
Kristin G. Esterberg, Ph.D.
Chancellor and Professor
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