Senior vice president and provost Jonathan Wickert has launched searches for the next dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine and vice president of ISU Extension and Outreach.
Both units have interim leaders, Pat Halbur in Veterinary Medicine and John Lawrence in extension and outreach, who will serve until the permanent leaders are on the job, likely in summer 2018.
The startup of the searches has been timed so that Iowa State University's next president, once named, will participate in the interviews and hiring decisions.
The searches will begin with the nomination of candidates and development of diverse candidate pools. Off-campus interviews are scheduled for January-February 2018, with on-campus interviews in February-March.
Extension and Outreach VP
Laura Jolly, dean of the College of Human Sciences, and Sarah Nusser, vice president for research, will co-chair the search for the next vice president of extension and outreach. Greenwood/Asher and Associates will assist the committee. Joining Jolly and Nusser on the search committee are:
University members
Lisa Bates, extension community and economic development, Ames
Jennifer Bentley, extension agriculture and natural resources, Winneshiek county
Matt Helmers, agricultural and biosystems engineering
Himar Hernandez, extension community and economic development, Wapello county
Chad Higgins, extension central administration
Andrea Nelson, extension Region 13
Kevin Schalinske, food science and human nutrition
Angela Shaw, food science and human nutrition
Cayla Taylor, extension 4-H youth development, Ames
Barbara Woods, extension human sciences, Ames
External members
Mary Greiman, Iowa Beef Foundation and Region 2 County Extension Council
John Harms, Iowa State Fair Board
Craig Hill, Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Bob Petrzelka, Council for Agricultural Research, Extension and Teaching
Veterinary Medicine dean
Beate Schmittmann, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Ann Marie VanDerZanden, associate provost for academic programs, will co-chair the search for the next dean of Veterinary Medicine. Parker Executive Search will assist the committee. Joining Schmittmann and VanDerZanden on the search committee are:
University members
Karin Allenspach-Jorn, veterinary clinical services
Amanda Fales-Williams, veterinary pathology
Deanna Gerber, Vet Med student recruitment office
Tom Johnson, Lloyd Veterinary Medical Center
Anumantha Kanthasamy, biomedical sciences
Michael Kimber, biomedical sciences
Alejandro Ramirez, interim assistant dean
Jim Roth, veterinary microbiology and preventive medicine
Holly Salzbrenner, student chapter of the American Veterinary Medical Association
Jennifer Schleining, veterinary diagnostic and production animal medicine
External members
Randy Ackman, Iowa Veterinary Medical Association
Marv Johnson, Dean’s advisory council
Marcus Kehrli, USDA/ARS National Animal Disease Center (pending USDA approval)
Clayton Kelling, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Greg Lear, Iowa Livestock Health Advisory Council
Sue Robinson, Iowa Veterinary Specialties
Kylee Thomas, Iowa Veterinary Medical Association