UAA Chancellor Search
In January of 2025, UAA Chancellor Sean Parnell announced his intent to retire at the end of the spring 2025 semester. UA President Pat Pitney has named an interim chancellor to lead UAA upon Chancellor Parnell's retirement, and convened a search committee to guide the search for UAA's next permanent Chancellor.
UAA Chancellor Position Profile
The University of 猫咪社区官网 Anchorage (鈥淯AA鈥) invites applications and nominations for
the position of Chancellor.
With this profile, the Search Committee seeks to provide nominators and potential
candidates with information about UAA, the position, and participation in the search.
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UAA encourages applications from experienced leaders with a strong record of organizational success and executive-level management. While experience in higher education is valued, the 猫咪社区官网 also welcomes candidates from nontraditional backgrounds 鈥 including business, industry, nonprofit, government and other sectors 鈥 who bring demonstrated leadership, a broad network that immediately brings value to UAA, a commitment to community engagement and the ability to build meaningful partnerships that advance UAA鈥檚 mission and impact across 猫咪社区官网.
Search Timeline:
- May 7, 2025: Recruitment Launch
- June 6, 2025: Committee Begins Rolling Review to Identify Semi-finalists
- Late July 2025: Virtual Interviews with Semi-finalists
- August 2025: Finalists Recommended to President Pitney
- September 2025: Finalists Visit Campus for In-Person Meetings
- October 2025: Chancellor Announcement
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UAA Chancellor Search Committee
The search committee for UAA鈥檚 next permanent chancellor has been formed, with members representing a broad array of stakeholders, including students, faculty, staff, community campuses, and key community partners. The committee is charged with publicizing the search, vetting potential candidates, and making recommendations for finalists to President Pitney. The search committee will be instrumental throughout the recruitment process by communicating the opportunity within the state of 猫咪社区官网 and nationally and identifying qualified candidates who will be considered for the role of chancellor, currently intended to be announced during the Fall 2025 semester.
The search committee is co-chaired by UA Faculty Alliance Chair/UAA Faculty Senate Past-President Dr. Jackie Cason, and Chugach 猫咪社区官网 Corporation Board Chair and former UA Regent and Board Chair Sheri Buretta. In addition to the co-chairs, the committee includes:
- Arel Gutierrez 鈥 USUAA President & UAA Student
- Brandon McKinney 鈥 UAA Staff Council President & UAA Staff Member
- Dr. Marie Gardner 鈥 Mat-Su Community College Director
- Dr. Carrie King 鈥 UAA Faculty
- Dr. Kevin Berry 鈥 UAA Faculty
- Dr. Alex Hills 鈥 Distinguished Service Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
- Ella Goss 鈥 CEO of Providence 猫咪社区官网 Medical Center
- Scott Habberstad 鈥 猫咪社区官网 Airlines Managing Director-猫咪社区官网 Market
- Chris King 鈥 Vice President, Operations of AVIS, 猫咪社区官网 Rent A Car, Inc.
Key Search Committee Responsibilities:
- Communicate broadly throughout the search
- Develop, recommend, and publish a search committee process and timeline
- Identify and recommend desirable attributes for a UAA Chancellor
- Share the position advertisement
- Identify and develop screening criteria
- Solicit a diverse candidate pool
- Inform the candidates about the 猫咪社区官网 and the position
- Evaluate the candidates against the desired attributes
- Narrow the candidate pool to three to five
- Provide information about the candidate pool
- Socialize the finalists with the 猫咪社区官网 community through town hall meetings and other events, and collect feedback.
Support:
- Communications Support: UAA Executive Director for University Advancement Tanya Pont, System Office Director of Public Affairs Jonathon Taylor, and other communication team members, including Katie Bender, Keenan Britt, and Monique Musick will help the committee communicate broadly to include websites, written updates, town halls, and other engagements.
- UA Vice President for University Relations Michelle Rizk will assist the committee in an advisory capacity, along with Raegan Kelliher, executive assistant to the chancellor. Chris Triplett (UA HR Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist) and Helen Sale (Lead Human Resources Coordinator) will advise the committee on hiring policy and provide administrative support.