Progress continues on Clark’s new president search. In October the Board of Trustees approved the Presidential Profile created by our Search Advisory Committee with input from the college and community. A contracted search firm, Gold Hill Associates, immediately reached out to its national network to cultivate candidates. The position was also posted by Clark’s Human Resources team to nearly 30 diverse job sites, organizations, and networks – locally, regionally, and nationally.

Friday November 15 marked the posting period close with 60 applicants. The Search Advisory Committee is currently evaluating 21 applicant packages advanced to the college by Gold Hill. On completion of this evaluation the Committee will select eight to nine semi-finalists for video interviews. On completion of those video interviews, three or four finalist recommendations are then expected to be presented by the Committee to the Board of Trustees for approval to advance at their December board meeting.

As indicated on our search timeline, finalists will be invited to the College in January for constituent panel interviews and public forums, and follow up evaluation with their college. It is expected that the Board of Trustees will be making their selection by the end of February 2020, and that the new President will begin onboarding in the summer of 2020 in preparation for the 2020-21 academic year.

The Board of Trustees thanks everyone who is supporting this important work for the college, our students and staff, and our community.

More information on Clark’s presidential search can be found at http://www.clark.edu/presidential-search/.