Dear Members of the Curry College Community,
The Presidential Search Committee recommended, and the Board of Trustees unanimously approved a plan to engage Witt Kieffer as the search firm to partner with the College for the search for our next president.
Witt Kieffer has provided executive search services for more than 50 years focusing in the nonprofit sector specifically in higher education, healthcare, academic medicine, life sciences, and other industries. The firm has completed more than 100 presidential searches in the last five years including three searches at our peer/competitor/aspirant schools. In the last two years, 64% of Witt Kieffer searches in higher education were women and/or people of color. The Witt Kieffer team who will partner with Curry College has impressive credentials and includes Sheila Murphy, Consultant; Mercedes Chacon Vance, Senior Partner; and Lucy Leske, Senior Partner, Education Practice. We look forward to partnering with our Witt Kieffer colleagues to recruit and hire the best person to continue to move Curry College forward.
As part of the search process, the Witt Kieffer team will meet with faculty, staff, and students to gather information that will assist in defining the requirements for the next president and for developing the job specification that will be used to recruit candidates. These listening sessions will take place over the next two weeks before winter break and email invites to various constituents will go out soon. We look forward to welcoming Witt Kieffer to our campus.
Thank you,
W. Patrick Hughes
Chair, Curry College Board of Trustees
