On behalf of Dr. Giovanni Virgiglio, Chair of the Maria College Presidential Search Committee:
Dear Maria Community,
I am writing to update you on the search for the next President of Maria College. Over the Christmas break and into the New Year, a small team worked with our consultant, Academic Search, to prepare a draft leadership profile, timeline, and communication plan. This involved reviewing myriad key Maria College documents, many of which are the result of consultative and inclusive internal processes. We also reviewed more than 15 other role descriptions for similar, current searches, and gathered the views of trustees from our preliminary meetings.
Last week, I, along with Dr. Mary Jo LaPosta and Victoria Battell, met with the Faculty Senate and representatives of the staff council. This was a wonderful meeting in which we heard about the leadership qualities you are looking for in your next leader, and it gave us the opportunity to share the process and timeline with these key representatives. This feedback is also reflected in the leadership profile, which provides a good overview of our mission, strategic direction, and key qualifications and attributes. We hope this will be the first step in the process of finding our next leader. As I shared with the group last week, the Board of Trustees and the search committee are committed to finding the right leader for the College, and you can be assured we will take the time and care we need to do so.
If you would like to nominate a person for the role, who you think will be a mission-driven leader for Maria College, please reach out to our colleagues at Academic Search who will be pleased to receive your nomination: Jerry Israel at Jerry.Israel@academicsearch.org or Suzanne Mellon at Suzanne.Mellon@academicsearch.org. Please note, nominations are held in confidence throughout this process.
Academic Search is working to gather a pool of qualified candidates between now and February 28, 2022. I will continue to update you as we move through key landmarks in the process. Thank you for your prayers for, and commitment to, this search process.
Kind regards,
Giovanni Virgiglio
Chair of the Maria College Presidential Search Committee
