On behalf of Dr. Mary Jo La Posta, Chair of the Board of Trustees, and Dr. Giovanni Virgiglio, Chair of the Presidential Search Committee
 
Dear Maria Community,
 
We are very grateful for the warm hospitality afforded to our three final candidates in the search for Maria’s next President. Each candidate commented on the Mercy hospitality received by this wonderful community. So many of you worked hard behind the scenes to make the visits to campus possible. Please know of our gratitude and admiration for all that you are doing at this time.
 
The search committee has collated the data from the campus visits and discerned it with all of the information we have been gathering over the past five months in this process. The search committee has met and is preparing a recommendation to the Board of Trustees. As soon as we have an update from this process, that we are able to share, we will be communicating with you all again.
 
As we consider the transition in College leadership, we want to assure the campus community that the Board will honor the service and achievements of President Gamble over these past six years. We have been working on this while the search process has unfolded. More details will be released soon, but we would ask you to reserve the following date and time when we can gather to wish Dr. Gamble the very best in his retirement:
 
Monday, May 23, 5:30-7pm on the Maria College Campus
 
We will gather for a reception and presentation. More details to come.
 
In the meantime, we wish you every success as the semester draws to a close. Thank you for all that you do to advance the mission of Mercy at Maria College.

Sincerely,
 

Dr. Mary Jo LaPosta
Chair of the Board of Trustees

Dr. Giovanni Virgiglio
Chair of the Maria College Presidential Search Committee