The University of West Florida presidential search committee met today and made its first cut of the 83 applicants. Two familiar names are on the list of 19 people who will be invited for interviews – UWF Executive Vice President and Provost Martha Saunders and State Sen. Don Gaetz.
The 19 applicants who had the cut today are:
- James Applegate, Executive Director, Illinois Board of Higher Education
- Frank Ashley, Senior Vice President, The College Board
- Adolph Benavides, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Texas A&M University Commerce
- Glen Hahn Cope, Professor Emerita of Public Policy and Administration, University of Missouri-St. Louis
- Ron Elsenbaumer, Senior Advisor to the President for Entrepreneur ship and Economic Development, University of Texas at Arlington
- Don Gaetz, State Senator
- Batman Ghorashi, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Tennessee Tech University
- Forouzan Golshani, Dean, College of Engineering, California State University Long Beach
- Timothy Greene, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Western Michigan University
- Yah Gupta, Former President and CEO, SDP Telecom, Inc.
- Gregory Jordan, President Emeritus, King University
- Cheryl Lovell, Special Advisory to the Chancellor and to the Chief Academic Officer, Colorado State University
- Richard Ludwick, President, Independent Colleges of Indiana, Inc.
- Carl Pinkert, Vice President for Research and Economic Development, University of Alabama
- Petra Rotor, Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President, Academic and Student Affairs, University of Wisconsin System Administration
- Martha Saunders, Provost and Executive Vice President, University of West Florida
- William “Mike†Sherman, Vice President for Innovation and Economic Development /Chief Operating Officer Research Foundation, The University of Akron
- Donald Siegel, Former Dean and Professor, School of Business, University at Albany, SUNY
- Alan Utter, Vice Provost for Research and Professor, Appalachian State University