The Board of Trustees of the State Institutions of Higher Learning has engaged the executive search firm of Witt/Kieffer to assist the board with the presidential search for Jackson State University.
According to IHL, Witt/Kieffer is a pre-eminent executive search firm that specializes in the recruitment of leaders for organizations in healthcare, higher education, academic medicine, life sciences and the not-for-profit industries.
IHL trustee C.D. Smith, chair of the board search committee, said, “We are pleased to engage Witt/Kieffer to assist the board with the search for the next president of Jackson State University. They have decades of experience in recruiting top leaders and will help us as we seek the best person to lead Jackson State University.”
Witt/Kieffer’s senior partner, Oliver Tomlin, said, “Presidential recruitments require candidates who possess a balance of the leadership competence needed to address challenges facing higher education; a deep understanding of academic trends and strategic opportunities for long-term sustainability; and a pedigree and value system that is aligned with the goals, objectives and values of JSU.”
Nominations may be made electronically via email to the consultants at JacksonStateUniversityPresident@wittkieffer.com or mailed to the following address:
President
Jackson State University
c/o Witt/Kieffer
Attention: Oliver B. Tomlin III
7201 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 775
Bethesda, MD 20814
For more information and to track progress on the presidential search, visit the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning’s Web site at www.mississippi.edu and through Twitter @MSPublicUniv and @JSU_Search.