Presidential Selection Advisory Panel Update

February 19, 2013

The Presidential Selection Advisory Panel will unanimously recommend candidate Kwang-Wu Kim to the Board of Trustees for election as president of Columbia College Chicago. A formal vote of approval by the Board of Trustees is expected in the coming weeks.

The Presidential Selection Advisory Panel represents all college constituencies. The Panel members are:

• Robin Bargar, Dean, School of Media Arts 
  
• Robert Blandford, FT Faculty, School of Fine & Performing Arts
  
• Nancy Day, Chair, Journalism
  
• John Gehron, Trustee
  
• Ken Gotsch, Vice President of Business Affairs & Chief Financial Officer
  
• Joan Hammel, Trustee, Alumna, and President of CAAN National Board
  
• Ted Hardin, FT Faculty, School of Media Arts
  
• Chester Kamin, Trustee 
  
• Richard Kiphart, Trustee & Chair of Presidential Advisory Panel
  
• Kendall E. Klitzke, Executive Vice President, Student Government Association
  
• Paul Knapp, Trustee
  
• Marcia Lazar, Trustee
  
• Sylvia Neil, Trustee
  
• Douglas Reichert Powell, FT Faculty, School of Liberal Arts & Sciences
  
• Barry Sabloff, Trustee
  
• Ellen Stone Belic, Trustee
  
• Arthur Sussman, Trustee
  
• Allen M. Turner, Chairman of the Board of Trustees
  
• Diana Vallera, President of Part-time Faculty Association (P-FAC)
  
• Allison Grant Williams, Trustee
  
• Hugh Williams, Trustee
  
• Sharon Wilson-Taylor, Dean of Students