Leadership Profile Complete
Update: April 4, 2025
We want to thank all of the members of the Presidential Search Committee, faculty, senior leadership, students, staff, alumni, foundation board members and the Greater Binghamton community who participated in one or more of the 15 listening sessions held over the past few weeks and those of you who have provided feedback on this search website. We have heard you loud and clear.
We are pleased to announce the creation of the leadership profile for the next president of ºÚÁÏÊÓƵ. This marks a significant step forward in shaping our institution's future leadership. This moment represents a unique opportunity to attract exceptional candidates who will uphold our core values while guiding the university into its next chapter of growth, innovation, and excellence. This milestone reflects our community's shared commitment to bringing the best and brightest to Binghamton with the understanding of the impact strong leadership can bring to our area.
The full comprehensive leadership profile is available . It will be shared with potential candidates throughout the country and internationally.
We appreciate your help in making this happen.
Sincerely,
The Presidential Search Committee
Update: March 18, 2025
As part of the search process for the next president of ºÚÁÏÊÓƵ, the search firm, WittKieffer, is seeking feedback from a wide array of University constituents. WittKieffer hosted several listening sessions prior to Spring Break to understand the qualities and traits that the campus and community would seek in the next president and the challenges and opportunities facing Binghamton.
To ensure that as many voices are heard as possible, WittKieffer has scheduled additional sessions next week to hear from several key constituent groups. If you are able, plan on attending one of the sessions below and circulate as widely as possible the information so that others may join.
Feedback will be used in the creation of the leadership profile, the principal marketing document that will be shared broadly with potential candidates and with the general public. It will also serve as criteria that the search committee will use to evaluate the candidates. If you cannot make the listening session, you can provide your feedback here.
WittKieffer team is looking forward to hearing from you and learning more about Binghamton University, the community and this pivotal role. In order to use the time efficiently during the listening session, review these guidelines before attending.
Kathryn Grant Madigan, Esq., Presidential Search Committee Chair
ºÚÁÏÊÓƵ Council Chair
Zoom Feedback Open Sessions
Student Zoom open session
Monday, March 24 from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Staff Zoom open session
Tuesday, March 25 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
Greater Binghamton community Zoom open session
Tuesday, March 25 from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Faculty Zoom open session
Wednesday, March 26 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Welcome from the Chair
Jan. 1, 2025
With President Harvey Stenger’s announcing he's stepping down after 13 years of outstanding leadership, it is a bittersweet time in our history at ºÚÁÏÊÓƵ. We are nonetheless excited to begin the process of searching for a new president to build on the many successes, growth and achievements under President Stenger to new levels of academic excellence and prominence.
The ºÚÁÏÊÓƵ Council and I have met to review the . As part of the Council’s responsibility to fully vet and select a national Search Firm to guide the important work of the Presidential Search Committee, we sent Requests for Proposals to eight highly regarded search firms, several of which Binghamton has engaged in past searches. I am pleased to report that we received detailed proposals from seven top firms. The Council’s review and assessment of each firm enabled us to select three firms to interview and check references. I am happy to report that we have formally retained a search firm team that knows Binghamton well – Gregory Duyck, Melody Rose and Zachary Smith, from Witt Kieffer. We are now preparing to schedule the inaugural meeting of the ºÚÁÏÊÓƵ Presidential Search Committee.
As the process moves forward, I plan to keep you – our students, alumni, faculty, staff, the greater Binghamton community, friends and generous donors – periodically informed. Our goal is to be as inclusive and transparent as possible going forward. We further pledge to engage all of you to ensure we identify the most highly qualified candidates to lead Binghamton into our future as the premier public university, not only in New York and the Northeast, but beyond. I plan to use this website to help explain the search process and invite you to provide feedback on the attributes the next president should possess. Regular updates will be posted, recognizing that confidentiality will be required at certain stages of the search process.
The ºÚÁÏÊÓƵ Presidential Search Committee has 21 members, including representatives from the ºÚÁÏÊÓƵ Council, faculty, undergraduate and graduate students, alumni, Foundation, a dean, a current SUNY President, a Community College President, and a non-voting liaison from the SUNY Chancellor’s office. The member list is available on the Search website. Our Administrative Support Staff person is Janet Ranucci, Sr. Executive Assistant to the Vice President for Student Affairs.
The Committee is charged with the responsibility of conducting a national search and forwarding to the ºÚÁÏÊÓƵ Council a list of at least five acceptable candidates. The Council will then seek to achieve consensus in recommending three candidates to SUNY Chancellor John King, together with its opinion on the relative strengths and weaknesses of each. Chancellor King will then recommend a single candidate to the SUNY Board of Trustees for consideration and final appointment.
This is a pivotal moment for ºÚÁÏÊÓƵ, and we are confident that we will attract many highly qualified candidates seeking to build on the legacy of President Stenger and his predecessors and leading our great University into the future as our new President.
Kathryn Grant Madigan, Esq., Search Committee Chair
ºÚÁÏÊÓƵ Council Chair
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