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Nomination Committee Appointed

Provost Warwick Arden has appointed a multidisciplinary committee to lead the search for a new dean for the College of Textiles. Blanton Godfrey is stepping down as dean in June to return to the faculty.

Nomination Committee

  • Chair: Ira Weiss, Dean of the Poole College of Management
  • Alexander Bogdanovich, Research Professor, Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science
  • Edward Brown, Staff Senator, Director of Diversity Programs
  • Genessa Devine, Assistant Professor, Textile and Apparel, Technology and Management
  • Jennifer Leary, Graduate Student
  • Barry Leonard, CEO and President, Welspun USA
  • Karen Leonas, Professor and Head, Textile and Apparel, Technology and Management
  • Steve Michielsen, Professor, Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science
  • Melissa Pasquinelli, Associate Professor, Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science
  • Lori Rothenberg, Director, Zeis Textiles Extension Education for Economic Development
  • Abdel-Fattah Seyam, Professor, Textile and Apparel, Technology and Management
  • Allen Tate, Undergraduate Student
  • Susan Ward, Trustee
  • Andy Warlick, CEO, Parkdale Mills

Executive Search Services in NC State’s Human Resources Division will be assisting the committee. Katie Perry is the provost’s liaison for the search.