Nomination Committee Appointed

Chancellor Randy Woodson has appointed a multidisciplinary committee to lead the search for a new vice chancellor for research, innovation and economic development. Vice Chancellor Terri Lomax is leaving NC State in December to join research group RTI International as executive vice president of discovery, science and technology.

Mladen Vouk, head of the Department of Computer Science and associate vice provost for information technology, will serve as interim vice chancellor for research.

 Nomination Committee

• Chair: Marc Hoit – Vice Chancellor for Information Technology
• Harald Ade – Distinguished Professor, Physics
• Karen Bullock – Professor and Department Head, Social Work
• Allen Burchett – Senior Vice President of Business Development, ABB Inc.
• Leah Burton – Director, Centennial Campus Partnership Office and Industry Alliances
• Jeff Cheek – Associate Vice Chancellor for Research Administration
• MaryAnne Drake – William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor, Department of Food, Bioprocessing & Nutrition Sciences
• David Fiala – President, Graduate Student Association
• Andrew Fox – Assistant Professor, Landscape Architecture
• Montserrat Fuentes – Professor and Department Head, Statistics
• Fred Gould – William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor, Entomology
• Maureen Grasso – Dean, Graduate School
• Jesse Jur – Assistant Professor, Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science
• Gayle Lanier – Trustee
• Duane Larick – Senior Vice Provost for Academic Strategy and Resource Management
• Fran Ligler – Lampe Distinguished Professor, Biomedical Engineering
• Louis Martin-Vega – Dean, College of Engineering
• Ross Meentemeyer – Professor, Forestry & Environmental Resources
• Kate Meurs – Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies and Professor – College of Veterinary Medicine
• Mary Peloquin-Dodd – Associate Vice Chancellor for Finance and Business and University Treasurer
• Hiller Spires – Professor and Senior Research Fellow, College of Education
• Beverly Tyler – Professor, Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

The executive search firm Witt Kieffer will assist the committee.