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.