CU Denver Chancellor Search Committee Announced
Dear CU Denver Community,
I am writing to update you on the search for the next CU Denver chancellor. The search process is being guided by Regent Policy 3.C: Searches for Administrators and Guidelines for the Appointment of Chief Officers of the University.
I am grateful to the CU Denver shared governance groups and community members for their excellent nominations. We have assembled a strong committee, whose names you will find at the end of this announcement. It includes highly engaged and talented individuals who reflect the quality and character of our Denver campus, the breadth of our university, and the diversity of the Denver metro area’s community.
I have asked Judi Diaz Bonacquisti, Vice President and Senior Diversity Officer in the Office of the President, to serve as the search committee chair. Additionally, Angelique Foster, Assistant Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, will serve as the Search Administrator. Both are trained in inclusive hiring practices and will be voting members of the committee. CU Denver's Chief of Staff and Interim Vice Chancellor for Marketing and Communications, Dan Maxey, will be the campus liaison to the search committee.
We are equally excited to announce another engagement of AGB Search as our search firm. As you may have seen, AGB Search recently concluded our CU Boulder chancellor search. The company is an industry leader in offering executive search and other services exclusively for higher education institutions. The Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges founded the firm in 2010. AGB Search has an unmatched understanding of the qualifications critical for an effective higher education leader at a university with the status of CU Denver.
I am grateful the search committee members are willing to serve and help us during this critically important phase of the search process. More information will be provided to the campus community in the coming weeks, including a search timeline and opportunities for campus input beyond the search committee. A webpage with essential information on the search process has been developed (https://www.cu.edu/chancellor-search) to ensure the campus community and the public are aware of key milestones and campus engagement opportunities in the search process. The website will also allow individuals to submit feedback, ask questions, and contact the search firm with nominations. If you have questions or comments now, please send them to chancellorsearch@cu.edu. If you would like to nominate someone for the position, please forward nominations to AGB Search via email: CUDenverChancellor@agbsearch.com.
I would like to again thank Chancellor Marks for her excellent leadership of CU Denver and thank you, the CU Denver campus community, for all you do every day. The next chancellor of CU Denver will certainly find a campus ready to do its part in successfully preparing the next generation of college students. Go Lynx!
Sincerely,
Todd Saliman
President
CU Denver Chancellor search Committee
System Staff
Judi Diaz Bonacquisti, EdD (she/her)
CU Denver Search Committee Chair
Vice President and Senior Diversity Officer
CU Denver Alum
Angelique Foster
Search Administrator
Assistant Vice President for Strategic Initiatives
CU Denver Faculty
Sasha Breger Bush, PhD
Associate Professor
School of Public Affairs
Chair, Faculty Assembly
Maryam Darbeheshti, PhD
Associate Teaching Professor
College of Engineering, Design and Computing
Dennis DeBay, PhD
Associate Teaching Professor – Education
School of Education & Human Development
Sarah K. Fields JD, PhD
Professor of Communication
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Elizabeth Pugliano, PhD
Senior Instructor of Visual Arts
College of Arts & Media
CU Denver Dean
Marvin Lynn, PhD
Dean & Professor
School of Education & Human Development
CU Denver Staff
Rachel Brown
Project Manager
Strategic Plan Team
CU Denver Alum
Tammy M. Hassan
Operations & Logistics Manager
College of Engineering, Design and Computing
Co-Chair, Staff Council CU Denver
CU Denver Alum
CU Denver Students
Savannah Brooks
Political Science and Legal Studies
CU Denver Student Body President
Laura Juliana Zabaleta
Criminal Justice and Legal Studies
Alumni, Donors, and Community Members
Dave Baker
FirstBank Board of Directors
CU Denver Alum
David Foster, JD, MPA
Partner, Foster Graham Milstein & Calisher, LLP
CU Denver Alum
CU Boulder Alum
Lily Griego
Regional Director for Region 8
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
CU Denver Alum
Honorable Michael B. Hancock
Principal Consultant/CEO
Hancock Global, LLC
Former Mayor, City & County of Denver
CU Denver Alum
Katelyn Puga
University of Colorado Denver MURP 17’, B.A. Geography 15’
Displaced Aurarian Descendant
CU Denver Alum
Rosemary Rodriguez
Cafecito Denver
Retired, Together We Count
Retired, State Director for Senator Michael Bennet
Alan Salazar
CEO/Manager, Denver Water
CU Boulder Alum
Nga Vương-Sandoval
Head of Judicial Officer Outreach Program
Founder and President for Refugees + Immigrants United
CU Denver Alum