2022

  • April 27 – Special Board of Regents Meeting: The Board of Regents vote unanimously to elect Todd Saliman as the University of Colorado’s 24th president
  • April 12 – Special Board of Regents Meeting: Regents vote unanimously to advance Todd Saliman as finalist for CU president; 14-day campus vetting process begins
  • March 30-31 – Special Board of Regents Meeting: Regents conduct in-person candidate interviews
  • March 28 – Special Board of Regents Meeting: Regents receive implicit bias/non-discrimination training, review interview questions
  • March 23 – Special Board of Regents Meeting: Regents briefed on process; candidates forwarded for interviews, instructed on search firm portal access
  • March 21 – Presidential Search Committee Meeting: Committee recommends five (or more) candidates to regents
  • March 7-8 – Presidential Search Committee Meeting: Committee interviews 10 candidates via Zoom
  • Feb. 23 – Presidential Search Committee Meeting: Committee reviews candidates for interviews; 10 candidates (plus two alternatives) selected for interviews
  • Jan. 21 – Presidential Search Committee Meeting: Search firm provides committee with process overview, introduction to proprietary portal for candidate, other information; Boulder human resources group serving as “search advocate” provides committee with implicit bias, non-discrimination training; Chancellor Emeritus Dorothy Horrell, former Vice President, University Counsel, Board Secretary Dan Wilkerson provide committee with overview of CU’s structure, campus vs. system roles

2021

  • Dec. 14 – Presidential Search Committee receives charge, meets search firm, schedules upcoming meetings; committee position description advertised and posted
  • Dec. 8 – Special Board of Regents Meeting: Regents deliver charge to Presidential Search Committee
  • Nov. 18 – Special Board of Regents Meeting: Regents appoint Presidential Search Committee, announce search firm, name Regent Sue Sharkey vice chair of search committee
  • Nov. 4 – Regular Board of Regents Meeting: Regents approve position description, search committee charge
  • Oct. 28 – Special Board of Regents Meeting: Regents select Presidential Search Committee following several executive sessions
  • Oct. 21 – Deadline for nominations to Presidential Search Committee
  • Oct. 4-Nov. 4 – Staff from CU's Procurement Service Center, university administration evaluate search firm proposals, interview potential firms to bring list of firms for Board of Regents to interview
  • Sept. 29 – Some regents join President Todd Saliman, other CU officials on outreach tour of southern Colorado; tour includes listening sessions regarding presidential search
  • Sept. 21 – Special Board of Regents Meeting: Board issues call for nominations to identify members of search committee; call communicated to constituent groups identified in Regent Policy 3-C
  • Sept. 20 – Some regents join President Todd Saliman, other CU officials on outreach tour of northeastern Colorado; tour includes listening sessions regarding presidential search
  • Sept. 16 – Request for Proposals for potential search firms closes; CU's Procurement Services Center evaluates proposals for minimum qualifications, including experience seeking diverse pools and hires; proposals evaluated using CU’s standard procurement process
  • Sept. 10 – Board appoints Regent Lesley Smith chair of search committee; decision regarding committee’s co-chair or vice chair is pending; regents approve refinements to Regent Policy 3-C, which guides search
  • Sept. 1 – Governance Committee meets
  • Aug. 17 – Board authorizes CU’s Procurement Service Center to issue Request for Proposals to identify firm to assist with search
  • Aug. 9 – Board begins listening sessions with CU faculty, staff, student shared governance groups, groups outside university
  • July 12-14 – Summer Retreat: Board discusses next steps in presidential search; meets with chancellors for input on next president’s qualities/qualifications; hosts panel with Colorado State University Chancellor Tony Frank, University of Northern Colorado President Andy Feinstein, Fort Lewis College President Tom Stritikus, who share thoughts about CU’s next president, search process
  • June 3 – Board appoints CU Senior Vice President for Strategy, Government Relations, Chief Financial Officer Todd Saliman president during interim; he will serve until next president selected