Contact: Maridith Geuder
Mississippi State University is launching a national search for the vice president of finance and administration, said MSU President Robert H. Foglesong.
The position was previously held by Ray Hayes, who became vice chancellor for financial affairs at the University of Alabama System.
Foglesong has appointed an eight-member search committee headed by Kirk Schulz, vice president for research and economic development, and has asked for a list of qualified names by mid-November.
"We want to identify the best candidate possible and move expeditiously to fill this critical position," he said.
Foglesong recently named Wayne Bland, longtime MSU controller, as associate vice president for finance and administration. "With the naming of a new vice president, we will have a strong team in place," he said.
Schulz said the committee, which was appointed this week, "will be aggressive in trying to secure a strong candidate pool." He said the committee already had begun the process of personally contacting chief financial officers at universities around the Southeast to ask for recommended candidates.
"We will take this search seriously and present the best candidates we can identify," he said.
Committee members, in addition to Schulz are:
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Mary Alexander, interim director, Office of Diversity and Equity;
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Bill Broyles, assistant vice president for student affairs;
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Wayne Bland, associate vice president for finance and administration;
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Jim Jones, executive director of facilities;
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Melissa Mixon, associate vice president for agriculture, forestry and veterinary medicine;
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Barbara Spencer, professor and director of graduate studies in business;
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Kevin Rogers, interim associate dean and professor, College of Business and Industry.