Update on Leadership Searches

Georgia Tech is engaged in searches to fill several positions on the Institute’s senior leadership team. A brief update on each of those searches and anticipated timeline is as follows:

Vice president, Ethics, Compliance, and Legal Affairs

• Committee’s actions to date: Reviewed applications, performed preliminary interviews, narrowed candidate field to finalists, completed on-campus interviews with finalists, and provided feedback to the president.
• Next stage in the process: President Peterson will offer the position and make an announcement to campus.
• Current projections for naming an incumbent: Feb. 2019

Vice president, Institute Communications

• Committee’s actions to date: Reviewed applications, narrowed candidate pool, performed preliminary interviews, and narrowed the candidate pool to finalists.
• Next stage in the process: Campus visits by finalists.
• Current projections for naming an incumbent: March 2019

Executive vice president, Administration and Finance

• Committee’s actions to date: Reviewed and approved job description, reviewed applications, and narrowed candidate pool to preliminary interviews.
• Next stage in the process: Conducting preliminary interviews and selecting finalists.
• Current projections for naming an incumbent: Apr. 2019

Senior vice president and director, Georgia Tech Research Institute

• Committee’s actions to date: Reviewed and approved job description, which is currently posted. Search chair Steve McLaughlin held a town hall with GTRI staff on Jan. 15.
• Next stage in the process: Committee to begin reviewing applicants.
• Current projections for naming an incumbent: May 2019