The Search and Advisory Committee
The University of California Policy on the Appointment of Chancellors
UC Governance
The president of the University of California system shares governance with the faculty and the 26-member Board of Regents. Each of the system's 10 campuses is led by a chancellor who shares governance with the campus faculty senate.
The Policy in Brief
The Process
- The UC President submits a list of promising candidates — from five to 15 names — to the committee
- The committee evaluates the nominations and can add more names
- The committee may interview the candidates
- The committee then seeks the opinions of other key groups within and outside the university
- Both the committee and the president should be mindful of the university's commitment to hiring women and underrepresented minorities
- After the committee completes its evaluations and advises the president of the UC, the president will make his recommendation to the Board of Regents for consideration and approval
Search Committee Members
- UC Regents:
Benjamin Allen, William De La Pena, Odessa Johnson, Joanne C. Kozberg and Bruce D. Varner - Faculty Representatives:
David Clarke, Department of Materials, UCSB; Joseph Childers, Department of English, UC Riverside; Mary Croughan, vice chair, University-wide Academic Senate; Jodie Holt, Department of Botany and Plant Science, UC Riverside; and Manuela Martins-Green, Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, UC Riverside - Staff Representative:
Adrienne Sims - Student Representatives:
Denny Chavez, president, Undergraduate Student Association, and Alex Cortez, president, Graduate Student Association - Alumni Representatives:
Jack Clarke, president, UC Riverside Alumni Association; and Barbara Robinson, UC Riverside Foundation chair - Ex Officio Members:
Robert C. Dynes, Convener of the Committee, and Richard C. Blum, Chairman of the UC Board of Regents - Committee Consultants:
Wyatt R. (Rory) Hume, UC Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic and Health Affairs, and Linda Morris Williams, UC Associate President