Dear Roosevelt University Community,

As the semester draws to a close, I wanted to share a brief update with you regarding the search for Roosevelt’s next president. The month of April was a fruitful one for our search committee and our search partners at WittKieffer. We hosted a total of 19 listening sessions and meetings, where we heard your perspectives about the opportunities and challenges you see ahead for Roosevelt as well as the professional qualifications and personal attributes this new leader should have. Thank you so much to all who participated in a session or met directly with the team at WittKieffer. I was able to listen to quite a few sessions and attend many of the meetings. The conversations and thoughtful comments were very informative. I also want to thank those of you who shared thoughts and feedback by completing the Presidential Search Survey we launched in mid-April.

Over the next few weeks our search partners—in collaboration with Roosevelt’s marketing and communications team—will be drafting the Presidential Leadership Profile, informed by your input. The document will be vetted through the Search Committee and approved by the Board of Trustees. We will then move into the recruitment phase of the search, where the WittKieffer team will work over the summer to recruit a pool of exemplary candidates for the next President of Roosevelt.

WittKieffer has established a dedicated email address for you to share nominations of potential candidates for consideration. Please forward names and contact information (if available) to them directly at RooseveltPresident@WittKieffer.com.

Thank you again for your commitment to this very important search effort.

In service,

Valerie Barker Waller
Chair, Presidential Search Committee
Vice Chair, Roosevelt University Board of Trustees