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Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Forum starts search for next business school dean Dale Shoemaker Staff Writer

A forum Tuesday opened the search for a new dean of Pitt’s College of Business Administration and Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business. The current dean, John Delaney, announced mid-September that he will step down from his position because he believes organizations need new leadership to stay innovative. Delaney will remain in his position until the University finds a successor. Former Chancellor Mark Nordenberg heads the search committee that will select candidates for Issac Beachy, sous chef at Conflict Kitchen, prepares chicken shawarma. Conflict Kitchen reopened Nov. 11 the position. The Board of Trustafter it received threats because of its current Palestinian food menu. Zach Schaffer | Senior Staff Photographer ees and Provost will make the final appointment based on suggestions “We [the art designer and the production from the committee. The committee, selected by the Board of Trustdesigner] are a kernel of the creative process... ees and Provost, heard comments A main character can take up to a year and a from current University faculty, half to develop.” staff and alumni associated with the business school. Nordenberg, who now serves as the chairman of the Institute of Politics, said the committee Schuster, a Pixar production designer, visited Pitt on Tuesday plans to have a new dean by next at an event hosted by the Engineering Student Council. He has summer. worked on films, including “WALL-E” and “Cars.” “At the outset, we have to cast Colin van ‘t Veld | Staff Photographer

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a very vast net, both in terms of identifying candidates and in terms of receiving the thoughtful perspectives of those within the University community,” Nordenberg said. The University hired Witt/Kieffer, a higher education search firm, to help recruit candidates for the committee to review. John Thornburgh, a representative from Witt/ Kieffer, attended the forum. Thornburgh said the firm specializes in finding job candidates for higher education and academic medicine positions. Witt/Kieffer, based in Oak Brook, Ill., previously worked with the University in 2012 to recruit William M. Carter, Jr. as the dean of Pitt’s School of Law. “We’re comfortable in this arena,” he said. “I’ve got a good feel for this campus’ culture.” Nordenberg said the forum was meant to be “a listening session for the members of the selection committee.” Committee members include David Denis, Andrew Stephen, John Harry Evans III and Vanitha Swaminithan, as well as all professors at the Katz Graduate School and Laurie J. Kirsch, vice provost

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