President/Chancellors

AGB Search was honored to assist the Idaho State Board of Education with its national search for a president of the University of Idaho and is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Chuck Staben as the university's 18th president. Dr. Staben currently serves as provost at the University of South Dakota. He will start on March 1, 2014. To learn more, please click here.

AGB Search was honored to assist the Coalition for College Cost Savings with its national search for a President. We are pleased to announce the appointment of Harry Goldberg, who currently serves as Vice President for Customer Success at ESM Solutions Corporation.  His clients at ESM include colleges and universities across the country, as well as higher education systems and public school districts. Please click here for more information on Mr. Goldberg.

AGB Search was pleased to assist Georgetown College and its Board of Trustees with a national search for a president and is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. M. Dwaine Greene. Dr. Greene will become the college's 24th president in October 2013. To learn more about Dr. Greene, please click here.

AGB Search was honored to assist the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) Senior College and University Commission with its national search for a 5th president and is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Mary Ellen Petrisko, effective September 1, 2013. Dr. Petrisko is currently vice president at Middle States Commission on Higher Education. Please click here to read WASC's press release.

AGB Search was honored to assist SHEEO in its search for a president and is pleased to announce the appointment of George P. Pernsteiner, effective September 1, 2013. Mr. Pernsteiner is the former chancellor of the Oregon University System. Please click here to review SHEEO's press release.

AGB Search was honored to assist the Board of Trustees of Carlow University in its national search for a 15th president and is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Suzanne K. Mellon. Dr. Mellon has served as Executive Vice President and Professor at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, NH since 2009. She will assume the presidency at Carlow on July 15, 2013.

AGB Search was honored to assist Chancellor Jerry C. Lee and National University in the national search for a President and is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Michael R. Cunningham. Dr. Cunningham is currently Dean of the College of Business Administration at San Diego State University. He will officially join National University on July 1, 2013. Please click here to read the university's press release.

AGB Search was honored to assist the California State University Board of Trutsees in its search for a President of Fresno State. Following the national search, we are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Joseph I. Castro, who is currently Vice Chancellor, Student Academic Affairs of the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Castro  will begin his new position this summer. Please click here to read the press release detailing Dr. Castro's appointment.

AGB Search was honored to assist Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (ConnSCU) and its Board of Regents in the national search for a president. We are pleased to announce the appointment of Gregory W. Gray, who is currently chancellor of the Riverside Community College District and will join ConnSCU on July 1, 2013. Please click here to read the formal announcement.

AGB Search was honored to assist Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary with its national search for a president. We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Lallene J. Rector, who will assume her new position on January 1, 2014. Dr. Rector will make history as the institution's first female as well as its first lay president. Please click here to learn more about Dr. Rector and her appointment.