Dear York College of Pennsylvania community:
On behalf of the Presidential Search Committee, I write with an update on the presidential search process.
To summarize progress to date, the Board of Trustees charged a 16-member search committee that has been working collaboratively with staff and WittKieffer, our search firm, since the summer of 2022. We developed a comprehensive leadership profile based on input from numerous listening sessions with faculty, staff, students, trustees, alumni, and community members as well as an electronic survey. The leadership profile not only served as a compelling marketing tool for the position, but it has also provided the committee with a framework for the candidate evaluation process.
In the fall of 2022, our search firm launched a global outreach effort that included advertising and targeted conversations with over 3200 people in higher education and other fields. We received close to 100 applications from an outstanding pool of candidates. We are very pleased with the quality of the pool and the enthusiastic response for the position. Candidates tell us they were attracted to our mission, history of outstanding leadership and success, commitment to students, our talented faculty and innovative programs, and our anchoring role in the greater York community.
The search committee has now begun its critical work of evaluating candidates, narrowing our focus to a small group of high-potential candidates, and designing a process that enables candidates to learn more about us while honoring the confidentiality of the search process. Some members of our community have been asked to participate in small group sessions with candidates and to provide the committee with feedback on those meetings as part of the committee's deliberation process.
We are grateful for the faith you have placed in this committee and for your commitment to and support for York College.
We expect to provide you with more updates on the search later this winter.
Sincerely,
Steve Tansey
Search Committee Chair
Vice-Chair, YCP Board of Trustees