TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — The University of Toledo has selected a search firm to find a temporary replacement for its outgoing president.
The school’s board of trustees announced Wednesday that AGB Search will be paid $30,000 to do the work. School officials hope the interim leader can shadow Sharon Gaber before she leaves in July to become chancellor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
The firm specializes in finding outside candidates, often a retired person with experience in a university president role with demonstrated financial and leadership skills. Board Chairman Mary Ellen Pisanelli said school officials thought an interim president from outside the area would be beneficial for the university, adding that internal candidates would also be considered and vetted by the firm.
Gaber announced her plans to resign late last month.
She became president at the University of Toledo in July 2015 and received a three-year contract extension in 2018. University officials praised her accomplishments, crediting her for increasing student retention and graduation rates, strengthening research efforts, and adding training programs aimed at diversity, inclusion and sexual assault awareness.