Announcing the Search for the Next Chancellor of Rutgers-Newark

August 13, 2024

Members of the Rutgers University–Newark Community:

I am pleased to launch the search for a permanent chancellor for Rutgers University–Newark.  Our search committee, co-chaired by Professor Salamishah Tillet and Executive Vice President Prabhas Moghe, includes dedicated students, staff, and faculty from across the university, as well as members selected from our governing boards, alumni, and community partners. The committee roster is shown below.

The search committee will gather feedback from stakeholders within and beyond Rutgers–Newark to inform the leadership profile and help them to evaluate candidates for the chancellorship. Assisted by the search firm Isaacson, Miller, the committee will cultivate, interview, and evaluate a pool of potential candidates and recommend a short list of finalists to me. The finalists will undergo additional review and ultimately the top candidate will be presented to the Board of Governors for approval. I intend to announce a new chancellor next spring to take office next summer.  

As the search progresses, I want to applaud Jeffrey Robinson for stepping forward to provide vital leadership as interim chancellor, helping Rutgers–Newark to uphold and bolster its reputation as an engine of social mobility for our students, a hub of outstanding research, and a model anchor institution.

It is critical that we benefit from your insights as the leadership profile is developed. You will hear more about the varied opportunities for input when everyone is back on campus in a few weeks.

The search firm has set up the following e-mail account for confidential nominations or other feedback: NewarkChancellorSearch@rutgers.edu. As more information on the search becomes available it will be posted on my Administrative Searches page.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Holloway
President and University Professor

Search Committee for Chancellor of Rutgers University–Newark

Prabhas Moghe, Co-Chair; Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Distinguished Professor, School of Engineering, Rutgers–New Brunswick

Salamishah Tillet, Co-Chair; Henry Rutgers Professor of Africana Studies and Creative Writing; Director of Express Newark, Rutgers–Newark

LaToya Battle-Brown, Senior Vice Chancellor for Enrollment, Rutgers–Newark

Paul Boxer, Professor of Psychology, School of Arts and Sciences–Newark; University Senate Faculty Representative

Sherri-Ann Butterfield, Senior Vice President of Social Impact, New Jersey Performing Arts Center; Former Executive Vice Chancellor and Associate Professor, Rutgers–Newark

Melissa Cooper, Associate Professor of History, Clement A. Price Humanities Scholars Faculty Director, School of Arts and Sciences–Newark

Jason Cortés, Associate Professor, Spanish, American Studies; Chair, Spanish and Portuguese Studies, School of Arts and Sciences–Newark

Alex Gimenez-Santana, Assistant Professor of Practice, School of Criminal Justice, Rutgers–Newark

David Harris, Member, Board of Trustees; Retired Lowenstein Sandler Partner

Stefon Harris, Associate Professor of Music, School of Arts and Sciences–Newark

Randi Mandelbaum, Associate Dean for Clinical Education, Professor of Law, Law School, Rutgers–Newark

Joy McDonald, Associate Director, Academic Technology Services, Rutgers–Newark

Tiffany Olivera, Ph.D. Candidate, Chemistry, Graduate School–Newark; University Senate Student Representative

Rosa Oppenheim, RBS Dean’s Professor of Business and Interim Chair, Rutgers Business School, Rutgers–Newark

Suzanne Piotrowski, Professor, School of Public Affairs and Administration, Rutgers–Newark

Oliver Quinn, Chair, Rutgers–Newark Chancellor’s Advisory Board; Retired Vice President, Prudential Financial

Ashaki Rouff, Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences–Newark

Wardah Samad, Undergraduate Student, Rutgers Business School, Rutgers–Newark; President, Rutgers–Newark Student Governing Association

Elizabeth Surles, Archivist, Institute of Jazz Studies; Librarian II, Dana Library, Rutgers–Newark

Staff:

Brian Ballentine, Senior Vice President for Strategy and Chief of Staff, Office of the President

Kristen Baker, Senior Project Coordinator, Office of the President