Eight finalists named in UAA chancellor search

The UAA Chancellor Search Committee has recommended eight candidates to meet with the UAA and Anchorage community in the final phase of the chancellor review process. These eight leaders were chosen from a pool of diverse and highly qualified candidates. The group of candidates participated in student and community forums April 13-14. 

The search committee believes it is important for the UAA and Anchorage community to learn as much as possible about these eight highly qualified candidates, have the opportunity to engage with them, and provide feedback to the committee. The eight candidates include: 

  • Deena Bishop, Ed.D., Superintendent of the Anchorage School District [2016-Present], former Superintendent of the Mat-Su School District [2011-2016]
  • Pearl Brower, Ph.D., former President, Iḷisaġvik College [2012-2020], Dean of Students and Institutional Development, Iḷisaġvik College [2007-2012]
  • Satasha Green-Stephen, Ph.D.,J.D., Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System, St.  Paul, Minnesota, [2018-Present], Associate Provost for Academic Affairs, Dean of College of Education, and Tenured Associate Professor, Chicago State University, Academic Affairs, Chicago Illinois [2013-2018]  
  • Robert Marley, Ph.D., CPE, Robert B. Koplar Professor of Engineering Management. Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri [2019-Present], Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs [2014-2019] 
  • Angappa Gunasekaran, Ph.D., Dean, School of Business and Public Administration, California State University, Bakersfield [2017-Present], Dean, Charlton College of Business, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth [2013-2017]
  • Sean Parnell, J.D., Of Counsel, Holland and Hart LLP [2018-Present], former Governor of Alaska [2009-2014], Lt. Governor of Alaska [2006-2009], State Senate [1996-2000], State House of Representatives [1992-1996] 
  • Rashmi Prasad, Ph.D., Dean, School of Business, Truman State University [2020-Present], Academic Vice President, College of Business, Western Governors University [2017-2020], Dean, College of Business and Public Policy, University of Alaska Anchorage [2013-2017]
  • David Rosowsky, Ph.D., Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Vermont, Provost and Senior Vice President, University of Vermont [2013-2019], Dean of Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute [2009-2013], Head of the Zachry Department of Civil Engineering at Texas A&M University [2004-2009]

More specific details about the candidates, the virtual meetings and a feedback form will be available at https://www.alaska.edu/pres/uaa-chancellor/. The planned forums are designed for broad participation and all are encouraged to join meetings. The forums will be recorded and posted to the website for anyone not able to attend the live sessions. 

Additionally, the candidates will visit UAA and meet with UAA student leaders, faculty, staff, administrators, deans, directors and President Pat Pitney in one-on-one sessions.

Interim President Pitney is expected to make a final decision on the next UAA chancellor in early May.