The search for the UMSL Chancellor was launched. Nominations and confidential questions about the search and role can be sent to umhrexecutivesearch@umsystem.edu.
Upcoming Open Forum
To ensure all voices of the UMSL community are heard, we will host an open forum from 9-10 a.m. Friday, April 3, in Ward E. Barnes Building, Library, ED Collabitat on the UMSL south campus. A Zoom option also is available: (Zoom Meeting, Meeting ID: 933 8850 1302, Passcode: 875866).
If you are unable to attend the open forum please provide your input and recommendations via our online survey.
Search Committee
Committee Co-Chairs:
- Shu Schiller, Dean, Ed G. Smith College of Business
- Claire Schenk, Chair, Chancellor’s Council
Members:
- Andrew Balkansky, Dean, College of Arts & Science
- Tanika Busch, Vice Chancellor for Finance
- Lisa Capone, Vice Chancellor for Advancement
- Grace Desjardins, President, Student Government Association
- Marsha Fischer, Vice President for Human Resources, UM System
- Erika Gibb, Professor & Chair, Department of Mathematics, Physics, Astronomy & Statistics; UMSL Faculty Senate Chair & IFC Representative
- Sarah Goskie, Business Support Specialist, IT Procurement, Staff Council Chair
- Alice Hall, Associate Provost of Faculty Affairs
- Reggie Hill, Vice Chancellor for Strategic Enrollment and Career Advancement
- John Meriac, Department Chair & Associate Professor, Global Leadership and Management
- Kathleen Riddler, Chair, Alumni Association
- Lynn Staley, Teaching Professor; Department Chair, English
- Chris Sullivan, Chair, Criminology & Criminal Justice
Advisory:
- Sally Mason, Senior Executive Search Consultant, AGB Search
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Garry Owens, Senior Executive Search Consultant, AGB Search
Reviewed 2026-03-17