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BINGHAMTON, NY – Binghamton University’s Presidential Search Committee has been established and will be chaired by Kathryn Grant Madigan, Esq., chair of the Binghamton University Council.  The committee includes 17 voting members, one non-voting SUNY representative and a campus liaison.

The committee:

Kathryn Grant Madigan, Esq., Committee Chair
Partner, Levene Gouldin & Thompson, LLP, 
Binghamton University Council, chair and
Binghamton University Foundation, director

Michelle Adams ‘94,
Executive Director, The Association for a Better New York and
Alumni Association representative

Thomas Doty,
Binghamton University Council, member

Kathryn Howard, 
Undergraduate student

Bonnie Jenson,
Personnel Assistant, Human Resources and
Professional Employees Council, chair

Wayne Jones, 
Professor/Chair, Department of Chemistry 

Thomas Kelly, 
Professor, School of Management, 
Former Vice President for External Affairs and
Former Dean, School of Management

David Lavallee, 
SUNY Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs (interim)

Jared McShall, 
Graduate student, Department of Psychology

James Orband ‘81, 
Managing Partner, Hinman, Howard & Kattell, LLP, 
Binghamton University Council, member and
Binghamton University Foundation, director

Timothy Perry, 
Professor/Chair, Department of Music

Matthew Salanger,
President/CEO, United Health Services and
Binghamton University Council, member

Edward Shephard,
Head of Collection Development, University Libraries

Gale Spencer, 
Distinguished Teaching Professor/Decker Chair in Community Health Nursing, Decker School of Nursing

Krishnaswami “Hari” Srihari, 
Dean, Thomas J. Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science

Dawnie Steadman, 
Professor, Department of Anthropology

Mark Zurack ‘78, 
Adjunct professor/consultant, Columbia University and retired managing director, Goldman Sachs

Aimee Bernstein, 
Associate Vice Chancellor, SUNY, non-voting

Laura L. O’Neil, Executive Assistant to the President and
Campus Staff Liaison

A website has been developed to provide updates on the search process.  The site – at http://www2.binghamton.edu/presidential-search/index.html - also presents visitors an opportunity to provide comments and feedback on the search.