Candidates for VP replacement announced
Staff Report
Issue date: 11/10/09 Section: News
Four candidates for the vice president for the university advancement position were announced Monday.
The new vice president will replace Jill Nilsen, vice president for external relations, who will retire Dec. 31.
The candidates invited for on-campus visits and interviews are Pamela Christman of Urbana, James Salmo of Columbia, Mo., Robert Martin of Auburn, Ala., and Keith Carver of Martin, Tenn.
According to Blair Lord, vice president for academic affairs and provost and the head of the search committee, 56 applications were received in the nationwide search. The on-campus interviews will begin Friday.
"Clearly, there has been strong interest in the position and we look forward to having the identified candidates visit campus for in-person interviews," Lord said in a university press release. "With Dr. Nilsen's impending retirement, we are moving as quickly as we are able."
Christman will be the first to visit. She serves as assistant vice chancellor for institutional advancement and senior director of recruitment and training at the University of Illinois' Office for Institutional Advancement. She spent more than 15 years working in development at the U of I.
Salmo's visit will take place on Monday, Nov. 16. He is the associate vice chancellor for development/health services at the University of Missouri in Columbia. He spent six years as the vice president for advancement at the St. Louis College of Pharmacy.
Martin will visit Eastern's campus on Nov. 19. Martin is the assistant vice president for development at Auburn University.
Previously, Martin worked as the assistant vice chancellor for development and director of major gifts at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga.
The final candidate to visit campus will be Carver. He is scheduled to come to Charleston Nov. 30. Carver is currently the assistant vice chancellor for development at the University of Tennessee-Martin. In the past, he worked as the director of development and alumni affairs at the College of Law of the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.
When Nilsen announced her intention to retire and the position was posted, President Bill Perry announced the change in the job title. The current title is vice president for external relations.
"This signals internally and externally - and certainly for the search process - that the primary emphasis for this position is on fundraising, development and allied activities," Perry said in the press release. "The change in emphasis in the position not only represents the growing importance of philanthropy in EIU's future, but narrows the portfolio to enable more time and effort focused on fundraising."
The new vice president will replace Jill Nilsen, vice president for external relations, who will retire Dec. 31.
The candidates invited for on-campus visits and interviews are Pamela Christman of Urbana, James Salmo of Columbia, Mo., Robert Martin of Auburn, Ala., and Keith Carver of Martin, Tenn.
According to Blair Lord, vice president for academic affairs and provost and the head of the search committee, 56 applications were received in the nationwide search. The on-campus interviews will begin Friday.
"Clearly, there has been strong interest in the position and we look forward to having the identified candidates visit campus for in-person interviews," Lord said in a university press release. "With Dr. Nilsen's impending retirement, we are moving as quickly as we are able."
Christman will be the first to visit. She serves as assistant vice chancellor for institutional advancement and senior director of recruitment and training at the University of Illinois' Office for Institutional Advancement. She spent more than 15 years working in development at the U of I.
Salmo's visit will take place on Monday, Nov. 16. He is the associate vice chancellor for development/health services at the University of Missouri in Columbia. He spent six years as the vice president for advancement at the St. Louis College of Pharmacy.
Martin will visit Eastern's campus on Nov. 19. Martin is the assistant vice president for development at Auburn University.
Previously, Martin worked as the assistant vice chancellor for development and director of major gifts at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga.
The final candidate to visit campus will be Carver. He is scheduled to come to Charleston Nov. 30. Carver is currently the assistant vice chancellor for development at the University of Tennessee-Martin. In the past, he worked as the director of development and alumni affairs at the College of Law of the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.
When Nilsen announced her intention to retire and the position was posted, President Bill Perry announced the change in the job title. The current title is vice president for external relations.
"This signals internally and externally - and certainly for the search process - that the primary emphasis for this position is on fundraising, development and allied activities," Perry said in the press release. "The change in emphasis in the position not only represents the growing importance of philanthropy in EIU's future, but narrows the portfolio to enable more time and effort focused on fundraising."
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