As Wake Forest seeks its next president, the University will draw on the defining strengths of its community – our commitment to excellence, the value we place on relationships and conversation, our dedication to mission and purpose, and our enthusiasm for the future – to guide the selection of our next leader.
Presidential Search Committee
The Presidential Search Committee, co-chaired by Jeanne Whitman Bobbitt, chair of the Board of Trustees, and Curt Farmer, vice chair of the Board of Trustees, will lead the search for Wake Forest’s 15th president. The committee will assess and review applications, interview candidates, check references and engage with members of the Wake Forest community to understand their hopes for the University’s next leader. Ultimately, the committee will recommend the individual best prepared to lead Wake Forest into its next chapter.
The Presidential Search Committee includes Trustees, alumni, parents, faculty, staff, and a student.
Meet the Presidential Search Committee
Jeanne Whitman Bobbitt
Co-Chair
’79, MBA ’87
Curt Farmer
Co-Chair
’84, MBA ’91, P ’16, P ’17
Lynn Baranski
’88, P ’27
Matt Clifford
Christine Coughlin
JD ’90, P ’20, P ’27
Jermyn Davis
’10
Candy Ergen
P ’12, P ’17
Eric Eubank
’86, P’15
Don Flow
MBA ’83
Matt King
’82, P ’08, P ’12
Michael Lamb
Lauren Lowman
Mit Shah
’91, P ’25
Hannah Shue
’13
Alexandria “Lexi” Smith
’26
Mike Smith
’89, P ’21
Kendall Tarte
Trustee Special Advisory Group
This group will provide recommendations to the board chair regarding the leadership attributes and the discernment of characteristics for a successful president of Wake Forest. These individuals will participate in stakeholder listening sessions and advise the board chair, presidential search committee and the Trustees on constituent views
- W. Louis Bissette, Jr. (’65, P ’94, P ’97, GP ’28)
- Donna Boswell (’72, MA ’74)
- Peter Brockway (P ’09)
- Tom Bunn (’75)
- Jocelyn Burton (’80)
- The Honorable Donna Edwards (’80)
- Julie Ann Hartman (’90, P ’18, P ’19, P ’20, P ’22, P ’24, P ’27)
- Dale Jenkins (’78, P ’06, P ’09, P ’13)
- John McAvoy (’82, P ’12, P ’17)
- Jane McGraw (P ’16, P ’20)
- Gerald Roach (’80, JD ’82, P ’09, P ’12, P ’12)
- Shannan Townsend (’87, P ’15, P ’17)
- John Vann (’80, P ’12)
- Dave Wahrhaftig (MBA ’82, P ’18, P ’21, P ’21)
- Kathy Wright (P ’10, P ’12)