The Board returned to open session at 10:30 a.m. after discussion of personnel matters in closed session.
Action Item: Regent McFayden made a motion to hire Dr. Aaron Thompson, Executive Vice President of CPE, as the University's Interim President. Regent Farris seconded the motion. The motion passed on a vote of 8-0 and Dr. Aaron Thompson was named as KSU's Interim President.
Chairperson Bearden announced that a Presidential Search Committee would be formed to choose the next President of KSU. She also named the members of the committee:
Regent E.M. Lysonge, General Counsel for Café Press, who shall serve as Chairperson of the committee;
Regent Mindy Barfield, partner in the litigation department at Dinsmore and Shohl law firm; Board of Trustees at Transylvania University; Board of Governors, Kentucky Bar Association;
Houston Barber, Superintendent, Frankfort Independent Schools; Frankfort native; former principal, Jefferson County Public Schools;
Retired Circuit Court Judge Hubert Grimes; KSU graduate; Director, Center for Law and Social Justice at Bethune Cookman University;
Venita Hawkins, President, KSU National Alumni Association; Fiscal Review Specialist for Fairfax County, Va., where she manages a budget of more than $25 million;
Faculty Regent Dr. Elgie McFayden, Associate Professor, College of Professional Studies, School of Public Administration, Social Work and Criminal Justice;
Staff Regent Hettie Oldham, Archives Assistant for Academic Affairs and the Library; KSU graduate;
William May, Mayor of Frankfort, graduate of Frankfort High School and Kentucky State University;
Ralph Williams, newly elected SGA President; Business Administration major; Served in 2015 on the White House Initiative on HBCUs as KSU's student ambassador; and
Karen Bearden, Board of Regents chairperson, ex-officio member.
Staff Liaison to the search committee shall be Christina Leath, J.D.
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