Dear colleagues,
I am pleased to inform you that we are initiating a search to identify UCI’s founding chief wellness officer. The chief wellness officer will serve as UCI’s senior executive responsible for providing a holistic vision on all major wellness efforts for the campus and UCI Health.
A search advisory committee, chaired by Vice Chancellor Doug Haynes, has been formed to guide this important recruitment. The committee, bearing in mind our compelling interest in inclusive excellence, is charged with finding superlative candidates with exemplary administrative and leadership experience; nationally recognized research with strong scholarly visibility; substantial administrative and program-building experience; and demonstrated leadership as an innovator, convener, ambassador, collaborator, partner and catalyst in mobilizing leaders from various institutional and community sectors around wellness goals.
Korn Ferry, an executive search firm experienced in this area, has been retained to assist the committee. The committee includes the following members:
- Doug Haynes, vice chancellor for equity, diversity & inclusion / Search Advisory Committee chair
- Sarah Campbell, assistant clinical professor
- Leo Chavez, distinguished professor
- Andrea Eaton, chief campus counsel
- Marcelle Hayashida, associate vice chancellor for wellness, health & counseling services
- Gillian Hayes, vice provost for graduate education & dean of the Graduate Division
- Mahtab Jafari, professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Sheefteh Khalili, chief of staff, Office of the Vice Chancellor, Health Affairs
- Khanh-Van Le-Bucklin, interim chair, Pediatrics, associate vice chancellor for education, Health Affairs
- Shaista Malik, associate vice chancellor, Integrative Health
- Miryha Runnerstrom, teaching professor
- Shane K.M. Wood, AGS president
- Randy Yan, ASUCI president
The committee will begin its deliberations soon. We welcome written input regarding the search process or potential candidates. All correspondence will be held in the strictest confidence. Written comments or nominations should be addressed to:
Chief Wellness Officer Search Committee
In care of Pamela James
Pamela.James@uci.edu
The committee will review nominations and applications as they are submitted. The position will remain open until it is filled. |
