Search Committee

About the Presidential Search Committee

The Presidential Search Committee will assist the Idaho State Board of Education to select the next President of Boise State University.

Subcommittees

Five subcommittees will work with the search committee to assist during the process. Subcommittee members will represent the following Boise State stakeholder groups:

Administration and Staff

• Mark Wheeler – Dean of Extended Studies, Subcommittee Chair
• Justin Doi – Classified Staff Representative
• Lisa Grow – President Search Committee Representative
• Drew Alexander – Professional Staff Representative

Alumni

• Abbie Belthoff – Alumni Board President, Subcommittee Chair, Class of 2016
• Mike Reynoldson – Search Committee Representative, Class of 1990 
• Sydney Montgomery – Foundation Senior Director of Student and Recent Graduate Programs, Class of 2016, 2021
• Alex Hopkins  – Broncos of the Last Decade (BOLD) Committee Member, Class of 2015, 2018
• Alex LaBeau – IACI President, Class of 1991, 2000
• Claire Oberg – Broncos of the Last Decade (BOLD) Committee Member, Class of 2021 
• Royanne Minskoff – Boise State Foundation Board Member, Class of 1977

Faculty

• Laurie Cavey – Faculty Senate President, Subcommittee Chair
• Lisa Growette Bostaph – Professor, Search Committee Member
• Bobbi Jo Meuleman – Boise Chamber of Commerce, Search Committee Member
• Jennifer Eichmeyer – Associate Professor
• Erik Hadley – Lecturer III
• Peter Koetsier – Professor
• Tedd McDonald – Professor
• Amy Moll – Professor
• Reshmi Mukherjee – Associate Professor
• Kristin Snopkowski – Professor
• Christy Suciu – Senior Lecturer
• Jared Talley – Assistant Professor
• Anders Tobiason – Assistant Professor
• Dazhi Yang – Professor

Foundation and Athletics

• Tommy Ahlquist – Subcommittee Co-Chair
• Jeramiah Dickey – Athletic Director, Subcommittee Co-Chair
• Bruce Mohr – Foundation Chair, Search Committee Member
• Argia Beristain – CEO, Boise State Foundation
• Brandy Stemmler – Boise State Foundation Board of Directors
• Garrett Lofto – President and CEO, J.R. Simplot Company
• Allen Dykman – CEO, Dykman Electrical 
• Janine Rush-Byers – Director of Strategic University Partnerships with Micron
• Neil Nelson – CEO, Engineered Structures, Inc.

Students

• Isaac Celedon – ASBSU President, Subcommittee Co-Chair
• Ty Jordan – Student, Co-Chair
• Sydney Leitch – Student Athlete Representative
• Jeremiah Shinn – Vice President of Student Affairs, Search Committee Member

The subcommittees will interact and listen to community members, Boise State students, faculty, staff and alumni. The search committee will interview semi-finalists and recommend a list of finalists for State Board consideration.