A committee has been appointed by ISU President Steven Leath to conduct the search for the new executive vice president and provost of Iowa State. 

The committee will be made up of 17 members. Wendy Wintersteen, dean of Agriculture and Life Sciences Administration, will be the chairwoman. 

The committee will include:

• Sanjeev Agarwal, professor of marketing;
• Ann Marie Fiore, professor of apparel, events and hospitality management;
• Steven Freeman, professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering, president of Faculty Senate and associate director of Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching;
• Daniel J. Burden, program coordinator of value-added agriculture Extension program;
• Nancy Franz, associate dean and vice president of Extension and outreach;
• David Gregory, associate dean of library; and
• Tahira Hira, executive assistant to the president.

Other members include:

• Dakota Hoben, senior in agricultural business and president of Government of the Student Body;
• Alexander King, director U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory;
• Cory Kleinheksel, graduate research assistant in electrical and computer engineering;
• Kenneth Koehler, director of statistics;
• Ingrid Lilligren, director of art and design;
• Catherine Logue, professor of veterinary microbiology and preventive medicine;
• James Oliver, professor of mechanical engineering;
• Eliza Rizo, assistant professor of world languages and cultures; and
• Steven Rodermel, professor of development and cell biology and genetics. 

The current executive vice president and provost, Elizabeth Hoffman, has served in the position since 2006. She asked Leath to begin the search to fill her position last Monday. Hoffman announced she will be in her position until December 2012 unless a new provost is found sooner or she accepts another position.