First Meeting of Superintendent Search Committee

(URBANDALE, Iowa) – The first meeting of the Board of Regents Superintendent Search Committee will take place on Friday, February 7, at noon, in the Hancock Room of the West Des Moines Sheraton Hotel, 1800 – 50th Street, West Des Moines, Iowa.

The meeting will include a discussion with representatives of Ray and Associates, Inc., of Cedar Rapids, the search firm selected to assist with the search. In addition, Regents General Counsel will discuss the Iowa Open Records and Open Meetings laws with the search committee.

The committee is searching for a new superintendent for the Iowa School for the Deaf in Council Bluffs, and the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School in Vinton, to succeed Superintendent Patrick Clancy who plans to retire on June 30, 2014. The Board appointed Rose Vasquez to serve as chair of the search committee at its meeting on December 4, 2013. The remaining members of the search committee are as follows:

• Nicole Carroll, Board of Regents, State of Iowa
• Dana Cheek, Parent
• John Cool, Iowa School for the Deaf – Assistant Administrator
• Barb Guy, Department of Education – Director of Special Education
• Kenda Jochimsen, Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation – Bureau Chief
• Kate Kasal, Iowa School for the Deaf – Faculty
• Theresa Legg, Deaf Services Commission of Iowa
• Dixie Meyer, Parent
• Kathy Miller, Iowa School for the Deaf – Staff
• Brook Nolin, Parent
• Doug Penno, Keystone AEA – Director of Special Education
• Susan Rolinger, Parent Karrie Schloemer Iowa Educational Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired – Faculty
• Richard Sorey, Iowa Department of the Blind – Director
• Gwen Woodward, Iowa Educational Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired – Regional Director, West

Ex-Officio/Non-Voting Members

• Bob Donley, Executive Director, Board of Regents
• Diana Gonzalez, Chief Academic Officer, Board of Regents

For More Information:

Contact: Robert Donley, Executive Director, Board of Regents, State of Iowa, (515) 281-3934