Search Firm

About Spencer Stuart

The Board of Trustees has engaged the experienced search firm Spencer Stuart to assist in the national search for the University’s 19th president. Spencer Stuart is a global executive search firm with a leading practice in education and nonprofit presidential transitions. The Penn State Spencer Stuart team includes Michele Haertel, who leads Spencer Stuart’s Education and Nonprofit practice; Susan Clifford, Mary Gorman and Melissa Stone, who are specialists in higher education; John Harpole, a specialist in leadership advisory work; and Jim Citrin, who leads Spencer Stuart’s CEO practice.