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Executive Vice President and Provost Montse Fuentes has named Amy Kristof-Brown interim dean of the University of Iowa Tippie College of Business, effective March 1, 2020.
Kristof-Brown currently serves as senior associate dean and Henry B. Tippie Research Professor of Management in the college.
“I look forward to working with Amy and know that the college will be in very capable hands during this transition,” says Fuentes.
Sarah Gardial, dean of the Tippie College, announced in October that she will leave the UI to become dean of the Massey College of Business at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn., effective March 1. Gardial has served as dean since 2012.
“I want to thank Sarah for her outstanding leadership,” says Fuentes. “She has been a wonderful colleague and she will be missed.”
Kristof-Brown’s appointment must be approved by the Board of Regents, State of Iowa.
In addition, Fuentes has named Amy Colbert, professor and department executive officer of management and entrepreneurship in the Tippie College of Business, and Alec Scranton, professor and dean of the College of Engineering, as co-chairs of the search committee for a new dean.
Search committee members include:
The committee has selected the search firm Witt-Kieffer to assist with the process. A new dean is expected to be in place by the beginning of the fall 2020 semester.