University of Maine Foundation Launches Search for President/CEO

Darryl Brown, chair of the search committee for the president/CEO of the University of Maine Foundation, announces the hiring of the national firm, AGB Search, to manage the recruitment and selection process for the replacement of president/CEO Amos E. Orcutt, who announced in October his intent to retire in 2012. Orcutt has been with the Foundation since June 1990.

Jim Lanier, who will guide the search, joined AGB (the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges), based in Washington, D.C., as senior fellow for Board Education and Consulting in 2005 to create the AGB Consulting Group. Working with Lanier will be Jamie Ferrare, senior vice president of AGB and principal of AGB Search.

"AGB Search was chosen from a number of highly qualified firms to assist us with the search," says Brown. "We are pleased that AGB Search is on board to help our committee with this important undertaking."

In addition to Brown, the search committee includes University of Maine president, Paul Ferguson, UMaine Alumni Association chair, Kurt Marston, and Foundation board members David Austin, Patricia Dunn, Carroll Lee and John Simpson.

The Foundation plans to have a new president/CEO on board no later than July 1, 2012.

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