The Presidential Search Committee* welcomes thoughts on the search process and suggestions regarding qualifications of candidates best suited to lead the University. Comments can be forwarded in confidence to the Committee’s attention at the following email address: Pressearch@umdnj.edu.

• Harold Shapiro, PhD (Chair)
  Member, UMDNJ Board of Trustees
  President Emeritus and Professor of Economics and Public Affairs
  Princeton University
  
  
• Hon. Brendan Byrne
  Partner, Carella, Byrne, Bain, Gilfillan, Cecchi, Stewart & Olstein
  
  
• Carman Ciervo, DO
  Chair, Department of Family Medicine
  School of Osteopathic Medicine
  
  
• David Gibson, EdD
  Dean, School of Health Related Professions
  
  
• William Hait, MD, PhD
  Director, The Cancer Institute of New Jersey
  
  
• Justice Alan Handler
  Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, PA
  
  
• Carlos Hernandez, PhD
  President, New Jersey City University
  
  
• Isaac Hopkins
  University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
  Institutional Review Board Community Member
  
  
• Joseph E. Parillo, MD
  Professor of Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (Camden)
  
  
• Eric Pennington, Esq.
  Vice Chair, UMDNJ Board of Trustees
  Eric S. Pennington, PC
  
  
• Neil Rudenstine
  Chair of the Board, ARTstor
  
  
• Debbie Salas-Lopez
  Associate Professor, New Jersey Medical School
  
  
• Anita Spivey, Esq.
  Member, UMDNJ Board of Trustees
  Consultant
  
  
• Ann Stock, PhD
  Professor, Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine
  Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
  
  
• Michael B. Wood, MD
  Emeritus CEO and Professor of Orthopedic Surgery,
  Mayo Clinic
  
  
• Robert Del Tufo, Esq. (ex-officio)
  Chair, UMDNJ Board of Trustees
  Of Counsel, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
  
  
• Jane Oates (ex-officio)
  Executive Director,
  Commission on Higher Education of New Jersey
  
  * William F. Owen, Jr., MD served on the committee thru 11/10/06