Presidential Search
January 21, 2025
Dear Faculty, Staff, and Students,
I am writing to update you on the search for the next president of Stony Brook University.
Over the past six months, the Search Committee has worked diligently to review applicant
materials, conduct interviews with a highly qualified group of candidates and reach
a consensus on which candidates to invite back to campus for private meetings with
senior leadership here at the university. Last month, the Committee completed its
work and identified four outstanding leaders to visit our campus. Those four candidates
met with senior leadership officials over the last two weeks.
The Stony Brook Council met this morning and approved three finalists and one alternate
and forwarded their names to SUNY Chancellor John B. King, Jr. He will review the
candidates with his Executive Leadership team and refer them to the SUNY Board of
Trustees who will make the final decision as to who our next president will be.
The search process has been rewarding. We received a strong pool of applicants as
Stony Brook is indeed attracting the best and the brightest. I want to extend my gratitude
to the members of the Committee and the Council for their time along with key help
from Mike Arens, Rachel Cavanagh and Jenn Rossler for all their insights and dedication
throughout this process. Our goal was to attract a dynamic, strategic, and collaborative
leader who can build on the momentum of our university and strengthen our position
as a global research institution. I am confident we have achieved this goal and look
forward to the SBU community welcoming the new president once the Chancellor and SUNY
Board of Trustees make their selection.
Sincerely,
Kevin S. Law
Chair, Presidential Search Committee
Chair, Stony Brook Council