To facilitate our search for Luther College's 11th president, the Board of Regents has appointed a Presidential Search Committee consisting of regents, faculty, staff, and students.

The committee, chaired by Board of Regents Vice Chair Bob Paulson, ‘78, consists of:

Board of Regent representatives

• Bishop Michael Burk, Southeastern Iowa Synod of the ELCA
• George Kuh, Luther class of 1968; regent emeritus; professor emeritus, Indiana University
• Sandee Joppa, Luther class of 1987, human resources executive, Joppa Consulting, LLC
• J. Robert Paulson, Jr., Luther class of 1978, president and CEO NxThera, Inc.
• Connie Plaehn, Luther class of 1975, retired investment executive, J.P. Morgan
• James Thomsen, Luther class of 1986, president of Thrivent Holdings, Thrivent Financial
• Judy Vijums, Luther class of 1988, managing director, HCI Equity Partners

Faculty representatives

• Anne-Marine Feat, associate professor, French; chair, division of Humanities and Fine Arts.
• Steve Holland, professor, economics; department head of economics, accounting and management
• Novian Whitsitt, professor, Africana studies and English; department head of Africana studies

Staff representatives

• Alex Smith, Luther class of 2003, associate athletic director for operations and facilities
• Amy Wrightsman, Luther class of 2001, director, budgeting and internal control 
  

Student representative

• Janet Irankunda, Luther class of 2019, student senate president, music major