On Aug. 21, 2023, Board Chair Clifford K. Otto appointed Board Vice Chair Beth Kigel
as chair of the presidential search committee, along with 14 other committee members.
In accordance with Florida Board of Governors Regulation 1.002 Presidential Search and Selection, Florida Polytechnic University’s Presidential Search Committee is tasked with developing
a search timeline, creating a position profile, assisting with marketing the position,
vetting applicants, interviewing the most qualified candidates and providing the University
Board of Trustees with an unranked list of more than two finalists to review.