August 4, 2025

Dear William Paterson Faculty and Staff,

As a follow-up to my message of this morning, I want to correct and clarify a couple of things regarding the search process for our next Vice President for Institutional Advancement.

First, Mary Beth Zeman, Senior Director, Public Relations, was inadvertently left off the list of search committee members. Thank you to Mary Beth for agreeing to serve under the leadership of co-chairs, WP Foundation Board Chair Aaron Van Duyne III ’75, MM ’08 and Vice President for Finance and Administration and CFO Kirsten Loewrigkeit, along with: Anna Baiata, Executive Director, Office of Sponsored Programs; Dr. Anthony Bowrin, Dean, Cotsakos College of Business; Kristen Foley, Director of Intercollegiate Athletics and Recreation; Dr. Carrie Hong, Faculty Senate Representative; Lauren Locker ’79, Vice Chair of the WP Foundation Board; Caitlyn O’Loughlin, Director of Talent Acquisition and Employee Learning and Development; Olga Onetti, Internal Audit Director; John Rivera, Director of Annual Giving; Michael Santoro ‘73, Alumni Executive Council representative; and Johanna Torres, Director of Student Enrollment Services.

Also, I want to clarify that the listening sessions with key stakeholder groups which are scheduled for next week will be conducted by the search firm we have engaged, Academic Search, and not by the committee itself. Our search consultant will gather and summarize feedback from the listening sessions and provide it to the committee to support its work.

Thank you.