Gustavus Presidential Search2024-25
In April 2024, Gustavus Adolphus College President Rebecca M. Bergman announced that she will retire at the conclusion of the 2024-25 academic year after serving as President for 11 years.
As Gustavus looks to the future, the search for the College's 18th President officially launched in June 2024 and is expected to conclude in early 2025.
View the position profile and the nomination/application process.
Search Timeline
- April 2024
- President Bergman announces her upcoming retirement. - May 2024
- AGB Search visits campus and holds listening sessions with campus stakeholder groups
- The Search Committee holds its first meetings - June-July 2024
- The search prospectus goes live
- AGB Search works to build the candidate pool - August 2024
- The Search Committee receives training in hiring biases and ethical decision making - September-October 2024
- Search Committee reviews applications - November 2024
- Semifinalist interviews - January 2025
- Finalist interviews
- The Search Committee delivers recommendations to Gustavus Board of Trustees - February-March 2025
- The Board of Trustees elects the next President of Gustavus Adolphus College
Presidential Search Committee
- Suzanne Boda '82, Trustee, Chair
- Dan Currell '94, JD, Trustee
- Sarah Cuthill '85, MA, Trustee
- Tane Danger '07, MPP, Trustee
- John Harris '92, PhD, Trustee
- Mary Dee Hicks '75, PhD, Trustee
- David Kogler '01, MA, Assistant Vice President for Enrollment Management
- Sun Hee Lee, PhD, Associate Professor of English
- Rev. David Lose, PhD, Trustee
- Kathy Lund Dean, PhD, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Leadership and Ethics and Professor of Management
- Lupe Olague '26, Student Leader
- Jacob Siehler, PhD, Associate Professor of Mathematics, Computer Science, and Mathematics
- Deb Swanberg, Executive Assistant, Dean of Students and Equity & Inclusion
