Dear colleagues:

I am pleased to announce the appointment of a search advisory committee to assist me in identifying candidates for the next Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost of UCLA.

I will chair the committee. Other committee members are:

Norman Abrams - Acting Chancellor Emeritus and Professor of Law Emeritus
David Feinberg - CEO & Interim Associate Vice Chancellor, Medical Center
Andrea Ghez - Professor, Physics and Astronomy
Luisa Iruela-Arispe - Professor, Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology
David Kaplan - Professor, Philosophy
Adrienne Lavine - Chair & Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Elinor Ochs - Professor, Anthropology
Steven Olsen - Vice Chancellor, Finance, Budget, & Capital Programs
Eduardo Schwartz - California Chair in Real Estate & Land Economics, Anderson School
M. Belinda Tucker - Professor, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences;
Associate Dean, UCLA Graduate Division
Rhea Turteltaub - Vice Chancellor, External Affairs
Christopher Waterman - Dean, School of the Arts & Architecture
Harold Williams - President Emeritus, The J. Paul Getty Trust

To enhance the search efforts, we have commissioned the services of an executive search firm, Storbeck/Pimentel, represented by Mr. Alberto Pimentel.

Attached please find a copy of the position announcement as it will appear in various bulletins and publications.  I ask for your help as the committee and search consultants seek candidates with the qualifications required to help lead the institution.  Please transmit any nominations, applications or inquiries (preferably no later than May 5) to:

Mr. Alberto Pimentel
Storbeck/Pimentel & Associates
1111 Corp Ctr Dr # 106
Monterey Park, CA 91754
(323) 260-5041
A.Pimentel@storbeckpimentel.com

Thank you for your assistance with this important UCLA search.

Sincerely,

Gene D. Block
Chancellor