Search Firm Update–CEO Succession Planning Team

**Dr. Adam Tobias**
Board of Trustees President
ecsboard@ecspgh.org

From the desk of Adam Tobias, ECS Board of Trustees President and the CEO Succession Planning Team

The RFP requests for qualified executive consultants to conduct a national search to recruit and hire an education-focused CEO closed on Monday, Dec. 11 at noon. The CEO Succession Planning Team was pleased to see a number of organizations respond, and over the course of six days, interviewed nine agencies in one-hour virtual meetings with a series of set questions and a rubric to note the key features of each.

The team convened on Wednesday, Dec. 20 from 4-5 p.m. to discuss the agencies that were interviewed, and a summary of the top 3 recommendations was provided to the Board for selection in that evening. The Board Representative, David Turner, developed an organizational statement to help define the work of the team in front of our Board and our community. Negotiations on a formal contract with one agency will occur over the next few weeks, and the Board is expected to vote on the selected firm at the January public board meeting.

In the meantime, please see below for the team’s projected next steps in the coming weeks and months ahead.

January/February

The board votes on a search firm.
Search firm or agency posts and recruit candidates through a nationwide search
Search firm screens first round of applicants.
The CEO Succession Planning Team works with the search firm to define the interview process.
The CEO Succession Planning Team provides a monthly update to the Board of Trustees and the external community (Thursday after the board meeting)

March

The CEO Succession Planning Team completes first-round interviews
The CEO Succession Planning Team provides a monthly update to the Board of Trustees and the external community (Thursday after the board meeting