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18 applicants selected to interview for University
of Minnesota Board of Regents
Eighteen candidates for four vacancies on the University of Minnesota Board of
Regents were selected to be interviewed by the Regent Candidate Advisory
Council (RCAC) at their meeting on December 10, 2010. The RCAC announced
the vacancies in September and received a total of 46 applications.
Four of the twelve seats on Board of Regents are open for appointment every two
years, each representing a six-year term. In the current biennium, the four seats to
be filled are one at-large, and one each in the second, third, and eighth
congressional districts.
The RCAC is a 24-member advisory council established by the Minnesota State
Legislature to recruit, screen, and recommend regent candidates for election by
the Legislature. The interviews in this round will be held January 10-12, 2011, and
are open to the public. The RCAC must recommend to a Joint Legislative
Committee between two and four individuals for each open position on the Board.
The Joint Committee selects one candidate for each open position, and submits
this slate of candidates for consideration by the full Legislature sitting in Joint
Convention. Under our Minnesota Constitution, the Joint Convention elects
Regents to the Board.
Following are the names of the candidates to be interviewed by the RCAC for
each open regent seat:
At-Large: Allen Anderson, Gordon Bailey, Steven Hunter, and Robert Kennedy
Second District: Laura Brod, Thomas Devine, Kelly Smith, Steven Sviggum,
Robert Vogel, and Leon Westbrock
Third District: David Larson, Norman Rickerman, and Roby Thompson, Jr.
Eighth District: William Burns, George Goldfarb, Scott Lyons, David McMillian, and
Robert Ostlund

