Committee to help select new UH athletic director
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| McCLAIN: Business dean chairs committee |
The committee will be chaired by David McClain, dean of the College of Business Administration, and report to Manoa interim chancellor Deane Neubauer. The first meeting is today
The committee is scheduled to recommend an unspecified number of finalists to Neubauer in July. UH President Evan Dobelle has said he hopes to have a new athletic director in place this fall.
Hugh Yoshida, who has served as athletic director since 1993, is scheduled to retire when his contract expires in December.
Dobelle has said the school expects to pay about $180,000, the average salary of a Division I athletic director. It has yet to formally advertise the position.
Neubauer said the advisory committee, "represents a range of interests from the university and the community."
"We all recognize the importance of UH athletics to the people of Hawai'i and we know that our program needs strong and visionary leadership," Neubauer said in a release. "The committee will be looking for an individual with those qualities and someone who will also carry forward our strong commitment to higher education in the student-athlete equation."
Members of the committee, in addition to McClain, are:
- Keith Amemiya, executive director Hawai'i High School Athletic Association.
- Carolyn Berry, chairman Honolulu Symphony board of directors.
- Ronald Cambra, associate dean College of Arts & Sciences.
- Paul Costello, UH vice president external affairs.
- Anthony Guerrero, vice president First Hawaiian Bank.
- Bitsy Kelley, Outrigger Hotels.
- Bert Kobayashi Jr., attorney.
- Edward Kuba, attorney.
- Faye Kurren, president Tesoro Hawaii.
- Joel Matsunaga, vice president, Verizon.
- Marilyn Moniz-Kaho'ohanohano, UH assistant athletic director and senior women's administrator.
- Thomas Rohr, president Transcontinental Properties.
- 2 students to be named by the athletic department.
- 1 UH Manoa Faculty Senate representative to be named by the senate.
