Brandeis is conducting a national search for the Chief of Public Safety, led by a diverse search committee comprised of faculty, staff, students and trustees, and supported by an executive recruiting firm. The work of re-imagining public safety on our campus will inform the search committee as it develops a job description and selection of candidates. We anticipate that the search process will conclude in the spring.
With the help of Heather Larabee from the executive recruiting firm Spelman and Johnson, Brandeis will be conducting a national search for the next Director of Public Safety and Chief of Police Search.
Barbara Dortch-Okara (’71), Retired Massachusetts Superior Court Judge and Brandeis Trustee, Chair of the Academy Committee, Co-chair
Daniel Kryder, Louis Stulberg Chair in Law and Politics Professor at Brandeis, Co-chair
Mark Brimhall-Vargas, Chief Diversity Officer and Vice President for DEI
Linda Bui, Associate Dean of Academic Programs at IBS and Associate Professor of Economics
Dorothy Hodgson, Dean of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Anthropology
Ted Johnson, Associate Professor of the Practice at Heller
Tristen Moore (’20), IBS Graduate Student
Bill O’Reilly, Chief Of Staff and Senior Advisor to the President
Raymond Ou, Vice President of Student Affairs
Adam Rifkin (’97), Brandeis Trustee, Chair of the Risk Management and Audit Committee
Logan Shanks (’24), Undergraduate Student
Rise Singer, Associate Director for Administration, Schusterman Center for Israel Studies and BUSAC Chair
Ana Sophia Rollins (’23), Undergraduate Student
Madeline Toombs (’23), Undergraduate Student
Jarvis Williams, Heller Graduate Student and Research Analyst
Seth Winberg, Executive Director of Hillel and Director of Spiritual Life
October 2020
The search committee has a kick-off meeting to discuss responsibilities, process, and search schedule.
November 2020
The search committee engages in training and an educational session to enhance understanding of bias within searches and the current state of public safety both nationally and at Brandeis.
January 2021
The search is official launched.
February 2021
The Re-imagining Public Safety consultants present the major themes from the final report to the search committee.
The search committee finalizes the position description.
March 2021
Active recruitment by Spelman Johnson begins.
April 2021
The search committee reviews candidates and makes selections for confidential first round interviews.
The search committee conducts confidential first round interviews.
Finalists are selected by the search committee and presented to hiring authority (EVP, for Finance and Administration Stew Uretsky and Vice President for Campus Planning and Operations Lois Stanley).
May 2021
Community interviews for finalists are conducted.
June/July 2021
Targeted start date for new Chief of Public Safety.