Peralta Community College District Board Policy 1.20 Policy 1.20 Chancellor Selection The following process will be followed by the Governing Board to select and hire a new Chancellor: A. The Board President shall appoint a Hiring Committee (HC) composed of members of the Governing Board. B. The HC will call for the development of a Request for Proposal (RFP) to identify potential search agencies to conduct a nationwide search. C. The Governing Board will be called upon to approve the RFP. D. The HC will review the proposals and make a recommendation to the Governing Board for the selection of a search agency. E. The HC will establish four committees to independently screen and evaluate the applications and rank them as candidates for formal interview. The committees will consist of the following: a. An Internal Committee composed of the Vice Chancellor of Educational Services, the Vice Chancellor of General Support Services, the Vice Chancellor of Human Resources, all four college presidents, the President of the District Academic Senate, the President of the Classified Senate, the President of the Peralta Federation of Teachers, a representative of local 1021, and the two Student Trustees. b. A Citizen’s Committee composed of a seven representatives that are resident within our Service Area, one to be nominated by each of the members of the Governing Board. c. A Professional Committee composed of the President of the California State University, East Bay; the Chancellors of City College of San Francisco, Contra Costa CCD, and Chabot-Los Positas CCD; and the Superintendent of each of the K-12 Districts in our Service Area. d. A Governmental Committee composed of the Mayor/Council President of the cities of Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda, Piedmont, Albany and Emeryville. F. The HC will provide all of the data received from the four committees to the Governing Board and will recommend five candidates to be interviewed. The identified candidates will be interviewed independently by each of the four committees and a graded ranking submitted to the Board. G. The Governing Board will then pursue the final elements of the selection process, which may include an interview of some or all of the five candidates.