St. Louis College of Pharmacy Selects Presidential Search Firm
and Announces Search Committee Members
ST. LOUIS – Bret Kimes, chairman of the Board of Trustees at St. Louis College of Pharmacy, announced today that a presidential search firm and search committee members have been selected as the College seeks to replace outgoing President Thomas F. Patton.
Patton announced on Feb. 13 that he will step down, effective June 30, 2010. He has served as president since 1994, one of the longest tenures among local college and university presidents.
The College has retained Parker Executive Search. The company conducts executive searches globally for corporations, colleges and universities and collegiate athletics. The Parker Executive Search team has successfully completed more than 1,000 searches and its consultants have more than 50 years combined experience. The company was selected from a pool of five executive search firms.
Correspondence regarding the search should be sent to: Daniel F. Parker, Sr., President, Parker Executive Search, Attn: St. Louis College of Pharmacy Presidential Search, Five Concourse Parkway, Suite 2440, Atlanta, GA 30328 or dparker@parkersearch.com.
The College’s search committee is comprised of 13 members – including a St. Louis higher-education leader, a former administrator at the College, four current and four former members of the College’s Board of Trustees, two faculty members and one student leader.
The committee members are:
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Laura Cusumano: Director of client services at Integrated Marketing Associates. Board of Trustees member since 2007.
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Brenda Gleason ‘97: Associate professor of pharmacy practice since 1999.
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Don Hagen ‘65: Retired as vice president of pharmaceutical trade relations at Express Scripts. Served on the Board of Trustees three times – from 1971 to 1986; 1988 to 1996; and 1999 to 2008.
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Zelema Harris: Chancellor of St. Louis Community College (STLCC). Oversees a system that consists of four campuses and three education centers. STLCC has an enrollment of more than 25,000 students.
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Ron Hofmeister: Former Medicine Shoppe International executive. Served as a member of the Board of Trustees from 2000 to 2009 and was board chairman from 2006 to 2009. As immediate past chairman of the board, he will chair the search committee.
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Bret Kimes: General partner for investment banking at Edward Jones. Member of the Board of Trustee since 2002; currently serves as board chairman. He is an ex-officio member of the search committee.
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Ken Kirk: Served as the College’s vice-president for academic affairs and dean from 1995 to 2006.
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Tom Meyer ‘71: Former director of pharmacy at the St. Louis V.A. Medical center. Member of the Board of Trustees since 2005. Served as president of the College’s Alumni Association in 2008-2009.
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Art Perry ‘72: Retired as manager of government accounts at Eli Lilly and Company. Served on the Board of Trustees from 1999 to 2008. Former member and honorary president of the College’s Alumni Association’s Board of Directors.
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Laine Rapp: Fourth-year student in 2009-2010; currently serves as president of the Student Government Association.
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Mike Scully: Regional president of Commercial Banking at U.S. Bank. Member of the Board of Trustees from 2000 to 2008. Served as chairman from 2003 to 2006.
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Margaret Weck: Associate professor of biology since 1992 and director of basic and pharmaceutical sciences division since 2008.
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Paul Wentzien: Chief financial officer at Delmar Garden Enterprises. Served twice on the Board of Trustees – from 1992 to 2001 and 2002 through present; board chairman from 1994 to 1997.
About St. Louis College of Pharmacy: Founded in 1864, St. Louis College of Pharmacy is one of the oldest and largest colleges of pharmacy in America. The College admits students directly from high school and integrates the liberal arts and sciences with a six-year professional curriculum leading to the Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree. Approximately 1,200 students attend, and more than 72 percent of practicing pharmacists in the St. Louis metropolitan area are alumni.
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