Search Overview
A distinguished and broadly representative group of health care professionals, UMass faculty, business leaders, community stakeholders, and alumni, have been appointed today by UMass Board of Trustees Chairman Stephen Karam and UMass President Marty Meehan to lead a comprehensive search for the next chancellor of UMass Chan Medical School.
Worcester area resident and UMass Trustee David Brunelle, co-founder and managing director of North Pointe Wealth Management, agreed to chair the search committee.
The search committee will seek input from a wide range of university stakeholders, including community leaders, students, faculty, staff, and alumni, in the coming months. The committee will develop a competitive pool of candidates to submit to President Meehan, who will then make a recommendation to the Board of Trustees.
The search committee includes department chairs from UMass Chan Medical School, faculty members, senior university leaders, members of the business community, healthcare professionals, UMass Chan alumni, UMass Trustees, and community stakeholders.
National executive search firm Isaacson, Miller will assist with the Committee’s work and the search process.
Upcoming Search Committee Meetings
- Wednesday, September 17th, 2025, 3:00 pm - UMass Chan Chancellor Search Committee Meeting
Documents
- Documents from the Search Committee will be here when available.
More about UMass Chan Medical School
UMass Chan Medical School, one of five campuses of the University of Massachusetts system, comprises the T.H. Chan School of Medicine; the Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences; the Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing; ForHealth Consulting at UMass Chan Medical School, a public service health care consulting division; and MassBiologics, the only nonprofit, FDA-licensed manufacturer of vaccines, biologics and viral vector gene therapies in the United States; and a thriving Nobel-Prize-winning biomedical research enterprise.
UMass Chan is advancing together to improve the health and wellness of our diverse communities throughout Massachusetts and across the world by leading and innovating in education, research, health care delivery, and public service. UMass Chan has built a reputation as a world-class destination for biomedical research. It is ranked among the best medical schools in the nation for primary care education and biomedical research by U.S. News & World Report. In 2021, the Medical School received a $175 million gift from The Morningside Foundation and was renamed UMass Chan Medical School. Learn more at www.umassmed.edu.