Selection process and campus invite for next UGA Chief of Police

Following Jimmy Williamson’s December 5, 2017 announcement to retire as Chief of Police on June 30, 2018, the University of Georgia has been conducting a national search to identify its next Chief of Police. A search committee, chaired by Michael Raeber, general counsel for the University, was formed and charged on December 21, 2017 to oversee the search process and to identify a group of exceptional candidates to present as finalists to the University community and our hiring authority, Vice President Ryan Nesbit. The committee was assisted by the UGA Search Group and Spelman Johnson, a premier external executive search firm exclusively committed to serving higher education.

Vice President Nesbit and the search committee now would like to invite you to the candidate presentations during the on-campus, two-day interviews that will take place over the coming weeks. Each candidate’s name and application materials will be shared two business days before their interviews. While all three finalists accepted the invitation to come to campus for these interviews, one of the finalists who was external to the University, accepted another position and withdrew his candidacy.

No RSVPs are required for the presentations, which are scheduled as follows:

Candidate Presentation

Tate Theater, Tate Center
9:30-10:30 a.m.

Candidate 1: Thursday, April 5
Candidate 2: Monday, April 9

We are pleased to announce that our first of two finalists in the search for the next Chief of Police of the University of Georgia Police Department is Captain Wes Huff, of the University of Georgia. You are invited to attend his candidate presentation:

Date: Thursday, April 5
Time: 9:30–10:30 a.m.
Location: Tate Theater, Tate Center

“Policing Today and in the Future on a University Campus”

Candidates’ CVs and a copy of the feedback form have been posted to our website for your review. You may provide feedback regarding the candidate using the Candidate Feedback Form. If you choose to provide feedback, first save the form to your computer, and then

it as an attachment. Your feedback document will be sent directly to the hiring authority. Your input is most important, so please submit all feedback by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, April 11.

The second and final candidate’s name and information will be released in the afternoon of Thursday, April 5. Please feel free to

regarding scheduling questions.

Best regards,

UGA Search Group