Clarion University
Council of Trustees’ Special Meeting
Room 114 Carrier Hall
Clarion, PA 16214
Wednesday, June 13, 2018
11:00 a.m.
Agenda
Pledge of Allegiance
Call Meeting to Order and Roll Call of Members
Public Comments
Action Item ............................................................................................................. Chair, JD Dunbar
1.

Approval of Order of Succession Plan – Item 1
The Board of Governors Policy 1983-14-A: Appointing Interim and Acting Chief Executive
Officers was revised by the Board on January 24, 2013. Under the revised policy, each
university president is required to deliver the campus Order of Succession Plan to the
Chancellor after a resolution and vote by the University’s Council of Trustees. Clarion
University’s Order of Succession Plan appears in Item 1 attached; the resolution to be
approved by the trustees appears below:
WHEREAS, Board of Governors Policy 1983-14-A: Appointing Interim and Acting Chief
Executive Officers, requires that each PASSHE university president develop and publish an
Order of Succession identifying, in rank order, members of its university’s executive
management team who will act on behalf of the president in his/her absence; in the event
the president is temporarily unable to fulfill the responsibilities of the position; or in the event
there is a vacancy; and
WHEREAS, Board of Governors Policy 1983-14-A, Appointing Interim and Acting Chief
Executive Officers, requires that prior to the beginning of each academic year, the president
deliver the university Order of Succession Plan to the Chancellor after a resolution and vote by
the university’s Council of Trustees; and

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WHEREAS, the attached Order of Succession Plan, provided by the Council of Trustees’,
lists in rank order the members of Interim President Peter C. Fackler’s executive management
team to act on his behalf in his absence or in the event he is temporarily unable to fulfill his
responsibilities, or in the event there is a vacancy;
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of Trustees approves and certifies the
attached Order of Succession Plan and directs the Interim President Peter C. Fackler to
deliver the Succession Plan to the Chancellor, in accordance with Board of Governors Policy
1983-14-A.
Next Meeting (July 19, 2018) and Adjournment.

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Item 1

Clarion University of Pennsylvania Senior Officers
Order of Succession
In the absence of Mr. Peter Fackler, Interim President, the following individuals will
assume responsibility for the operation of the university in the order listed:
Mr. James M. Geiger, Vice President for University Advancement

Dr. Pamela Gent, Interim Provost/Vice President Academic Affairs

Dr. Susanne K. Fenske, Vice President for Student Affairs

Mr. Leonard A. Cullo, Jr., Vice President for Finance & Administration

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