WINONA, Minn. – A search committee narrowed the candidates for the next president of Winona State to three, including Ken Janz, the university’s current acting president. The other finalists: Mary Bonderoff, now acting president of State University of New York’s Delhi campus, and Karim Ismaili, chief academic officer at Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts. The search committee scheduled campus interviews for Monday through Thursday. The committee’s recommendation will go to Scott Olson, himself Winona State’s president until moving to the chancellorship last summer. The finalists:
Bonderoff. Acting president of SUNY, Delhi, since 2022. Enrollemnt: 3,200 undergrads, 50 post-grads. Previously SUNY System special advisor to the chancellor from 2021 to 2022. At SUNY Morrisville as vice president for student affairs and diversity from from 2017 to 2020. At SUNY Oneonta in multicultural roles from 1996 to 2017. Holds bachelor’s degree and a master’s degrees SUNY Oneonta and a doctorate from Northeastern University.
Ismaili. Executive vice president and provost and also related positions at Bridgewater State since 2018. Also special advisor to the president for university priorities and global engagement from 2014 to 2016. Earlier dean of graduate studies at Kennesaw State in Georgia, associate dean of humanities at Toronto Metropolitan University and chair of criminal justice. Holds a bachelor’s from Simon Fraser University, a master’s from University of Cambridge, and a doctorate from University of Western Ontario.
Janz. Interim president of Winona State since August. Previously associate academic vice president, chief technical officer, and library dean. Previously information technology offcer at Indiana State ad before that the College of Education director. Holds bachelor’s degrees from Dickinson State in North Dakota, a master’s from North Dakota State, and a doctorate from Indiana State University.