Panel picks five nominees for new chancellor of University of Alaska Southeast

The main University of Alaska Southeast campus is located near Auke Bay in Juneau. (Photo by Bridget Dowd/KTOO). A search committee has picked the chairman of Sealaska Corp. and four education officials as finalists to serve as the chancellor of the University of Alaska Southeast, one of three main branches of the University of Alaska System. On Monday, the university announced the shortlist of candidates for the job that will open when current chancellor Karen Carey retires at the end of June: Lisa Parady, executive director of the Alaska Council of School Administrators James Taylor, senior associate vice president at Utah State University Aparna Palmer, vice president of Front Range Community College in Colorado Cathay LeCompte, division director of the Alaska Vocational Technical Center in Seward Joe Nelson, chairman of the board of directors of Sealaska Corp The chancellor of UAS serves as the university's chief executive officer and will be appointed by University of Alaska President Pat Pitney.