BBISS Executive Director Search
Finalists Visits
Four finalists for the role of Executive Director of the Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems have been invited to participate in two-day campus visits. Each finalist will meet with faculty, staff, and leadership of the Georgia Institute of Technology, and give a seminar on their vision for BBISS. Finalist visits will occur on the following dates, with each candidate giving their seminar at 11:00 a.m. on the first date of the visit. The Georgia Tech community will be invited to share their feedback on finalists.
- Candidate #1: Rescheduled due to inclement weather! - February 14, 2025
- Candidate #2: January 23, 2025
- Candidate #3: February 6, 2025
- Candidate #4: February 10, 2025
About the BBISS Executive Director Search
The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) invited applications and nominations for the Executive Director (ED) position in the Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems (BBISS). BBISS, one of Georgia Tech’s Interdisciplinary Research Institutes (IRIs), brings together researchers from across Georgia Tech, including academic and research units, to support world-class sustainability-focused research, student engagement, and industry, government, and nonprofit collaboration toward achieving systemic change.
The BBISS ED will be a dynamic, collaborative, and entrepreneurial leader who will unite a broad range of stakeholders around a vision to elevate and grow sustainability at Georgia Tech. As a systems thinker and relationship builder, the ED will expand and enhance BBISS collaborations and partnerships within and beyond Georgia Tech to broaden its sustainability footprint in local, regional, national, and international arenas.
The ED will catalyze the formation of interdisciplinary teams to support high-impact programming and grants in areas such as climate science, solutions, and policy; ecosystem and environmental health; sustainable cities and infrastructure; sustainable resource and material use; global sustainable development; and the economics and business of sustainability.
Georgia Tech has retained the services of the executive search firm AGB Search. This search was open to both external and internal candidates. This position reports to the Executive Vice President for Research (EVPR) of Georgia Tech.
Monica Burton, Principal
monica.burton@agbsearch.com
C: 917.825.2961
Nancy Targett, Ph.D., Executive Search Consultant
nancy.targett@agbsearch.com
C: 302.233.5202
Town Hall
The office of the Vice President of Interdisciplinary Research hosted a town hall event on September 10, 2024 to keep the Georgia Tech sustainability community informed about the search process and to answer questions, as well as to receive feedback about the search and what people wish to see in a future executive director. The event was recorded, and is accessible at this link through Georgia Tech networks.
