The Iowa Board of Regents has selected a new president for Iowa State University and she’s already on the Ames campus. Regents President Michael Richards made the official announcement after the board conducted interviews with three finalists for the job on Monday, that they had chosen Wendy Wintersteen.
The 61-year-old Wintersteen has been dean of the ISU College of Agriculture and Life Sciences since 2006, but she’s been with Iowa State since 1979.
She will take office on November 20. Wintersteen will be ISU’s 16th president and the first woman to hold the position in the school’s 159-year history.
Wintersteen’s appointment ends a nearly six-month national search. Wintersteen is signing a five-year contract that includes a first-year annual salary of $525,000. Her salary will increase to $550,000 in the second year and $590,000 in year three.
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