Rutgers Health Chancellor Search
Searching for the Next Chancellor of Rutgers Health
The search for the next Chancellor of Rutgers Health has been launched.
Co-chaired by Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Keena Arbuthnot and Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Dean Amy Murtha, the search committee will be assisted by the executive search firm Spencer Stuart.
Rutgers Health, a division of Rutgers University and one of the largest academic health centers in the United States, was established as Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences in 2013 in accordance with the 2012 New Jersey Medical and Health Sciences Education Restructuring Act. Rutgers Health comprises eight schools, eleven major centers and institutes, and a statewide behavioral health network.
Additional information regarding the search will be posted on this page as it becomes available.
(Pictured: Jack & Sheryl Morris Cancer Center, opened May 2025)
Rutgers Health Chancellor Search Committee
- Keena Arbuthnot, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs (co-chair)
- Amy Murtha, Dean, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (co-chair)
- William Arnold, President and CEO, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
- Gary Aston-Jones, Director, Rutgers Brain Health Institute
- Joseph Barone, Dean, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy
- Martin Blaser, Executive Director, Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine
- Frank Ghinassi, President and CEO, Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care
- Shawna Hudson, Vice Chancellor for Dissemination and Implementation Science, Rutgers Health
- Steven Libutti, Director, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
- Wendy Purcell, Professor, School of Public Health (University Senate Representative)
- Angela Starkweather, Dean, Rutgers School of Nursing
- Gary Taffet, Member, Rutgers Board of Governors; Chair, Health Affairs Committee
Search Committee Staff
- Angela Mullis, Associate Vice President for Faculty Affairs
- Search Firm: Spencer Stuart