Witt/Kieffer Selected To Lead CEO Search for the South Dakota Board Of Regents

March 17, 2015 – Executive search firm Witt/Kieffer has been retained by the South Dakota Board of Regents to lead its search for a new executive director and chief executive officer. Current CEO and executive director Jack R. Warner will retire at the end of the current fiscal year. John K. Thornburgh, senior partner in the firm’s education practice, will lead the assignment. The South Dakota Board of Regents is a governing board that controls six public universities in the U.S. state of South Dakota. Witt/Kieffer assists hospitals, health systems, academic medical centers, medical schools and physician groups; biotech, pharmaceutical, diagnostics and medical device companies; colleges and universities and not-for-profit community service and cultural organizations with senior administrative recruiting assignments.