"Dean, College of Arts and Science"

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is the foremost institution in the nation focusing on aviation and aerospace. With campuses in Daytona Beach, Florida, and Prescott, Arizona, – plus the country's number one-ranked undergraduate online program and multiple on-site locations around the world – Embry-Riddle is in many ways a model for the future of higher education.

Embry-Riddle seeks a Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences for its flagship Daytona Beach campus. The new Dean will lead a unit that is central to the university's academic offerings, providing the bulk of general education courses across the university while at the same time growing its own majors, creating new graduate programs and enabling groundbreaking scholarly research and creative activities. The Dean will have the opportunity to galvanize the college behind a vision for its future, to plan out that future strategically and to advocate for the resources necessary for that vision to become a reality. In pursuing these directions, the Dean will benefit from a strong core of institutional leaders.

The successful candidate will demonstrate outstanding capacity to provide leadership for the College's broad spectrum of academic activities, an engaging vision for the future of COAS, a demonstrated record of supporting student success, a commitment to the principles and practices of shared governance, strong fiscal and personnel management skills, an ability to enhance research, and success in fundraising.

To accomplish these goals, the ideal candidate for the deanship will be an experienced leader of people and programs with a successful history of collaboration and communication. The ideal candidate will have the credentials to be tenurable at the rank of full professor. Leaders with superior communication skills, including the ability to listen actively and well will be at an advantage. The ideal candidate will have a personal interest in aviation and aeronautics and the ability to relate well across a wide range of academic disciplines.

Embry-Riddle is a higher education success story, and its new Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences for the Daytona Beach campus will have the opportunity to sustain and advance its commitment to student success and scholarly attainment.

We invite you to view the complete leadership profile here.

WittKieffer is assisting Embry-Riddle in this search. All applications, nominations, and confidential inquiries are invited. Applications should include, as separate documents, a CV or resume and a letter of interest addressing the themes in the leadership profile. For fullest consideration, candidate materials should be received by October 10, 2025.

Applications, nominations and inquiries can be directed to: Jessica Herrington and Natalie Song at Embry-RiddleCOASDean@wittkieffer.com.

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University recognizes the value of diversity and is dedicated to fostering a positive climate in which all students, faculty, and staff are encouraged in their professional, social, and intellectual pursuits. Embry-Riddle is committed to providing equal employment opportunity and affirmative action for qualified individuals. The University does not tolerate discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, gender identity, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.