"Deputy Director General"

Search for the Deputy Director General, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory

Tempe, Arizona

Arizona State University

Arizona State University (ASU) is seeking a mission-driven, dynamic, and collaborative leader to serve as the Deputy Director General (DDG) of the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory (GFL). Under the leadership and direction of Peter Schlosser, a visionary and leading earth system scientist, the Global Futures Laboratory launched in 2020 with the ambitious goal to make a meaningful contribution to ensuring a habitable planet and a future in which well-being is attainable.

The Global Futures Laboratory (GFL) is creating a platform for an ongoing and wide-ranging exchange across all knowledge domains to address the complex social, economic and scientific challenges spawned by the current and future threats from global change. This platform positions a new world headquarters for an international network of scientists, scholars and innovators, and it lays the foundation for shaping and informing our future purposefully based on a holistic understanding of the world in which we live and why it has been subjected to so many pressure points.

The DDG will be firmly committed—academically, professionally, and personally—to this mission and will serve as a trusted partner to Dr. Schlosser, working to translate his vision into a reality while providing operational oversight and advancing the unique and innovative approach of the laboratory. This is a wholly unique opportunity to play a central role in the advancement of a world-class scientific enterprise of a new ilk, with the potential to shape the future of global environmental research and innovation.

Screening of complete applications will begin immediately and continue until the completion of the search process. All inquiries, nominations, and applications can be directed to the Isaacson, Miller consultants supporting the search: David Bellshaw, Partner; Carley Davenport, Managing Associate; Drew Nichols, Senior Associate; and Kendra Moleé, Senior Search Coordinator. Electronic submission of materials at this link is required.

Arizona State University is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor and an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by law. For more information, please visit: https://www.asu.edu/aad/manuals/acd/acd401.html and https://www.asu.edu/titleIX/