The Presidential Search Committee, launching the search for the 11th president of Stanford University, is seeking feedback from the campus community on a new website launched this week.

Faculty, staff, students and alumni are invited to visit the website and provide comments on Stanford’s key opportunities and challenges during the next decade as well as the presidential attributes the committee should seek.

The website also provides an opportunity for the community to suggest prospective candidates for the post. Feedback on the website can be provided to the search committee on an anonymous basis if desired.

“We want to provide members of the campus community with more opportunity to give us input on what they think a new leader should be, and the challenges they think a new leader should be prepared to address,” said Isaac Stein, JD/MBA ’72, who chairs the Presidential Search Committee. “We welcome broad input and understand that every part of the campus community has a different perspective on the role of the president because of their different interactions with the position. We want to hear all of those views.”

In addition to the website, the committee is planning webcasts and other town hall–style meetings this fall for the campus community to connect with and provide input to search committee members.

The 19-member search committee was appointed by the Board of Trustees and announced in August. The group began its work this month. Stein said that the first task for the group is to identity the most important attributes of a new president.

The presidential search process is expected to conclude by the spring of 2016.

“Stanford is a remarkably strong institution held in the highest academic regard worldwide. At this moment in time, there is not a more exciting opportunity in higher education,” said Steven Denning, MBA ’78, chair of the Stanford Board of Trustees, upon the appointment of the committee. “We are confident we will find an inspiring and innovative leader to build upon the trajectory of the past 15 years.”

President John Hennessy announced last June that he intends to vacate his post at the end of the 2015-16 academic year. Provost John Etchemendy, who has served in tandem with Hennessy for almost 15 years, agreed to continue as provost for up to an additional year after Hennessy steps down to assist with the transition until the new president can appoint a successor. Etchemendy has previously indicated that he does not want to be considered as a candidate for the presidency.

The Stanford affiliation and background of each of the members of the Presidential Search Committee can be found on the search website. The committee members are:

• Isaac Stein, JD/MBA ’72, trustee and committee chair; president, Waverley Associates
• Mark Kelman, committee faculty deputy chair; James C. Gaither Professor in Law and vice dean, School of Law
• Kathryn Ko Chou, BS ’85, MS ’86, senior vice president, sales and strategy, Informatica
• Robert Chun, ’16, chair of Stanford in Government, economics major
• Jim Coulter, MBA ’86, trustee; founding partner, CEO, TPG
• Melinda Cromie, PhD ’12, postdoctoral fellow, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine
• Adam Daniel, senior associate dean for finance and administration, School of Humanities and Sciences
• Steven Denning, MBA ’78, chair of the Board of Trustees; chairman, General Atlantic
• Sanjiv Sam Gambhir, Ludwig Professor and chair, Department of Radiology
• Margot Gerritsen, PhD ’97, director, Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering and senior associate dean, School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
• Ken Goodson, Davies Family Provostial Professor, and Bosch Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering
• Susan McCaw, BA ’84, trustee; president, COM Investments
• Kam Moler, BS ’88, PhD ’95, professor of applied physics and of physics and Sapp Family Fellow in Undergraduate Education
• Ruth Porat, BA ’79, trustee; senior vice president and chief financial officer, Google and Alphabet
• Jeff Raikes, BA ’80, trustee; co-founder, Raikes Foundation
• Ramón Saldívar, Hoagland Family Professor in Humanities and Sciences
• Srinija Srinivasan, BS ’93, trustee; co-founder, Loove Music
• Larissa Tiedens, Jonathan B. Lovelace Professor of Organizational Behavior and senior associate dean for academic affairs, Graduate School of Business
• Vaughn Williams, JD ’69, trustee; of counsel, formerly partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Donna Lawrence, assistant vice president for development, will serve as executive vice chair of the committee. Ingrid Deiwiks, executive assistant at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, will serve as staff director.