In an email to RISD faculty, Board Chair Michael Spalter has announced that the search for a new president is underway.
The board has appointed an 11-member search committee, which includes representatives from the RISD Museum, the faculty and the board of trustees.
The university has hired executive search firm Isaacson Miller to help with the search.
RISD’s former President John Maeda stepped down unexpectedly in the middle of the academic year to take a venture capital job in Silicon Valley.