The state Board of Regents has named the head of the University of Iowa Presidential Search Committee.

Jean Robillard, the UI vice president for Medical Affairs, will lead the effort to find a new president to succeed UI President Sally Mason, who will retire this summer.

The regents will further discuss the search process at their Thursday meeting in Cedar Falls.

Robillard, who oversees UI Health Care, has been vice president since 2007. He formerly served as dean of the Carver College of Medicine.

— by Chris Higgins