The California stem cell agency appears to have a new president waiting quietly in the wings.
The agency late Friday called a special meeting of its Oversight Committee for 7 a.m. June 26 to consider presidential candidates and compensation. The meeting will follow a session of the presidential search subcommittee at 5 p.m. June 25.
One of the issues in the presidential search has been compensation, largely driven by California's high housing costs, particularly in San Francisco.
Former CIRM President Zach Hall, who already lived in San Francisco, was paid $389,000 annually when he was hired. But it appears that salary will be boosted by the Oversight Committee.
At the time Hall was hired, some folks were not too happy about the level of executive compensation at the agency.
Announcement of a new president does not mean that he or she will soon be on the scene fulltime. Usually, such a person has to wind up affairs in a previous position, move, etc.
The meetings on June 25 and 26 will be conducted via conference calls. Access will be available at many locations throughout the state and in Australia, where one of the Oversight Committee members is visiting. The public can listen in and take part from those locations. The specific addresses can be found on the agendas.
The agenda for the June 26 meeting is not yet posted. Here is a link to the June 25 agenda, which is quite cryptic.
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