University of Virginia President Teresa Sullivan said Friday she plans to retire in the summer of 2018 after her contract ends. She has asked the university’s board of visitors to begin searching for her successor.
Sullivan has led U. Va., since 2010, surviving an ouster attempt by some board members in 2012. She is the university’s first female president.
“As 2017 begins, UVA is strong and positioned for even greater strength in our educational offerings, research programs, and health system,” she said in a letter to the university community. “Given this strength, UVA is well-positioned for a transition to its ninth president.”
Founded by Thomas Jefferson, U.Va. consistently ranks among the nation’s top public universities in an annual list published by U.S. News and World Report. In the most recent list, it tied for second with UCLA behind the University of California-Berkeley.
