UNC President Erskine Bowles gave the Search Committee his criteria for a new chancellor:

1. A leader who is as driven as Pat Sullivan to take UNCG to the next level
2. A good administrator and manager
3. Someone who cares and cares deeply about this university
4. Enormous people skills
5. Strong commitment to undergraduate education and research
6. Someone who would buy into the UNC Tomorrow report
7. A good partner for Chancellor Stanley Battle at A&T in a cooperative relationship, not just with the Gateway University Research Park, but other academic and research endeavors
8. Someone who will work with the UNC system and with the other universities
9. A community activist
10. A proven fund-raiser