Jason Keith named as senior vice president and provost.

Iowa State University has named Jason Keith as the next senior vice president and provost, pending approval by the Board of Regents, according to a university press release.  

Keith succeeds Jonathan Wickert, who served as provost for 12 years and will remain with the university as a professor of mechanical engineering. 

The new provost previously served as the dean of the James Worth Bagley College of Engineering at Mississippi State University for the past 10 years. Prior to that, he served as the director of Mississippi State’s Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering. 

“President Wintersteen’s vision for Iowa State University resonates perfectly with my belief in what a public land-grant university should be all about,” Keith stated in the release. “I am thrilled to join her leadership team and have this opportunity to lead academic affairs to new heights in teaching, research, extension and service.”

The selection process included a nationwide search led by an 18-member search committee. David Spalding, vice president for economic development and industry relations and the dean of the Ivy College of Business, chaired the committee. 

Keith will begin his term on Aug. 1 as a member of Wintersteen’s senior leadership team and cabinet.