After a seven-month-long search process, the University’s Board of Trustees selected Joan Gabel as Pitt’s chancellor-elect on April 3, 2023. A search committee to find a new chancellor was appointed by Board of Trustees chair Doug Browning in September 2022. The committee included Board of Trustees members along with faculty, staff, students and alumni.

Pitt’s new Chancellor-elect Joan Gabel will receive a $950,000 annual base salary, marking a 36% increase compared to Patrick Gallagher’s current salary.

Joan Gabel will serve as Pitt’s next chancellor starting in July, following a vote Monday from the University’s Board of Trustees. The current president at the University of Minnesota is the first woman to have the job in Pitt’s history.