A meeting Wednesday in Montgomery brought Auburn University one step closer to a new board of trustees.
Out of the original 170 potential candidates, the selection committee has chosen 35 to interview for the nine available positions.
"They had a written questionnaire, and so all of the committee members nominated several to interview," said Jennifer Ardis, press secretary for Gov. Robert Bentley.
The interview process is the next step to securing a new board. The selection committee has set aside Jan. 25 and Jan. 30 to allow for 15-minute interviews with each nominee.
"(The committee members) sort of set the message for what they want to ask ... whether it's professional-what they've done in their professional careers or what they've done for Auburn University-They have the choice of the questions," Ardis said.
According to the board of trustees website, all interviews will be held in the lieutenant governor's conference room at the state Capitol. The selection committee's final nominations will go to the state Senate for approval.
The nominees are as follows:
District 1
David Alsobrook, Elaine Beech, B.T. Roberts
District 2
David Herrick, Clark Sahlie, Al Thompson, Virginia Thompson,\0x2028Carl Whatley
District 3
Jimmy Rane
District 3-Lee County
Joe Beckwith, Al Cook, Bob Dumas, Denson Lipscomb,\0x2028Charles Pick,\0x2028Howard Porter
District 4
Kerry Bradley, Jim Hoskins, Patrick McCarty, Jimmy Sanford
District 6
Randy Campbell, Elizabeth Huntley, Tim Martin
District 7
Ben Gomez, Stacey Hill, Sarah Newton
District 9
Doug Eddleman, Byron Franklin, Charles Hart, David Oberman,\0x2028Jim Pratt,\0x2028Chris Woods
At-Large
Frederick Holcomb, Charles McCrary, Anita Newcomb,\0x2028Wayne Smith
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