Southern Illinois Chancellor Hired Family Members for Posts Created for Them, Newspaper Reports

Julian Wylie:

In response to documents revealing Montemagno’s hiring decisions, Rae Goldsmith, director of communications and marketing, told the student newspaper that “it’s not unusual because that’s part of what you do to negotiate to get the people you want here.” She said there was an oral agreement between the chancellor and the system’s president, Randy J. Dunn, to “bring aboard family.”

Montemagno’s daughter, Melissa Germain, is now assistant director of university communications, Goldsmith said. Her husband, Jeffrey Germai