LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KRQE) – The New Mexico State University Board of Regents on Monday announced five finalists vying to be the university’s next president.
The following candidates were selected from a nationwide pool of candidates with the assistance of search firm WittKieffer and an internal presidential search committee led by Regents Chair Ammu Devasthali, according to the university.
Finalists:
Valerio Ferme, Ph.D., Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, University of Cincinnati
Brian Haynes, Ph.D., Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, University of California, Riverside
Monica Lounsbery, Ph.D., Dean, College of Health and Human Services, California State University, Long Beach
Neil MacKinnon, Ph.D. Professor, School of Public Health, Immediate Past Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, Augusta University
Arsenio Romero, Ph.D., Secretary of Public Education, State of New Mexico.
The candidates will be visiting NMSU in early September to hear from the community and members of the public. The schedule for those visits and forums will be announced soon and will be available online at nmsu.edu/president-search, according to NMSU.
The university will also update its webpage to include more information about each finalist, links to webcasts of each public forum, and feedback forms to provide comments to the board.
“We cannot complete this process without the help of all our Aggie community. I hope you will join us for the candidate forums, and I hope you will choose to attend in person if possible,” Devasthali said in a news release. “This is an incredibly important decision, and we need your feedback to help us find the best leader for NMSU.”
