The University of New Mexico Board of Regents has chosen five finalists for the 22nd president of The University of New Mexico, adopting the recommendation of the Presidential Search Committee.

They include, in order of their scheduled visits to campus:

  • David A. Brenner, M.D., Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences and Dean of the School of Medicine, University of California San Diego
  • Anny Morrobel-Sosa, Ph.D., President and Founder, The Micaela Group
  • Charles “Chuck” Staben, Ph.D., President, University of Idaho
  • Garnett S. Stokes, Ph.D., Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, University of Missouri
  • Kenneth Kaushansky, M.D., Sr. Vice President of Health Sciences and Dean of the School of Medicine, Stony Brook University

Additional information on each candidate, including CVs, is available at presidentialsearch.unm.edu.

UNM Board of Regents President and Search Committee Chair Rob Doughty praised the work of the presidential search advisory committee, which was charged with recommending an unranked list of at least eight semi-finalists. Pursuant to New Mexico law and Regents Policy, the Board selected five finalists who have been invited to the campus for interviews.

“We are extremely pleased to have engaged these five very accomplished finalists who seek to be the next president of UNM,” said Doughty. “The search committee found them to be outstanding candidates with great enthusiasm for UNM and its future. We look forward to their campus visits over the next few weeks.”

UNM faculty, staff and students as well as alumni and community members, will have the opportunity to meet the five finalists for UNM president beginning Oct. 9, 2017.

The public schedule for each candidate follows:

Monday, Oct. 9 — David A. Brenner
Open forum with faculty, staff and students: 1:15 — 2:30 p.m., SUB B & C

Tuesday, Oct. 10 — Anny Morrobel-Sosa
Open forum with faculty, staff and students: 1:15 — 2:30 p.m., SUB B & C

Tuesday, Oct. 17 — Charles “Chuck” Staben
Open forum with faculty, staff and students: 1:15 — 2:30 p.m., SUB B & C

Monday, Oct. 23 — Garnett S. Stokes
Open forum with faculty, staff and students: 1:15 — 2:30 p.m., SUB B & C

Tuesday, Oct. 24 — Kenneth Kaushansky
Open forum with faculty, staff and students: 1:15 — 2:30 p.m., SUB Theater *
* venue subject to change

A live web stream of the open forums will be provided for those interested but unable to attend. The live stream will only be accessible to individuals with a valid UNM NetID. After all of the candidates have visited, videos of finalist forums will be posted online for 48 hours.

Your feedback is important. Surveys for each candidate will be made available after each forum and after all five candidates have visited. Please visit the Presidential Search website for updates and links.

After the campus visits, the Board of Regents will make a final hiring decision.