Provost Search Committee
New Mexico Highlands University seeks a Provost to lead academic endeavors and strategic enrollment to new heights of excellence and to explore outreach to new populations of students. The University welcomes innovation in the development of new academic programs and collaboration with all other units in the University to implement those programs.
For additional information or questions about the search, please contact Search Committee Chair Dr. D. Veena Parboteeah at parbotev@nmhu.edu.
| Name | Type | Position |
| Abreu, Jim | Community Representative | H-Club/former Dean |
| Anaya, Robert | Staff Advisory Senate Representative | |
| Avery, Jacob | Faculty Senate Representative | Assistant Professor of Sociology |
| Blea, Kimberly | Leadership | VP of Student Affairs |
| Gadsden, Gloria | Faculty Senate Representative | Graduate Coordinator for Criminology |
| Gonzales, Stephanie | Leadership | VP for Finance and Administration |
| Gutierrez, Chris | Community Representative | West Las Vegas, Superintendent |
| Jenkins, Kathy | Faculty Union | Department Chair, Exercise & Sports Sciences |
| Marrujo, Lubby | Student Representative | Graduate student, Business Administration |
| Martinez, Rey | Faculty Representative | Professor of Social Work |
| Medina, Gina | Staff Senate Representative | Administrative Assistant, Dept of History & Pols Sci |
| Moreira, Gerardo | Faculty Representative | Assistant Professor of Marketing |
| Pacheco, Benito | Leadership | Associate VP of Strategic Enrollment Mgt |
| Rainer, Kayl | ASNMHU President | Undergraduate student, Forestry |
| Redondo, Angela | Faculty Representative | Assistant Professor of Early Childhood |
| Rodriguez, Acacia | ASNMHU Senator | Graduate student, Human Performance & Sport |
| Sandoval, Melissa | Community Representative | Las Vegas City Schools, Superintendent |
| Trujillo, Cheryl | Staff / Alumni Representative | Transfer Credits Analyst & System Administrator |
Search Timeline
PHASE 1 – NEEDS ASSESSMENT & MARKETING
2/4-2/17 – RHPerry team conducts pre-search study,
2/13 – RHPerry team submits final search timeline to committee chair and hiring authority
2/14 – RHPerry team provides draft profile to Search Committee Chair and hiring authority for final approval
2/17 – Hiring authority provides final, approved profile to RHPerry team
2/19 – Profile is posted to institutional website and www.rhperry.com; advertising is placed
2/20 – First Search Committee meeting
PHASE 2 – RECRUITMENT STRATEGY & CANDIDATE MANAGEMENT
2/19-3/26 – RHPerry team recruits/develops candidate pool; begins identification of top candidates and performs due diligence
3/26 – Due date for applications
3/31 – Search Committee receives access to Client Resource Center (CRC) & begins review of candidate materials
PHASE 3 – SELECTION & EVALUATION
4/10 – 1:00-3:00 p.m. – RHPerry team meets with Search Committee to review candidate pool and select semi-finalist candidates
4/15 & 4/17 – Search Committee conducts zoom semi-finalist interviews and selects finalist candidates
PHASE 4 – DUE DILIGENCE & CAMPUS INTERVIEWS
4/18-5/1 – RHPerry team conducts intensive finalist due diligence
5/1-5/8 – Finalist candidate interviews (one to two days per finalist)
PHASE 5 – APPOINTMENT & CLOSURE
TBD – RHPerry team meets with search committee to review finalist candidates and prepare report for hiring authority
TBD – The hiring authority selects the preferred candidate and extends offer
TBD – The selected candidate assumes office