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Oct. 8, 2002 UNM REGENTS NAME PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH COMMITTEE The University of New Mexico Board of Regents today approved a UNM Presidential Search Committee consisting of three members of the Board of Regents, three UNM faculty members, one dean, a staff employee, an undergraduate and a graduate student and a UNM alumnus. In June, the Board named UNM Political Science Professor F. Chris Garcia as the University's 17th president effective Aug. 1, 2002 while a national search is conducted for a permanent president. Garcia's appointment coincided with the departure from UNM of former President William C. Gordon, who took the position of provost of Wake Forest University. The Regent members of the committee are David Archuleta, Esq., an Albuquerque attorney who will serve as chair of the committee; Sandra Begay-Campbell, a senior member of the Technical Staff, Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Program Office, Sandia National Laboratories; and Larry D. Willard, Board of Regents President and Regional President/CEO, Wells Fargo Bank New Mexico. UNM faculty members of the committee are Pope Moseley, M.D., professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and chair, Department of Internal Medicine; Virginia Seiser, reference librarian and Women Studies Selector, Zimmerman Library; and, Amy Wohlert, professor and chair, Speech and Hearing Sciences. School of Engineering Dean Joseph Cecchi, who is also a professor of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, was also named. David G. Sanchez, senior program manager, Extended University, will represent UNM staff on the committee. Rosalyn Nguyen, Associated Students of UNM Senator, who is currently working toward B.B.A., Finance, represents UNM undergraduate students; and, Beatrice Dominguez-Meiers, Graduate and Professional Student Association member, who is currently working toward her Ph.D. in Organizational Learning and Instructional Technologies at UNM, will represent UNM graduate students. Jacqueline J. Baca, president, Bueno Foods and member, UNM Alumni Association, will be the alumni/community representative. Search Coordinator assigned to the committee will be Nancy Middlebrook, Ph.D., program planning officer, Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs. The Board also approved the search firm of A.T. Kearney to help the committee identify candidates for the position of UNM president. Additionally, the Board approved its Charge to the Committee and the Code of Ethics for the Committee. # # #

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