Staff Report
After a nationwide, five-month search that attracted more than 50 applicants, UNM Provost Brian Foster announced on April 8 a list of four finalists for the UNM-Gallup branch executive director position.
"The search committee worked well together and, along with the national advertising campaign, put together a good pool," UNM Deputy Provost Richard Holder said. "We've got a strong group of finalists.
"On paper, the candidates have the credentials to help us in those and other areas," Holder said, adding that he has not yet met the finalists. "The trick will be to meet with these folks face to face and see how they will do in a close, one-on-one setting."
Each finalist will spend two days at the branch visiting with students, faculty, staff and administrators. The candidates and the dates of their trips to Gallup are:
Judith Doerr, Ph.D. Doerr was temporary director of Institutional Effectiveness at Cochise College, Sierra Vista, Ariz. for the latter part of 2002. For the 2001-02 fiscal year, she served as executive director for Educational Services for the State Board of Directors for Community Colleges of Arizona. Doerr was vice president for Instructional Services for Northland Pioneer College, Holbrook, Ariz., from 1997 to 2001. She will visit the branch April 21-22.
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Jo Anne Pegler, Ph.D., MPH. Pegler has been director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Diabetes Prevention Center since 1999. From 1994-96, she directed a community-based public health practice in Houston, Texas. Pegler worked for the University of Texas School of Public Health from 1987-95. She will visit Gallup April 24-25.
Tommy Lewis, Jr. Ed.D. Lewis was president of Northwest Indian College, Bellingham, Wash., from late 2000 to early 2002. Previously, he was president of DinÇ College, Tsaile, Ariz., from 1993 to 1999 and vice president from 1992-93. At Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Ariz., Lewis was a faculty associate from 1989-92. He will be in Gallup April 28-29.
Elizabeth Miller, Ed.D. Miller has been dean of instruction since 1996 at UNM-Gallup where she also has been interim director since January 2002. She was chairwoman of the Business and Technology Department at the branch from 1987-96. Miller will visit with the Gallup campus May 1-2.
