Community Input Sought for Executive Director Search

For Release - February 18, 2009

 The search for a permanent executive director for the University of New Mexico-Gallup is under way. Marc Nigliazzo, vice president of Rio Rancho Operations and Branch Academic Affairs at UNM, has called several meetings on Tuesday, February 24, during which faculty and adjuncts, staff, students and the Gallup community may contribute their input to the search.

The Gallup community is invited to join Nigliazzo and members of the search committee at 1:30 p.m. on February 24 in Calvin Hall Auditorium.

In addition to Nigliazzo, the following individuals involved in the search process will be available for questions: Kate O’Neil, executive director of UNM-Taos, and the Search Committee chair; Richard Holder, deputy provost for academic affairs, UNM; and Michelle Detry and Wendy Shannon, Keystone International, a consulting firm UNM has hired to be involved with the search process.

“We have outlined an open and inclusive search process with a diverse search committee charged with attracting a strong pool of candidates,” Nigliazzo said. “Hiring an effective leader with the ability to build positive relationships between the diverse groups served by the Gallup campus is very critical to the future success of UNM-Gallup. The community’s input is an important piece of the hiring process.”