Search Committee

The committee is comprised of a broad, diverse cross-section of key university stakeholders to guide the national search for the next president of the New Mexico State University system.

Members of the comittee are:
  • Ammu Devasthali - Search Committee Chair, NMSU Board of Regents Chair
  • Citlalli Benitez - ASNMSU President
  • Jon Boren - Associate Dean/Director Cooperative Extension Service 
  • Vimal Chaitanya - Faculty Senate Chair elect
  • Marlene Chavez-Toivanen - Vice President for Academic Affairs at NMSU Grants
  • Margaret Hardin - NMSU Foundation board of directors (Community Member)
  • Scott Hutchinson - Senior Manager, Electrical Sciences, Sandia Campus Executive for New Mexico State University (Community Member)
  • Donna Johnson - Employee Council Chair
  • Enrico Pontelli - Dean, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Suzanne Quillen - Vice President of HealthCare Innovation at Ernest Health (Community Member)
  • Rex Wilson - Southern Region Director Presbyterian Medical Services (Community Member)
  • Terra Winter - President and Chief Executive Officer of the Community Foundation of Southern New Mexico (Community Member)