AGB Presidential Search Consultant Dr. Richard Wueste

NNMC News:

ESPAÑOLA — Northern New Mexico College’s (NNMC) presidential search is entering its final stages.

Candidates have until Sept. 9, to submit letters of interest, resumes and references for best consideration. The NNMC Presidential Search Committee is gearing up for semi-finalist selection and interviews in September and October.

Key priorities in the search process were transparency and community involvement. The board selected a search committee comprised of NNMC faculty, staff, students and a broad array of community members dedicated to Northern’s continuing success. The committee held a series of listening sessions in April and solicited community input on the characteristics they wanted to see in the next president and the priorities that person should tackle.

Northern’s ambitious goal of hiring a president by July 1 was delayed due to a change in search firms. After AGB Search was hired in April, the committee worked with AGB Presidential Search Consultant Dr. Richard Wueste to reorganize the presidential profile and other materials, and a broad-based search was launched the week of July 5.

The committee is scoring applications as they come in and will begin reviewing and selecting semifinalists mid-September. Students, faculty, staff and community members will have the opportunity to meet the finalists mid-October.

NNMC’s Board of Regents hopes to select a preferred candidate and extend an offer toward the end of October.

If none of the candidates meet expectations, the search will begin again. As Dr. Wueste told the search committee, “Presidential searches do not have deadlines. This is the most important decision a Board makes, so time must be allowed to do things right. We will establish and follow a timeline in conducting the search, but the search is not completed until the right person is hired.”

For additional information regarding the desired qualifications and characteristics of the successful candidate, click this link.