New Mexico Highlands University announces 5 finalists for president

LAS VEGAS, N.M. — New Mexico Highlands University announced the five people chosen as the finalists vying to become the next president of the university.

The Presidential Search Committee identified five candidates after reviewing more than 100 applications. They plan to visit NMHU over the next week-and-a-half, as follows:

• Carlos Rey Romero: Monday, Nov. 16 visit
• Mario Martinez: Tuesday, Nov. 17 visit
• Holly Hansen-Thomas: Wednesday, Nov. 18 visit
• Isaac Bernard Brundage III: Friday, Nov. 20 visit
• Pete Campos: Monday, Nov. 23 visit

Whoever is picked as the next university president will succeed Neil Woolf. He became president in 2023 but a dispute earlier led to his firing and a lawsuit.

Woolf claimed leaders pushed him to redirect a $600,000 contract to a chairman’s friend. The university placed Woolf on administrative leave in May before firing him, accusing him of an alleged “documented pattern of serious misconduct”.

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The finalists to succeed Woolf will now go before the NMHU Board of Regents for consideration. The University’s Presidential Search webpage has more information on each finalist.

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