Search for Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
About the Search
Colorado State University seeks an outstanding leader to serve as its next Provost and Executive Vice President. The Provost and Executive Vice President serves as the #2 position in the Colorado State University Administration, serves on the President’s Executive Leadership Team and serves as the institution’s Chief Academic Officer. This position reports directly to the president and works in concert with the president, deans, vice presidents and the campus community to strengthen the university’s reputation as an internationally recognized land-grant institution of higher education with the highest Carnegie ranking.
Search Committee
Search Chair: Dean Lise Youngblade
Search Support: Lee Nagle
Equal Opportunity Coordinator: Brigid Hinterberger – oeo@colostate.edu
Committee Members
- Kauline Cipriani Vice President for Inclusive Excellence
- Dave Ryan Executive Director of Business and Financial Services and Controller
- Blanche Hughes Vice President for Student Affairs
- Kathleen Fairfax Vice Provost for International Affairs
- Alonso A. Aguirre Dean, Warner College of Natural Resources
- V Chandrasekar Professor, Dept of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University Distinguished Professor; OVPR
- Paul Mallette Associate Dean, College of Business
- Jennifer Martin Associate Professor, College of Agricultural Sciences, Presidential Fellow
- Joe Donlay Director of Financial Aid, Division of Enrollment and Access
- Dan Beachy-Quick Professor, College of Liberal Arts, University Distinguished Teaching Scholar
- Carolyn Meyer Assistant Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
- Mendy Smith Professor, College of Natural Sciences; Vice-Chair, Faculty Council
- Luisanny Perez Graduate Student, Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Search Timeline
- March 27 – Committee Received Charge
- May 12 – Job Posted
- July 3 – Application Deadline (Full Consideration)
- End of July – Semifinalist Interviews
- August 4 – Committee Meets to Select Finalists
- End of August/Beginning of September – Finalist Interviews
About Colorado State University
Colorado State University is one of the nation’s top public research universities and an institution on the rise. In the last decade, CSU has produced record enrollment, built on all-time highs in student diversity and student success; record fundraising far outpacing ambitious goals; groundbreaking research driven by a highly productive faculty; a campus revitalized by a transformational building campaign; and, perhaps most important, an unrivaled learning environment where nine of 10 recent graduates say they would choose CSU again and rate their education as excellent. To learn more, visit about.colostate.edu.







