ISU Executive Vice President and Provost Elizabeth Hoffman is one of five finalists in the University of New Mexico’s presidential search.

The current president of the University of New Mexico, David Schmidly, announced he will leave the position in June 2012, according to the University of New Mexico website.

Other finalists for the position include the provost and executive vice president of the University of Idaho, Douglas Baker; provost and senior vice president for Academic Affairs at Kent State University, Robert Frank; special advisor to the Chair for Strategic Initiatives from the Arizona Board of Regents, Meredith Hay; and professor and president emeritus of Texas A&M University, Elsa Murano.

Hoffman has been serving as Iowa State’s executive vice president and provost since Jan. 1, 2007.

Hoffman was the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences from 1993 to 1997, then worked as the provost and vice chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of Chicago from 1997 to 2000. [corrected from: until 1997.]

She then served as the president of the University of Colorado from 2000 to 2005.