Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Search

The provost is the lead academic officer of the university and reports to the chancellor. 

The provost works in collaboration with the faculty, university officers, unit heads, faculty governance representatives, administrators and staff to articulate and achieve the university’s strategic mission and goals, with the focus on providing students the highest quality inclusive educational experience and fostering the university’s research and creative work mission to produce knowledge and innovation.

Please send questions and feedback to chancellor@colorado.edu. 

Provost Search Advisory Committee

Co-chairs:

• Michele Moses, vice provost and associate vice chancellor for faculty affairs
• Sonia DeLuca Fernández, senior vice chancellor for diversity, equity and inclusion 

Committee members:

• Crystal Cyr, director of assessment, research, and data analytics, Division of Student Affairs; Staff Council tri-chair
• Zaya Daniel, Master of Arts student, School of Education’s MA in Higher Education Program
• Sona Dimidjian, director, Renée Crown Wellness Institute; professor, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
• Marissa Ehringer, professor and chair, Department of Integrative Physiology; faculty fellow, Institute for Behavioral Genetics
• Amy Hutton, associate vice chancellor, Enrollment Management
• Stefanie Johnson, director, Center for Leadership; associate professor, Leeds School of Business
• Merinda McLure, professor, University Libraries; faculty director of academic leadership development, Office of Faculty Affairs.
• Samira Mehta, associate professor, Department of Women and Gender Studies; director, Program in Jewish Studies
• Keith Molenaar, dean, College of Engineering and Applied Science; professor, Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering
• Roy Parker, director, BioFrontiers Institute; Cech-Leinwand Endowed Chair of Biochemistry; Distinguished Professor, Department of Biochemistry
• Llen Pomeroy, associate vice chancellor, Office of Institutional Equity and Compliance; Title IX Coordinator
• Reiland Rabaka, founder and director, Center for African and African American Studies; professor, Department of Ethnic Studies
• Karen Ramirez, interim director, Miramontes Arts and Sciences Program;
  assistant director for humanities and arts education, Miramontes Arts and Sciences Program
• Tyler Rowan, student affairs student body president and tri-executive, CU Boulder Student Government (CUSG); undergraduate student, international affairs major with minor in Japanese
• Sarah Safadi, lead dining manager, Campus Dining Services; Staff Council parliamentarian; frontline staff special committee co-chair, area 7 representative 
• Stacey Schulte, director and teaching professor, Program in Environmental Design
• Benny Shendo Jr., associate vice chancellor, Native American Affairs; alumnus, CU Boulder Leeds School of Business

The advisory search committee’s role is to generate a strong pool of candidates and advise the chancellor of those candidates best qualified to meet the needs of the Office of Academic Affairs and the university. 

The advisory search committee shall recommend to the chancellor unranked finalists who are well qualified for the appointment to the position of provost of CU Boulder. Committee members shall hold the best interests of the campus ahead of their home unit or constituent group. Committee members are accountable to the committee only and are not responsible to any other group for their deliberations.

Search timeline

• November: Search advisory committee selected
• December: Campus listening sessions held
• January: Nominations for provost solicited 
• Spring 2025: Provost finalists invited to campus
• July 1, 2025: New provost in position