Lesley Di Mare Named President at Colorado State University -Pueblo

The board of governors of Colorado State University named Lesley A. Di Mare as the first woman to serve as permanent president of the university. She is currently interim president of Nevada State College in Henderson. She joined Nevada State in 2007 as provost and executive vice president for academic affairs.  Previously, she was associate vice provost at Arizona State University West in Tempe.

Dr. Di Mare is a graduate of California State University at Chico. She holds a master’s degree from California State University at Hayward and a Ph.D. in speech communications from Indiana University.