Desert Research Institute selects first female president
The Desert Research Institute will welcome its first female president July 1.
The Nevada Board of Regents unanimously appointed Dr. Kristen Averyt to the role on Friday. She is now the associate director for science at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
“It is awesome to have a woman leading our scientific institute and serving as a role model to future Nevadans,” said Regent Jason Geddes, chairman of the DRI President Search Committee.
The committee also had considered Dr. Philip Mote for the role, but cited Averyt’s ideas for publicizing the institute’s work and improving its fundraising goals, as her strengths.
“Dr. Averyt will bring a great depth of scientific, academic, and administrative experience to the Desert Research Institute,” Board of Regents Chairman Rick Trachok said in a statement.
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