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All five members of the Western New Mexico University Board of Regents intend to resign following pressure from the governor amid the recent approval of a multimillion-dollar severance package for university President Joe Shepard, who is stepping down Jan. 15 under a cloud of ethics investigations.

Faculty Senate President Phil Schoenberg said during a Faculty Senate meeting Thursday that he spoke to Board Chair Mary Hotvedt, who told him the board intended to follow Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham鈥檚 direction and step down, which the university later confirmed. The board consists of Hotvedt; former Cabinet secretary Daniel H. Lopez; private attorney Dal Moellenberg; WNMU student Trent Jones; and nonprofit executive Lyndon Haviland, who already announced her resignation.

Schoenberg鈥檚 remarks came ahead of the Faculty Senate鈥檚 unanimous vote of no confidence in the board, which on Dec. 20 unanimously approved stripping Shepard of his contract and replacing it with a new one that entitles him to a $1.9 million payout and a full professorship to the School of Business making $200,000 per year. The board鈥檚 decision quickly drew criticism from faculty members, including Assistant Professor Jorge Romero-Habeych, who said the business school was not consulted in the drafting of the agreement.

The agreement came after Shepard agreed to step down as president, a post he had held since 2011. He had intended to serve until 2027. Shepard, his wife, ex-CIA Agent Valerie Plame, and members of the board had faced questions over the last year for allegedly spending over $360,000 on lavish foreign business trips and furniture for the president鈥檚 residence between 2018 and 2023. Shepard and the board have denied the allegations.

Following State Auditor Joe Maestas鈥� findings in November, the allegations faced inquiry from numerous state entities, including the Ethics Commission, the Higher Education Department and most recently the attorney general, Ra煤l Torrez, who accused the board of approving a 鈥済olden parachute鈥� for Shepard. The university is also conducting its own audit into the allegations.

Lujan Grisham on Tuesday asked for the immediate resignation of all of WNMU鈥檚 regents 鈥渢o help ensure that Western New Mexico University will be able to regain its equilibrium and once again serve its students first and foremost.鈥�

On Thursday, Hotvedt issued a two-sentence letter to Lujan Grisham stating her intent to resign that day, adding that she knew her term was complete Jan. 1, and she was only serving until replaced. Hotvedt, who last month said she was staying in her position throughout a presidential search and said the board and Shepard were being treated unfairly in the court of public opinion, did not mention the wasteful spending allegations. Hotvedt was the second known board member to resign; Haviland was the first.

Schoenberg responded to the developments in his own letter to colleagues prior to the Faculty Senate meeting, stating he was 鈥済rateful鈥� for the governor鈥檚 request and that the university owes 鈥渁 debt of gratitude鈥� to Haviland, who did not respond to the Journal鈥檚 multiple requests for comment Thursday.

During Thursday鈥檚 Faculty Senate meeting, faculty approved a vote of no confidence in the board and demanded they all resign or be forced to by lawmakers, who approve the governor鈥檚 nominations of members of all the state鈥檚 higher education governing boards. The Faculty Senate鈥檚 declaration also demanded lawmakers do anything they can to prevent the separation agreement from going into effect.

During discussion about Shepard鈥檚 contract prior to the vote, faculty senators said that the board鈥檚 granting of tenure to the president without consulting the appropriate academic department was a violation of faculty policies. Romero-Habeych raised questions over the ethics of the contract and whether it would hurt the university financially.

Schoenberg said the no confidence vote was not motivated by personal attacks and each faculty senator voted representing their department, not themselves.

Following the vote, Schoenberg said the vote 鈥渨as not motivated by any desire to make a personal attack, or to shame, or to humiliate the regents.鈥�

鈥淲e now look to the governor and our other elected officials with the hope that something can be done before Jan. 15, when the president鈥檚 severance agreement becomes effective,鈥� he said.

Hotvedt issued a statement saying, 鈥渢his symbolic vote underscores the university鈥檚 commitment to upholding the integrity, transparency and collaborative decision-making processes essential to the institution鈥檚 continued success.鈥�

Romero-Habeych told the Journal following the meeting that the Staff Senate intends to consider a no confidence vote in the board. A staff representative could not be reached Thursday and a Friday meeting notice was not listed on the Staff Senate鈥檚 website.

The Faculty General Assembly, which has the power to enforce 鈥� or reverse 鈥� the senate鈥檚 actions, will meet Jan. 16 to consider a no confidence vote in the board.

Editor's note: This story has been corrected to state that Jan. 16 is the correct date of the upcoming Faculty General Assembly meeting. Faculty Senate President Phil Scoenberg's letter listed an incorrect date.