Council of Presidents

Garnett Stokes

Vice Chair, URA Council of Presidents
President, University of New Mexico

Garnett S. Stokes serves as the Vice Chair for the Council of Presidents. Stokes was installed as the 23rd president of The University of New Mexico on May 12, 2018. She is the first woman to hold the post in the university’s history.

Prior to her arrival at UNM, Stokes served as interim chancellor, provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Missouri, and was provost and executive vice president for academic affairs and interim president at Florida State University. She has also been a faculty member, chair of the department of psychology, and dean of the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Georgia

A first-generation college graduate, Stokes earned her B.A. in psychology from Carson-Newman College in Jefferson City, Tennessee, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Georgia in industrial/organizational psychology. For nearly three decades, she served as a professor in the psychology department at the University of Georgia, including seven years as dean of UGA’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences.

A first-generation college graduate, Stokes earned her B.A. in psychology from Carson-Newman College in Jefferson City, Tennessee, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Georgia in industrial/organizational psychology.

Her husband, Dr. Jeff Younggren, is a forensic psychologist and a retired Colonel in the U.S. Army. They have two children and four grandchildren. President Stokes and Dr. Younggren reside on campus at University House.

To read her full bio visit the University of New Mexico website.