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Interview with NNMC President Dr. Rick Bailey, Friday April 28

Interview with Dr. Rick Bailey April 28, 2017

Future looks bright under new President’s leadership

KSWV broadcasted live from campus in February to highlight the college’s Veterans Resource Center

Dr. Rick Bailey will be KSWV radio’s special guest on Friday April 28th at 9am. Dr. Bailey became Northern New Mexico College’s new president October 2016. It’s been less than a year, but its immediately apparent that President Bailey’s initiatives, and leadership style, are embraced by the Northern community.

Last month in March, Dr. Bailey held the second quarterly State of the College address. Listen to our interview with Dr. Bailey and see why Northern’s future looks bright. Listen to 99. 9 FM in Santa Fe, 810 AM in Northern New Mexico, online at KSWVradio.com and with the KSWV Que Suave Radio mobile app available from iTunes and Google Play.

About Dr. Richard Bailey

Northern President Richard J. Bailey, Jr. and his wife Diana joined the Northern family in October 2016, after a twenty-four year career in the United States Air Force.

Dr. Bailey received a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Sciences from the U.S. Air Force Academy, a Master’s Degree in International Affairs from Washington University in St. Louis, and a doctorate in Government from Georgetown University in Washington, DC.

Before assuming the presidency at Northern, Dr. Bailey served as associate professor of strategy and security studies at the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies at Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. He also served as the school’s first-ever Dean of Students.

Prior to his position at Maxwell, Dr. Bailey served as Commander of the 429th Expeditionary Operations Squadron at Forward Operating Locations (FOLs) in Curaçao and Aruba. As commander, he directed all support of multi-national aircraft operations that conduct detection, monitoring and tracking missions for counter-drug efforts in the region.

Dr. Bailey received his commission in the U.S. Air Force in 1992. After completing Undergraduate Pilot Training, he served flying tours in the C-9A, C-141B, and UV-18B aircraft and has been an aircraft commander, instructor pilot, and flight examiner. He retired from the Air Force as a command pilot with over 3,500 flying hours.

After completing his PhD in 2006, Dr. Bailey served as a defense trade analyst at the U.S. State Department. He later served as Chief Air Operations Officer at the NATO Joint Force Command Brunssum in The Netherlands, where he oversaw air operations efforts for the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) mission in Afghanistan.

In 2014, Dr. Bailey was elected the first President of the Air University Faculty Senate, advising senior leaders on all issues pertinent to the university’s 600+ faculty members. He is the only faculty member in the university’s history to receive both the Faculty Excellence Award, given annually to the highest rated faculty member at the university, and the Muir S. Fairchild Award, for the most outstanding contribution to Air Force Education.

 

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