Elected to her first term in 2018, Regent Lesley Smith had planned to spend this year running statewide for a second term as the board’s at-large member. And while she will indeed be taking an oath of office next month, it will be the one for her newly won seat in Colorado’s House District 49. “My scientific background is what drew me to the legislature,” said Smith, who spent nearly 30 years at CU Boulder’s Cooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences (CIRES). “But I also hope to be a strong voice at the Capitol for higher education."
The current CU Board of Regents loses its longest-serving member next month as Regent Glen Gallegos concludes his second term. "It is hard to believe 12 years is coming to an end," he said. "I think we’re on a good track. Good things are happening and they’ll continue to happen."
