Joseph Shepard is an American academic administrator serving as the 15th president of Western New Mexico University.
[1] Following long-standing accusations of corruption and wasteful spending substantiated by the State Auditor,[2] Shepard agreed to resign effective Jan. 15, 2025, having been awarded a severance package of roughly two million dollars by the WNMU Regents.
[3] Joseph Shepard is married to Valerie Plame, a former CIA operations officer and author.
In September 2019, Shepard's contract was extended for three years by the university's board of regents.
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