Mark Kennedy, the director of the Graduate School for Political Management, is one of the top seven candidates in the running to be the next president of the University of North Dakota, the Washington Times reported Wednesday.

A committee had narrowed the candidates from a list of 41 and interviewed 16 people in Minneapolis on Monday and Tuesday, according to the Times.

Kennedy has led GSPM since 2012. Before coming to GW, Kennedy represented Minnesota’s second and sixth districts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

The Washington Times reported that candidates will be brought to UND’s campus between Feb. 11 and March 3 before final interviews later in March. UND’s president retired last month after almost seven years at the institution.