Core Class of 1997
Jed Fanning
Citizens Bank of Las Cruces
Las Cruces
Core Class of 1998
Sara Armstrong
Armstrong Energy Corporation
Roswell
Frank Figueroa
The Figueroa Group, LLC
Sandia Park
T. Greg Merrion
Merrion Oil & Gas Corporation
Farmington
Core Class of 1999
Michael Blake
Retired
Axcess Financial Group
Paradise Valley, Arizona
Michael Stanford
PayDay, HCM
Albuquerque
Tony P. Trujillo
Retired
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.
Silver City
Core Class of 2000
Doug Clark
Jaynes Corporation
Albuquerque
Cindi Clayton-Davis
Juniper Ridge Real Estate Services
Ruidoso
Paul DiPaola
U.S. Bank
Albuquerque
Debbie Harmon
Albuquerque Wholesale Envelope and Paper Co., Inc.
Albuquerque
David McCollum
FIG Publications, LLC
Las Cruces
Core Class of 2001
Bill Davis
Berkshire Hathaway Home Services
Enchanted Lands Realtors
Roswell
Jerean Camúñez-Hutchinson
La Posta de Mesilla Restaurant
Mesilla
Evonne Joiner
Joiner Construction/Joiner Plaza
Rio Rancho
Terry McDermott
Community Development Coordinator
Rio Rancho
Karen Moses
Albuquerque Publishing Company
Albuquerque
Paulina Salopek
Deceased
Salopek Farms
Las Cruces
Dick Smith
Plains Regional Medical Center
Clovis
Jennifer Thomas
Bank of Albuquerque
Albuquerque
Core Class of 2002
Gayla Brumfield
Colonial Real Estate
Clovis
Diane Harrison Ogawa
Retired
PNM Resources Foundation
Albuquerque
Laurie Henry
Henry Production, Inc.
Farmington
Louis Huning
Huning Ltd. Partnership
Los Lunas
Sharon Lombardi
Lombardi Government Affairs
Roswell
Ron Rivera
REDW LLC
Albuquerque
Tom Simpson
Deceased
Simpson Farms, Inc.
Las Cruces
Sandra Taylor-Sawyer
Dream Givers, LLC
Clovis
Jeff Vinyard
Crystal Springs Bottled Water
Albuquerque
Liz West
Retired
Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Mexico
Albuquerque
Abby Yates
Laurelind Corporation
Roswell
Core Class of 2003
Jesús Galván
Jesús C. Galván, DDS, PC
Albuquerque
Gary Kilpatric
Montgomery & Andrews, PA
Santa Fe
Wanda Lucero
Wanda Lucero Insurance Agency
Taos
Tony T. Trujillo
Holman’s USA
Albuquerque
Core Class of 2004
Tony Atkinson
Retired
San Juan County
Farmington
Laura Conniff
Mathers Realty, Inc.
Las Cruces
Chuck Hamilton
James Hamilton Construction Company
Silver City
Jon Hitchcock
Pioneer Bank
Roswell
Dan Hodges
Retired
Intel Corporation
Albuquerque
John Hummer
Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine
Las Cruces
Joe Lujan
HUB International Insurance Services, Inc.
Albuquerque
Don Power
Retired
Jaynes Corporation
Albuquerque
George Sharpe
Merrion Oil & Gas Corporation
Farmington
Zala Smith
Deceased
New Mexico Bank and Trust
Clovis
Jimmy Trujillo
REDW LLC
Albuquerque
Core Class of 2005
Wes Graham
RE/MAX First Place Realtors
Clovis
Eileen Grevey-Hillson
Agua Vida Resources
Albuquerque
Bruce Malott
O2 CPA Consulting Firm
Albuquerque
Kari Mitchell
Las Cruces Machine Mfg & Engineering Co.
Mesilla Park
Noreen Scott
Sandoval County Economic Development Foundation
Rio Rancho
Core Class of 2006
Diana Candelaria
Retired
San Juan Regional Medical Center
Farmington
Jane Christensen
HOMESPOT Properties, LLC
Portales
Steve Cogan
REDW LLC
Albuquerque
Wayne Davenport
Retired
Jaynes Corporation
Albuquerque
Micheline Devaurs
Retired
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos
Jami Grindatto
iTherapyDocs
Rio Rancho
Trudy Healy
The Rancho Milagro Productions/Urraca Valley Cattle Company
Taos
Kiel Hoffman
Pioneer Bank Las Cruces
Las Cruces
Bob Kellogg
Mesa Medical Insurance Agency
Albuquerque
Samantha Lapin
POD, Inc.
Albuquerque
Edna Lopez
COMPA Industries, Inc.
Albuquerque
Bobby Martinez
Desert Sun Auto Group
Alamogordo
Benny Shendo, Jr.
Pueblo Insurance Agency
Jemez Pueblo
Roger Waterman
TRK Management
Los Alamos
Core Class of 2007
Steve Byrd
HUB International Insurance Services, Inc.
Albuquerque
Dina Chacon-Reitzel
New Mexico Beef Council
Albuquerque
Chuck Crespy
Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, Michigan
Charlie DeGroot
Three Amigos Dairy
Dexter
Chip Dennedy
REDW LLC
Albuquerque
Dave Doyle
ICON (Innovate Construction)
Albuquerque
ZiZi Fritz
YMCA of Central New Mexico
Albuquerque
Kathy Gorospe
Retired
Laguna Development Corporation
Albuquerque
Jim Haynes
Pulakos CPAs
Albuquerque
Michael Hites
University of Illinois
Mahomet, Illinois
Bill Lemon
Brycon Construction
Rio Rancho
Leslie McNertney
Deceased
Intel Corporation
Rio Rancho
Dina Chacon-Reitzel
Mew Mexico Beef Council
Albuquerque
Rhonda Seidenwurm
Retired
Clovis Municipal Schools
Albuquerque
Core Class of 2008
Russell Allen
Allen Theatres, Inc.
Las Cruces
Phil Casaus
Brycon Corporation
Rio Rancho
Teresa Fleming
Retired
Intel Corporation
Rio Rancho
Tim Harkins
Carolina Women’s Center
Clinton, South Carolina
Betty Read Young
Read & Stevens, Inc.
Roswell
Dan Stoddard
New Mexico Veterans Hope Inn
Senior Community Services Assisted Living
Rio Rancho
Tim Van Valen
New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department
Santa Fe
Gary Whitehead
Edward Jones
Las Cruces
Mike Wiemers
Retired
URENCO USA
Eagle, Idaho
Luke Woelber
H.A.W. Farms
Belen
Core Class of 2009
Brenda Brooks
Retired
URENCO USA
Plano, Texas
Carol Cochran
REDW LLC
Albuquerque
Ned Godshall
Retired
Altela, Inc.
Albuquerque
Debra Hicks
Pettigrew & Associates, P.A.
Hobbs
Martin Marchi
HUB International Insurance Services, Inc.
Albuquerque
Emily McGay
Retired
McGay Consulting, LLC
Los Alamos
Matt O’Brien
M.J. O’Brien & Associates, LLC
Littleton, Colorado
Cheryl Sowder
Retired
The Finishing Touch
Los Alamos
Cathy Vickers
Homesteaders Realty
Elephant Butte
Matt White
City of Jal
Jal
Core Class of 2010
Karen Bayless
Bayless Drilling Company
Farmington
John Brown
Silent Falcon UAS Technologies
Albuquerque
Bill Connor
Austin Energy
Austin, Texas
Barbara Crockett
Jacobs Engineering Company
Albuquerque
Bryn Davis
El Paso Electric Company
Las Cruces
Ramon Gonzales
Deceased
Presbyterian Healthcare Services
Albuquerque
Steve Griego
DMC Logistics
Albuquerque
Sharon Zubrod
ConocoPhillips
Huston, Texas
Core Class of 2011
Kamal Ali
BBVA Compass
Albuquerque
Sue Chambers
Chambers Benefit Group, APC
Bernalillo
Jeff Elmore
Diversified Applications Incorporated
Collierville, Tennessee
Mike Grandjean
GranCor Enterprises, Inc.
Albuquerque
Kathy Hoopman
Intel Corporation
Rio Rancho
Greg Nibert
Hinkle Shanor LLP
Roswell
Randy Pettigrew
Pettigrew & Associates, P.A.
Hobbs
Scott Stafford
Greer Stafford/SJCF Architecture, Inc.
Albuquerque
Holly Woelber
H.A.W. Farms
Belen
Core Class of 2012
Patrick Bent
Continental Resources, Inc.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Ruth Giron
Retired
URENCO USA
Prescott, Wisconsin
Richard Haas
Desert Peak Architects
Las Cruces
Lisa Hardison
URENCO USA
Eunice
Marianne Hill
Sandia National Laboratories
Albuquerque
Walter Meech
C & E Concrete
Grants
Dorothy Saltzman
Retired
Independent MRI Center
Scottsdale, Arizona
Kurt Steinhaus
Los Alamos Public Schools
Los Alamos
Dennis Towne
Bradbury Stamm Construction, Inc.
Albuquerque
Core Class of 2013
Tommy Brooks
Retired
ConocoPhillips
Plano, Texas
Dennis Garcia
U.S. Bank
Albuquerque
Steve Harris
Edward Jones
Roswell
Lynn Haynes
Presbyterian Healthcare Services
Albuquerque
Shelly Herbst
Retired
Marron and Associates
Albuquerque
Mark Herman
Dion’s
Albuquerque
Troy Hughes
Los Alamos County
Los Alamos
Shad James
Jaynes Corporation
Albuquerque
Ann Maddox Utterback
JF Maddox Foundation
Hobbs
John Russell
UNM Health Sciences Center
Albuquerque
Jerry Smith
Laguna Development Corporation
Albuquerque
Ed Street
REDW LLC
Albuquerque
Marilyn Strube
Greer Stafford/SJCF Archutecture, Inc.
Albuquerque
Adam Triolo
Albuquerque
Jeff Wechsler
Montgomery & Andrews, P.A.
Santa Fe
Core Class of 2014
Eileen Chavez Yarborough
Cibola Communities Economic Development Foundation
Grants
Kent Cravens
Greater Albuquerque Association of Realtors
Albuquerque
DeAnn Eaton
Haverland Carter Lifestyle Group
Albuquerque
Andrew Gonzales
Kit Carson Electric
Taos
Adam Harrington
HB Construction
Albuquerque
Beverly Idsinga
Dairy Producers of New Mexico
Roswell
Greg Krause
Jaynes Corporation
Albuquerque
Minda McGonagle
McGonagle Government Relations
Albuquerque
Cynthia Schultz
Bradbury Stamm Construction, Inc.
Albuquerque
Brad Steward
Pulakos CPAs
Albuquerque
Russell Williams
Entergy
Madison, Mississippi
Core Class of 2015
Patricia Aragon
S&P Aragon, Inc., DBA McDonald’s
Albuquerque & Carlsbad
Renee Ennis
TriCore Reference Laboratories
Albuquerque
Laurie Farber-Condon
Santa Fe Properties
Santa Fe
Gerard Garcia
New Mexico Air National Guard
Albuquerque
Janice McCrary
Retired
Greater Albuquerque Association of Realtors
Albuquerque
Rob Nelson
Sandia National Laboratories
Albuquerque
Christopher Palmer
Pioneer Bank
Roswell
Alden Paquin
Tamaya Enterprises Inc., Santa Ana Star Casino
Santa Ana Pueblo
Pahl Shipley
GPS Strategic Communications
Chandler, Arizona
Core Class of 2016
Daniel Aguirre
Wilson & Company Inc., Engineers & Architects
Albuquerque
Nici Austin
Pioneer Bank
Roswell
Ireke Cooper
Cooper Fire Protection Services
Farmington
Mike D’Antonio
Excel Energy
Santa Fe
Nancy Davis
Sandia National Laboratories
Albuquerque
Casey DeRaad
DeRaad Tech Connections
Albuquerque
Steve Dodson
Dodson Wholesale Lumber
Roswell
Tres Hicks
Pettigrew and Associates, P.A.
Hobbs
Dan Howard
Retired
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces
Jay Laughlin
URENCO USA
Eunice
Joe Leong
GateHouse Media, Inc.
Albuquerque
Janice Lucero
MVD Express
Albuquerque
Kate McNeely
U.S. Army Garrison
White Sands Missile Range
Michael Mertz
PNM Resources, Inc
Albuquerque
Marc Powell
New Mexico Independent Auto Dealers Association
Albuquerque
Anne Sapon
New Mexico Health Connections
Albuquerque
Core Class of 2017
Tom Domme
New Mexico Gas Company
Albuquerque
Kevin Donovan
Nuclear Waste Partnership LLC
Carlsbad
Kirk Irby
Lowell’s Pharmacy
Artesia
Carole Jaramillo
City of Rio Rancho
Rio Rancho
Jared Matts
Atkinson & Co. Ltd.
Albuquerque
JF Nagel
Retired
Sandia National Laboratories
Albuquerque
Jose Ortiz
Foxworth-Galbraith Lumber Company
Las Cruces
Kaycee Sandoval
South Central Colfax County Special Hospital District
Springer
Core Class of 2018
Brian Charlton
Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Mexico
Albuquerque
Mike Chelius
REDW, LLC
Albuquerque
Fred Cisneros
Cisneros Design
Santa Fe
Kevin Cook
Barrick Gold
Silver City
Danny Cox
Rio Grande, Inc.
Albuquerque
Juliana Halvorson
Pioneer Bank
Roswell
Tim Knewitz
Argonne National Laboratories
Chicago, Illinois
Dan Kwiecinski
Wood PLC
Albuquerque
Scott Lardner
Rocky Mountain Stone Co., Inc.
Albuquerque
Brend Mack-Cain
Valencia Animal Clinic
Albuquerque
Graig Newell
Centerra
Los Alamos
Lisa O’Brien
Taos Community Foundation
Taos
Jacquelyn Reeve
Reeve Medical
Albuquerque
Tommy Sanders
New Mexico Gas Company
Albuquerque
Cynthia Squire
WSMR, Material Test Directorate
White Sands Missile Range
Core Class of 2019
Tim Andersen
White Sands Missile Range
Robert Baldridge
Intrepid Potash – NM LLC
Carlsbad
Molly Bell
Rio Grande Inc.
Albuquerque
Tom Bullard
New Mexico Gas Company
Albuquerque
Abel Cardenas
Laguna Development Corporation
Albuquerque
Mike Crossey
TriCore Reference Laboratories
Albuquerque
Jenise Dahlin
URENCO USA
Eunice
Paul Farless
SDV Construction
Albuquerque
John Gulas
JSG Consulting & Executive Coaching
Santa Fe
Russ Hiller
Pulakos CPAs, P.C.
Albuquerque
Mary Homan
New Mexico Gas Company
Albuquerque
Albert Jiron
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos
Paul Madrid
REDW LLC
Albuquerque
Mike Martinez
Quality Builders
Peralta
Jim McBurney
c0ba1t Industries, Inc.
Albuquerque
Lawrence Peterson
Bradbury Stamm Construction, Inc.
Albuquerque
Renay Scott
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces
Kenneth Trujillo
RAKS Building Supply
Los Lunas
Core Class of 2020
Brian D’Andrea
TechSource, Inc.
Los Alamos
Lanie Smith
Pioneer Bank
Roswell
John Stroud
JB Henderson Construction Company
Albuquerque
Ray Sanchez
New Mexico Gas Company
Albuquerque
Sharon Garcia
Southwest Capital Bank
Las Vegas
Connect New Mexico Class of 2008
Bobbie Batley
Batley Powers Law Firm
Albuquerque
Anna Byers
J. S. Ward & Son, Inc.
Artesia
Ryan Cangiolosi
UNM Health Sciences Center
Albuquerque
Luke Ragsdale
Ragsdale Law Firm
Roswell
Connect New Mexico Class of 2011
Tappan Mahoney
Dennis Engineering Company
Edgewood
Nickolas Seibel
Silver City Independent Publishing Co.
Silver City
Connect New Mexico Class of 2012
George Anderson
HB Construction
Denver, Colorado
Sam Baca
AUI Inc.
Albuquerque
Grant Taylor
New Mexico First
Albuquerque
Connect New Mexico Class of 2013
Jared Hembree
Hinkle Shanor LLC
Roswell
Shelley Olson
RPC CPAs & Consultants, LLP
Roswell
Connect New Mexico Class of 2014
Melinda Allen
New Mexico Partnership
Albuquerque
Karen Armijo
U.S. Department of Energy – National Nuclear Security Administration
Santa Fe
Greg Gambill
DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc.
Denver, Colorado
David Gonzalez
DHA Inc., dba MDC Computers
Alamogordo
Connect New Mexico Class of 2015
LeeAnna Fresquez
Fresquez Concessions, Inc.
Albuquerque
Terra Winter
Community Foundation of Southern New Mexico
Las Cruces
Connect New Mexico Class of 2016
Steven Alano
Greer Stafford/SJCF Architecture, Inc.
Albuquerque
Brad Cook
Presbyterian Healthcare Services
Albuquerque
Dolores Martinez
Desert Sun Auto Group
Alamogordo
Louis Moya
University of New Mexico – Taos
Taos
Robert Rivera
Albuquerque Publishing Company
Albuquerque
Connect New Mexico Class of 2017
Nicole Wyatt
URENCO USA
Eunice
Connect New Mexico Class of 2019
Missi Currier
Economic Development Corporation of Lea County
Carlsbad
Jenni DeGreeff
New Mexico Gas Company
Albuquerque
Nick Ganjei
U.S. Attorney’s Office – U.S. Department of Justice
Albuquerque
Sterling Hamilton
James Hamilton Construction Company
Silver City
Carly Newlands
UNM Health System
Albuquerque
Paul Sedillo
Sandia National Laboratories
Albuquerque
Local Government Leadership Program Class of 2008
Alex Brown
Town of Silver City
Silver City
Local Government Leadership Program Class of 2010
Audrey Jaramillo
Jaramillo Accounting Group LLC
Edgewood
Local Government Leadership Program Class of 2015
Tom Martin
City of Clovis
Clovis
Local Government Leadership Program Class of 2016
Tracy O’Neal
New Mexico Air National Guard
Albuquerque
Local Government Leadership Program Class of 2018
Craig Byers
Village of Los Lunas
Los Lunas
Friends of the Organization
Jeffrey Howle
Retired
Citizen’s Bank of Farmington
Farmington
Patty Komko
Leadership New Mexico
Albuquerque
Edward Lujan
Retired
Manuel Lujan Agencies
Albuquerque
Michael Martin
Florida Gulf Coast University
Fort Myers, Florida
Sherman McCorkle
Sandia Science & Technology Park Development Corporation
Albuquerque
Peyton Yates
Santo Petroleum
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