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u think New Mexico has hired Abenicio Baldonado as the first director of education reform fully focused on developing and promoting data-driven state and local education policies. He was previously the legislative liaison for the New Mexico Public Education Department. He also served as the Ethics Officer for the New Mexico State Department. Baldonado grew up in Las Vegas, NM. He holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and a master’s degree in public affairs, both from New Mexico Highlands University.
you Dave Nezzie joined the Thornburg Foundation as a consultant for food and agricultural policy. Previously, he was a sales representative for US Sen. Martin Heinrich. Previously, Nezzie interned in the US Department of the Interior in Albuquerque and the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs in Santa Fe. Nezzie holds a bachelor’s degree in anthropology and American Indian studies from Arizona State University and a law degree from the University of New Mexico. He has a Masters of Law in Agricultural and Food Law from the University of Arkansas.
you Vicente Fernandez, Cheryl Goodloe and Kim barman were appointed to the New Mexico Natural Lands Protection Committee by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham. They are the first public members to be appointed to the committee in nearly a decade. The seven-member committee consists of representatives from the state energy, soil and raw materials ministry, the state agriculture ministry, the state hunting and fish ministry, the state land office and three public members. Fernandez is President of the Cannon Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Association. Goodloe is a retired teacher, ranch owner, and co-founder of the Southern Rockies Agricultural Land Trust. Barman helps run her family’s 125-year-old ranch in northeast New Mexico.
u The School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe has added six members to its board: Johannesbach, Assistant Professor of Community Engagement and Director of the Pacific Northwest Just Futures Institute for Racial and Climate Justice at the University of Oregon; Brenda J. Child (Ojibwe), Northrop Professor and Past Chair of the Department of American Studies and American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota; Estevan Rael-Galvez, CEO of Santa Fe’s Creative Strategies 360 °; Architect, planning consultant Steve Robinson; Don victoriesl, founder of Chipeta Trading Company; and David A. Young, Retired university professor.
you Vincent Read is the new executive director of the Cancer Foundation for New Mexico. Previously, he was the director and scheduled gifts officer at Roadrunner Food Bank in New Mexico. Baca was also the first executive director of the Presbyterian Healthcare Foundation and was once a member of Washington, DC, and Harvard Social Policy.
you Andrea Cassutt starts September 25th as the new managing director of Santa Fe Pro Musica. For the past five years she was executive director of the Santa Fe Youth Symphony Association. Previously at Performance Santa Fe, she was responsible for concert production and operations, educational programs, volunteers, and world-class artists. Cassutt holds a bachelor’s degree in Language and International Commerce from Eastern Michigan University.
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