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GREG LEVENSON, president and CEO of Southwest Capital Bank, has been elected 2017 Board of Directors Chair for Accion. Levenson is joined on Accion’s 2017 board of directors by Betty Arkell, a partner at Holland & Hart; John Carey, president of the New Mexico Society of CPAs; Leslie Carlson, CEO of Carlson Advisors and COO of Jibu; Carol Cochran, principal of REDW Business and Financial Resources; Michelle Coons, president of First National Rio Grande and First National Santa Fe; Luis Durate, investment director at Gary Community Investments; John Ikard, president and CEO of FirstBank; Clarence McAllister, CEO of Fortis Networks; Bob
Murphy, executive director of the Economic Forum of Albuquerque;
Yashoda Naidoo, president and owner of Annapurna’s World Vegetarian Cafe Restaurants; Bill
Ridenour, attorney of counsel at Fennemore Craig PC; Richard
Wadley, senior vice president at Bank of the West; Lorna Wiggins, president of Wiggins, Williams & Wiggens PC; and Raymond Ziler of Raymond Ziler CPA. DEANA M. BENNETT, a shareholder at Modrall Sperling, has been elected Chair of the Natural Resources, Energy and Environment Law (NREEL) Section of the State Bar of New Mexico. Bennett has served on the Section’s board for the past two years, most recently as CLE Committee Chair and Chair-Elect.