Leadership NM selects 45 for Core Program

Leadership New Mexico has announced that 45 people from 19 communities across the state have been selected to take part the organization’s 2017-2018 Core Program. The Core Program involves leaders from the public, private, government and nonprofit sectors from around the state who participate in sessions on a variety of issues facing New Mexico, according to a news release from Leadership New Mexico. The sessions are held over ten months in various locations around the state.

Employers, community organizations, local leadership programs and individuals may nominate candidates. Individuals may nominate themselves. This year’s participants are: Mike Adams, president & CEP, Adams Consulting, Las Vegas; Aaron Baca, founder, Mox Capital, Corrales; Hawk Baker, deputy director of Mission Support, Cannon Air Force Base; Candace Beeke, publisher/ president, Albuquerque Business First, Albuquerque; James Brown, chief information officer, Presbyterian Medical Service, Santa Fe; David Cardiff, community banking district manager, Wells Fargo Bank, Albuquerque; Leslie Cervantes, associate vice president, Alumni Relations and Stewardship, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces; Brian Charlton, vice president and general counsel, Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Mexico, Albuquerque; Mike Chelius, principal, REDW LLC, Albuquerque; Steve Chovanec, chief of Human Resources, Laguna Development Corp., Albuquerque; Fred Cisneros, president and executive creative director, Cisneros Design Inc, Santa Fe; Kevin Cook, manager, Strategic Community Development, Freeport-McMoRan Inc., Bayard; Danny Cox, vice president of finance, Rio Grande Inc., Albuquerque; Brian Dunlap, deputy chief, City of Hobbs Police Department; Adán Estrada, superintendent, Cimarron Municipal Schools; Melissa Force, general counsel, Spaceport America, Las Cruces; Will Gleason, principal, Dekker/Perich/ Sabatini, Albuquerque; Jim Goff, chief of staff, New Mexico Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Albuquerque; Juliana Halvorson, vice president of marketing, Pioneer Bank, Roswell; Howie Herbert III, VP/NM CRE team lead, U.S. Bank, Albuquerque; Pam Hester, chief financial officer, Nuclear Waste Partnership LLC, Carlsbad; Darrin Howells, president and co-owner, AUI Inc., Albuquerque; Mary Jacintha, executive administrator, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque; Tim Knewitz, director/controller, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque; Dan Kwiecinski, N.M. operations manager/ principal engineer, Amec Foster Wheeler, Albuquerque; Scott Lardner, president, Rocky Mountains Stone Co. Inc., Albuquerque; Camille Lovato, group manager, supply chain, PNM Resources, Albuquerque; Dan Lyons, vice president/senior project manager, Bradbury Stamm Construction, Albuquerque; Brenda Mack-Cain, owner, Valencia Animal Clinic, Belen; Mike Moore, chief financial officer, U.S. Eagle Federal Credit Union, Albuquerque; Rick Murphy, president, Murphy Builders Inc., Gallup; Graig Newell, director business management, Centerra, Los Alamos; Andrew Nwanne, chief academic officer & provost, New Mexico State University, Carlsbad; Lisa O’Brien, director, Taos Community Foundation, Taos; Brenda Porter, associate broker, Steinborn & Associates Real Estate, Las Cruces; Veronica Pound, administrator, Socorro General Hospital, Socorro; Terry Priestley, group leader, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos; Jackie Reeve, family nurse practitioner, Reeve Medical, Albuquerque; Rodney Rogers, director of business development, Department of Defense, White Sands Missile Range; Matt Sanchez, general counsel, Jaynes Corp., Albuquerque; Tommy Sanders, vice president customer & support services, New Mexico Gas Co., Albuquerque; Stan Scott, engineering and projects manager, URENCO USA, Eunice; Cynthia Squire, chief, Systems/ Software Performance Branch, Material Test Directorate, White Sands Missile Range; Ben Thomas, attorney, Sutin, Thayer & Browne, A Professional Corporation, Albuquerque; Steve Vierck, president & CEO, Economic Development Corp. of Lea County, Hobbs.