Business people
The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum has hired technology specialist Liz Neely as curator of digital experiences. Neely will oversee the development of the museum’s digital infrastructure and audience engagement across media platforms.
Neely received her master’s in business administration from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, and has a dual bachelor’s from Mundelein College in Spanish and history. Neely most recently worked as senior director of integrated content at the American Alliance of Museums in Washington, D.C. She also was an adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University, where she taught about museums in the digital age. Additionally, Neely has held curatorial and directorial positions at the Harwood Museum of Art at The University of New Mexico and at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Gemini Rosemont Commercial Real Estate, a leading commercial real estate investment company with approximately 12.5 million square feet of commercial office space in 20 states, has added two seasoned executives to its leadership team.
John Meehan has been named the company’s chief operating officer, and Nina Frandson has joined Gemini Rosemont as a senior managing director for capital markets.
Meehan will oversee corporate transactions, provide financing and multidisciplinary leadership, and will partner with the company’s asset management and acquisition divisions to support a variety of initiatives. He also will be directly involved with the capital raise team.
Frandson’s efforts will be focused on capital markets, and she is a leading member of the capital raise team for Gemini Rosemont.
Prior to joining Gemini Rosemont, Meehan was the vice president, director of capital markets for Douglas Emmett Inc., with responsibilities for all transactional activities including acquisitions, financings and dispositions.
Meehan received his master’s in business administration from the University of Southern California after earning his bachelor’s in finance from Michigan State University.
Rep. Rudolpho “Rudy” Martinez, D-Silver City, has received the American Association of Retired Persons “Capital Caregivers” Award, a distinction given to a select group of bipartisan legislators across the country.
In a statement, AARP New Mexico director Gene Varela said, “Rep. Martinez provided key leadership to pass the Guardianship Affidavit and Pre-School Care during the 2017 Session and helped make the big responsibilities of family caregivers, particularly grandparents raising grandkids, in New Mexico a little bit easier.”
True Health New Mexico has added Dr. Duane Ross as medical director. Ross joins the True Health team with almost 30 years of experience practicing medicine and extensive experience in the health insurance industry.
Prior to joining True Health New Mexico, Ross was the medical director for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico. He also has worked for Lovelace Health Plan and Concentra, among others, and has worked as a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at The University of New Mexico School of Medicine.
New Mexico Ethics Watch announced that its board of directors has hired Kathleen Sabo as the organization’s next executive director. A Connecticut native, Sabo received her bachelor’s from Fordham University in New York City and her law degree from the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va.
She moved to New Mexico in 1991 and is a member of the New Mexico Bar. Kathleen has concentrated on legislative matters, providing legislative analysis to the New Mexico State Senate Judiciary Committee and New Mexico Legislative Reports, and serving as the head majority analyst for the state Senate.