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THE GREATER ALBUQUERQUE CHAMBER

OF COMMERCE, the Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce and

the Greater Belen Chamber of Commerce

present Space: The New Frontier, a luncheon featuring a presentation by George

Whitesides, CEO and president of Virgin Galactic, from 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Embassy Suites Albuquerque, 1000 Woodward Place NE. The event is co-sponsored by the Albuquerque Journal, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, New Mexico Gas Company, New Mexico Mutual Insurance, UNM Health Sciences Center, Intel Corp. and Technology Ventures Corp. Tickets — $40 per person or $400 for a table of 10 — are available by calling 505-764-3731 or online at www.abqchamber.com.

ACTIONCOACH is sponsoring

the workshop, 5 Secrets to Our Clients’ Success

by Mark and Nicole Tobiassen, from 8:30-11 a.m. Wednesday in the Lockheed Martin Room at the Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce, 1309 4th SW. Admission is free. For registration or additional information, contact Chelsea De Pree by calling 505-933-6003 or visit www. actionbusinesssuccess.com.

THE STATE BAR OF NEW MEXICO is sponsoring a free

Divorce Options Workshop from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at the State Bar of New Mexico, 5121 Masthead NE. The workshop includes a presentation by a volunteer attorney and hand-out materials on divorce followed by an open question-andanswer

session. Free one-onone consultations with an attorney are also available by prior appointment. For additional information, call 505-797-6094 or 800-876-6227.

THE ALBUQUERQUE CHAPTER of the Construction Specifications Institute

(CSI) and the New Mexico Building Branch of the Associated General Contractors (AGC-NM) are co-sponsoring the Construction Documents Workshop, a three-day workshop providing a comprehensive overview for anyone who writes, interprets, enforces or manages construction documents, from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the AGC-NM Building Branch, 1615 University Blvd. NE. The featured speaker will be Paul Simonsen, RA, FCSI, CCS, CCCA, LLED AP,

NCARB, SCIP, who will lead participants on an in-depth tour of the source material for CSI’s Construction Document Technology (CDT ) Certificate examination; and the AGC’s Supervisory Training Program Unit 4 – Contract Law and Construction Documents. The workshop fee is $795 for CSI-AGC members and $895 for others and includes lunch each day, STP Unit 4 excerpts, CSI Project Delivery Practice Guide and applicable AIA and consensus documents. The CDT examination registration fee is not included in the workshop fee. For more information or registration, contact Lee Orosco, FCSI, CCS, by calling 505-440-3998 or email lee.h.orosco@gmail.com; or contact Margo Maher by calling 505-842-1462 or email mmaher@agc-nm.org.

LAW ACCESS NEW MEXICO is sponsoring a free workshop for both Landlords and

Tenants from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday at the State Bar of New Mexico, 5121 Masthead NE. The workshop includes a

presentation by Law Access attorneys followed by an open question-and-answer session. Presentation topics include an overview of housing issues such as repairs, security deposits, evictions, right of entry, lockouts and information on the laws governing residential rental units. Admission is free. For more information, call 505797-6069.

BEVERLY BAILEY, LPL Financial Advisor at Chamisa Financial, will present the workshop, Organizing Your (Financial) Life beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday at the North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center, 7521 Carmel NE. Admission is free: seating is limited. Reservations are required by Thursday. For reservations or additional information, call 505-856-9237.

ALBUQUERQUE PRESS WOMEN’S (APW) March luncheon meeting will be held at 11:45 a.m. on March 11 at the MCM Elegante Hotel, 2020 Menaul NE. The featured presentation will be How Will New Mexico’s Medicaid Expansion Affect

Us? by Ava Lovell, senior executive officer for finance and administration at the UNM Health Sciences Center; and Mary Winters Morse, divisional vice president, New Mexico Medicaid at Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Mexico. Admission is $15 for members and $21 for others: reservations are required by Wednesday.. For reservations or more information, call 505-720-7821 or email presswomen@yahoo.com.

THE ALBUQUERQUE CHAPTER of the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) monthly luncheon will be held beginning at 11:30 a.m. March. 11 at the new APS West Side Stadium site currently under construction. The program will include presentations by APS athletics and the department of facilities

design and construction. The project’s architect and contractor will explain the design and construction. Admission is $20 and includes lunch; reservations are required. For reservations or additional information, email cmorrison@koroseal.com.

THE DOMINICAN ECCLESIAL INSTITUTE’S CATHOLIC

BUSINESS FORUM March luncheon will be held from noon-1 p.m. on March 12 at the Albuquerque Sheraton Uptown, 2600 Louisiana NE. The featured speakers will be Pat & Terry Keene, owners of the Artichoke Cafe, discussing what being Catholic in the food services industry means to them. Tickets are $35 for nonmembers. For additional information, contact Kyle Kemp by calling 505-243-0525 or email kkemp@d-e-i.org.

THE NEW MEXICO SOCIETY OF ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVES (NMSAE) membership luncheon will be held from 11:15 a.m.-1 p.m. March 12 at the Sheraton Albuquerque Uptown Hotel, 2600 Louisiana NE. The featured presentation will be Easy Ways To Gain Control of Your Interesting Information, by certified professional organizer Miriam Ortiz Y

Pino. Admission is $35 for NMSAE members and $45 for others. For registration or additional information, visit www.nmsae.org or email wmmckinstry@gmail.com.

THE ASSOCIATION FOR WOMEN IN COMMUNICATIONS

- NEW MEXICO (AWC-NM) March luncheon will be held from 11:15 a.m.-1 p.m. on March 13 at the Agave Del Sol Events Center, 7500 Montgomery NE. The featured presentation will be New Mexico’s Women Journalists: Their Successes, Their Challenges, and Why This Matters to All of Us,

featuring panelists Dianne

Anderson, director of communications at UNM and former KRQE-TV news anchor; Sarah Gustavus, executive producer for

national programs at Koahnic Broadcasting; Rachel

Sams, managing editor of Albuquerque Business First; and Margaret Wright, co-founder and editor of the online news source, New Mexico Compass. The moderator is independent journalist Megan Kamerick. The luncheon fee is $25 for members and $35 for others. The reservation deadline is 5 p.m. Thursday For reservations, visit www. awc.org/ reservations. html. For additional information, call Jane Blume at 505-294-1976.

THE NEW MEXICO CAREER DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION presents the

workshop, Navigating the Albuquerque Hidden

Job Market, from 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. March 14 at the North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center, 7521 Carmel NE. The program will assist job searchers in using the most effective techniques to find a job. Topics include networking strategies, unpublished job openings and résumé writing. Participants should bring their résumés to be reviewed. Admission is free; advanced registration is required. A small monetary donation is requested (but not required). For registration or additional information, contact Charles Lehman by calling 505-938-1282 or email charlesj.lehman@gmail.com.

THE STATE BAR OF NEW MEXICO’S Lawyer Referral for the Elderly Program (LREP) presents the free legal workshop, Common Legal Issues for Senior

Citizens from 9:30-10:45 a.m. March 14 at HELP - New Mexico Inc. in Española, 1302-C Calle de La Merced. Workshop topics include powers of attorney; advance health-care directives; estate planning; and Medicaid for long-term care. All senior citizens, family members and others who work with seniors are invited to attend. Free one-on-one, 30-minute consultations with LREP staff attorneys are also available from 1-3:30 p.m. at the same location by prior appointment. For

consultation appointments, call 505-359-7880. For additional general information, call 505-797-6005 or 800-876-6657.

THE NEW MEXICO CHAPTER

of the Energy, Technology and Environment Business

Association (ETEBA) monthly dinner meeting will be held beginning at 5:30 p.m. on March 14 at the DoubleTree Hotel in Santa Fe, 4048 Cerrillos Road. The featured speaker will be Greg

Gonzales, small business director, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), discussing the status and plans of the NNSA for the remainder of FY2013 based on the latest actions of Congress and the Administration. Advance registration is required. Advance registration is $35 for ETEBA members and $45 for others. For reservations, visit www. eteba.org. For additional information, call Christopher Timm at 505-323-8355.

THE ESSENTIALS FOR STARTING A NEW BUSINESS

WORKSHOP, sponsored

by SCORE, Counselors to America’s Small Business, will be held from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. March 15 at the U.S. Small Business Administration office, 500 Gold SW, Suite 11301. The workshop fee is $55 and includes workshop materials. A pre-workshop online credit-card reservation is required; space is limited. For registration or additional information, call 505-248-8232 or visit www.abqscore.org. JEFFREY W. GLASSHEIM, DO, FAAAAI, FACAAI, has joined

ABQ Health Partners. Glassheim is a boardcertified and re-certified sub specialist in pediatric and adult asthma, allergic disease medicine and clinical immunology. He previously worked for seven years in private clinical practice and satellite hospital practice with the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin. Glassheim will see patients of all ages.

MORGAN E. HONEYCUTT has joined the Rothstein

Law Firm as an attorney in the firm’s Santa Fe office. Honeycutt practices primarily in the areas of criminal defense and immigration issues. She has a law degree, cum laude, from the University of New

Mexico, and also currently works as an adjunct professor at the UNM School of Law. Honeycutt previously clerked for New Mexico Supreme Court Justice Pamela B. Minzner.

CATHIE MARIE has joined Management Recruiters of the Sandias

Inc. as an account executive in the finance/ banking/ mortgage team specializing in mortgage professionals. Marie has 17 years’ experience in customer service and sales in both the mortgage industry as well as other industries.

BECKY APODACA, R.T.(R), CRA, has joined

the American Society of Radiologic Technologists as the practice standards and chapter manager. Apodaca has 40 years’ experience in the medical imaging field and previously worked in clinical, educator, quality management and director roles. She has an associate’s degree in radiologic technology and a bachelor’s degree in education.

RICH BRODY, PH.D.,

CFE, CPA, the Douglas Minge Brown Professor of Accounting and a Daniels Fund Business Ethics Fellow at UNM’s Anderson School of Management, has been elected to the Association of Certified Fraud

Examiners (ACFE) Board of Regents for a two-year term.

THE ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS OF NEW MEXICO has elected officers and board members to its 2013 Board of Directors. New officers are Ray Zamora - AnchorBuilt Inc., chairman; David Ashcraft - Ashcraft Mechanical Inc., chairman-elect;

Linda Higgins-Davidson - Chaparral Electric Inc., vice chairman; Denise

Baker - D.R.B. Electric Inc., immediate past chair;

Scott Peck - MP Group Inc., treasurer; and Wayne

Bingham - Bingham, Hurst, Apodaca PC, chapter attorney.

Newly elected board members include Dale

Armstrong, TLC Plumbing

& Utility; Ralph Baldwin, Enterprise Builders Corp.;

Wryan Capps, Axiom CPAs and Business Advisors; Chris Downey, Downey

and Company; Danny W. Jarrett, Jackson Lewis

LLP; Kitty Leslie, Hub

International SW; Dan

Lyons, Bradbury Stamm Construction Company Inc.;