Our Board

2026 BOARD CHAIR

Casey DeRaad

CEO

NewSpace Nexus

Chair

Executive Committee

Angela Serrano de Rivera

Past ​Chair
Director of Business Strategy and Projects

New Mexico Gas Company

Matthew Jaramillo
Incoming Chair
Government Affairs

ExxonMobil

Ryan Cangiolosi
Treasurer

Director of Economic and Community Development
​UNM Health Sciences Center

Robert Dzur
Secretary
​Senior Vice President
Bohannan Huston Inc.

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Nicole Abreu
Vice Chair
Vice President of Sales
Ardham Technologies

Chris Schroeder
​Vice Chair
CEO
Real Time Solutions


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Ruben Garcia

Vice Chair
Contracts Manager

JB Media Group


DIRECTOR EMERITUS

JP Espinoza
Managing Partner

NM General Office

NY Life Insurance Company

DIRECTOR EMERITUS

Sherman McCorkle
Chairman & CEO
​Sandia Science and Technology Park Development Corporation

​HERENCIA FOUNDER

GENERAL COUNSEL

Michelle Hernandez Esq.
Partner

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP
​HERENCIA FOUNDER


Board of Directors

Hank Andrews
Managing Director & CFO
Verus Research

John Armijo

​Deputy General Counsel
Titan Development

Yuriana Atayde

Campus Director
Pima Medical Institute

Marlene Baca

Vice President of Sales and Account Management
Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Mexico

Tom Briones
Founder

Briones Business Law Firm

​HERENCIA FOUNDER

Rebecca Butler

​Regional Public Policy | AZ, NM, UT, NV, HI
Amazon

Adrian Chavez
Food Service Manager
PepsiCo

Brian Chavez
NM Factory Manager
Intel Corporation

Steven B. Chavez

Managing Partner

Mesa del Sol


Tyler Chavez

General Manager,
Valley Fence Company

​HERENCIA FOUNDER

Bridget Condon

Ristras LLC

Judy A. Cordova-Romero

VP HR/Administration

OwnerManager

ADC Ltd NM

Jim Garcia

Executive Director
Associated Contractors
of New Mexico

Ryan Garcia

Market Team Lead
Commercial Banking

Bank of Albuquerque

Steven Garcia

Director of Business Development

Brycon Corporation

Lorenzo Gutierrez

Director, Enterprise Excellence

Sandia National Labs

Richard Luarkie

CEO

Emerging Equities Solutions Group

Nick Maniatis
Production Policy, North America

Netflix

Ana Martinez

Director Western US/State Policy

Meta

Sean Martinez
VP Principal Banker

NM Market Lead

BMO Bank N.A.

Sheila Mendez

VP & Chief Information Officer

TXNM Energy Inc.

Paul Mondragon

New Mexico Market President, SVP Senior Relationship Manager

Bank of America

Eddie Montoya

General Manager

Golden Pride

James Ortiz

Principal

REDW

Heather Philpot

President, Political and Public Affairs

Moore

Dr. Vesta Sandoval

Chief Medical Officer

Lovelace Health System

John Santoru

CEO/President

Holmans USA

Dan Schatzman

CEO

SpaceFund &

Jaguar Precision Machine Corp

Vivian Sisneros Jr.

President

ISHC

Ana Trujillo

Senior Vice President of Support Services

Nusenda Credit Union

Linda Vega

Market President at Wells Fargo Home Mortgage

Wells Fargo


Board Ex-Officios

Amanda Aragon
​Executive Director

NewMexicoKidsCan

Barbara Baca
​Bernalillo County Commissioner, Dist. 1
​Bernalillo County Commissioners

Dr. Gabrielle Blakey
Superintendent
Albuquerque Public Schools

Ed Manzanares
Associate Athletic Director,
Sports Administration
​University of New Mexico

Olivia Padilla-Jackson

Vice President of

Finance & Operations

CNM



Klarissa J. Pena
City Councilor
District 3
​City of Albuquerque

Marc Powell
Executive Director
​National Hispanic Automobile Alliance

Carlos R. Romero
Associate Vice President
for R&ED 
​New Mexico Tech

Louie Sanchez
​City Councilor
District 1 
City of Albuquerque

Col. Justin D. Secrest
​Base Commander 
Kirtland Air Force Base