Fred Mondragon

Lifetime Achievement Award

Fred E. Mondragon has over fifty years experience in the public and private sectors, including over 25 years in hospital and public administration and 25 years with the private sector. He was the administrator of the University of New Mexico Hospital, Regional Administrator of the Presbyterian hospital system in New Mexico, and the Deputy Chief Administrative officer for the City of Albuquerque. Mr. Mondragon has also worked in the consulting and information technology field for two national system integration companies. He has been a consultant to small businesses, as well as several government and healthcare agencies through his consulting company, Mondragon Consulting. Mr. Mondragon was Director of Economic Development for the City of Albuquerque, and served as Cabinet Secretary for Economic Development under Governor Bill Richardson. He has received awards for Small Business advocacy from the Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce and Public Service Company of NM.

Mr. Mondragon served in the New Mexico Legislature for three terms, was a member of the House Appropriations and Finance Committee, and Chairman of the Higher Education Subcommittee. He also has been the Science Advisor to the Governor of New Mexico and served as Founding Chairman of the Governor’s Science and Technology Commission. He was also Chairman of the New Mexico Democratic Party.

Fred Mondragon served as Honorary Consul for Spain, taught Entrepreneurship at the UNM Anderson Business School and serves on several non-profit boards. He is founder and owner of Mondragon Consulting, an international business development enterprise. He received his BS from the University of New Mexico and his MBA in Health Care Administration from The George Washington University in Washington, DC.

In between his business and community service, he and his wife Connie enjoy international travel, farming, cooking and spending time with their family of six children and 19 grandchildren.