LINK SUMMER 2017 FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

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1 LINK SUMMER 2017 FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD Dear Friends and Colleagues, Alumni, community supporters, and friends of Leadership New Mexico joined to celebrate Cinco de Mayo at the 2017 Annual Dinner! This year we honored John Hummer, Core Class of 2004, Co-Founder and President of Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine, with the Distinguished Alumnus Award, and Dale R. Dekker, Founding Principal and Architect of, with the Distinguished Leadership Award. The 11th Annual Golf Tournament was held the next day, Saturday, May 6, at Sandia Golf Club. JAMES M. HAYNES Core Class of 2007 Lifetime Member Shareholder, Tax Pulakos CPAs Thank you to the dinner and golf sponsors and all who attended the events! We hope you had a wonderful time. Thank you to the members of the Alumni Committee and Golf Committee who volunteered and helped plan these events! A special thank you to the event photographers, Liz Newlin Taylor, Core Class of 2007, Tim Van Valen, Core Class of 2008, and Allen Winston with Winston Foto. Photographs of both events can be seen on the Events page on our website or on our Facebook page. Leadership New Mexico s programs have concluded for the year! The fifteenth Local Government Leadership Program class graduated at the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History in in April. The twenty-first Core Program class had their final sessions, the Environment and Natural Resources Session in Farmington in May, and completed the program year with the Government, Crime and Justice, and Leadership Session in Taos in June. The class graduated at the Taos Ski Valley with friends and family. Congratulations 2017 Graduates! My duties as Chairman of the Board end in July. As the year closes at Leadership New Mexico, we are planning next year s programs which begin in September. It has been an honor to serve as Chairman of the Board of this great organization. I look forward to continued participation as a board member, alumnus, and Lifetime Member in the years to come. I would like to extend an invitation to all Leadership New Mexico graduates to stay connected by joining the alumni program, if you haven t already done so, or by volunteering to serve on a committee. Thank you for your support and investment of time and resources in Leadership New Mexico. We would not be successful without your support and involvement! James M. Haynes Chairman of the Board, Leadership New Mexico DIAMOND Healy Foundation PLATINUM CORPORATE SPONSORS GOLD SILVER BRONZE J.F Maddox Foundation Wholesale Envelope & Paper Company, Inc. Crystal Springs Bottled Water DMC Logistics El Paso Electric Company Intel Corporation Jaynes Corporation Los Alamos National Bank PNM Presbyterian Medical Services REDW LLC U.S. Bank Foundation Wells Fargo Bohannan Huston, Inc. Brycon Corporation Delta Dental of New Mexico Lynn and Jim Haynes HB Construction Laguna Development Corporation Lovelace Health System Nuclear Waste Partnership LLC Pioneer Bank Presbyterian Healthcare Services Pulakos CPAs Tim Van Valen UNM Medical Group, Inc. URENCO USA Waste Management of New Mexico

2 CLASS NEWS CORE 2000 Rebeca Romero Rainey has taken the position of Chief Executive Officer of the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) in Washington, D.C Brian Burnett has taken the position of Senior Vice President/Chief Operating Officer Emeritus at Bohannan Huston, Inc Greg Cory has taken the position of President and Chief Executive Officer of Western Heritage Bank Mike Cheney has taken the position of Chief Operating Officer at Castle Hills Chiropractic in Dallas, Texas. Susan Musgrave has taken the position of President at Sundance Consulting, Inc Bob Bare has taken the position as ECO Program Manager at Baldwin and Shell Construction Company in Little Rock, Arkansas. Wally Drangmeister has taken the position of President of Path Three Marketing. Ann Maddox Utterback has taken the position of Board Chair at J. F Maddox Foundation Brian Robinson has taken the position of Decommissioning Strategy Director at Cavendish Nuclear. Dawn Tschabrun has taken the position as Chief Operating Officer at Lovelace Women s Hospital in. Russell Williams has taken the position of Performance Manager at Entergy in Jackson, Mississippi Steve Cowne has taken the position of Chief Nuclear Officer and Compliance Manager at URENCO USA CORE PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS CELEBRATE GRADUATION IN TAOS The final two sessions of the Core Program were held in Farmington on May and in Taos on June 7-9. The Environment and Natural Resources Session in Farmington began with a tour of San Juan Generating Station, followed by a community reception at Artifacts Gallery and dinner at the Farmington Museum. Participants heard from expert speakers about challenges and opportunities surrounding environment and natural resources in New Mexico. While in Farmington, the class also visited the Farmington Public Library, Merrion Oil & Gas, San Juan College - BP School of Energy, and rafted the Animas River. As is tradition, the Core Program class began their final session with a river rafting trip on the Rio Grande! The fun continued that evening with dinner and a community reception at Peoples Bank. This session s topics focused on government, crime and justice, and leadership. Participants visited locations around Taos including: FaraHNHeight Fine Art, New Mexico National Guard, and Taos Municipal Schools. Phil Bryson, On the Edge Productions, closed the program year with group interaction and team building. The graduation ceremony for the 34 members of the Core Program Class was on Friday, June 9. The class shared this celebration with their spouses and special guests who joined them for the ceremony at Taos Ski Valley. We would like to thank the Core Curriculum Committee members for dedicating many hours of volunteer time to make this another successful year for the Core Program participants. We appreciate this hard-working group of alumni! Thank you to our Famington and Taos Session Sponsors: Farmington: AirStar Inc.; Bayless Drilling Company; Cooper Fire Protection Services; Crystal Springs Bottled Water; Dimmick Realty; City of Farmington; Jaynes Corporation; Lexus of /Lexus of Santa Fe; Merrion Oil & Gas; PESCO; PNM Resources, Inc.; San Juan College; and Terri & Jack Fortner. Taos: Centinel Bank of Taos; Atkinson & CO, Ltd.; Crystal Springs Bottled Water; Lexus of /Lexus of Santa Fe; Lowell s Pharmacy; Nuclear Waste Partnership, LLC; Peoples Bank; Chevron Questa Mine; Sandia National Laboratories; South Central Colfax County Special Hospital District; Taos County; and the Taos Ski Valley, Inc. Core Class of 2017 at the graduation ceremony at the Taos Ski Valley. S P L R H F S

3 Cinco de Mayo Fiesta ANNUAL DINNER MAY 5, 2017 THANK YOU Thank you to everyone who joined us to celebrate Cinco de Mayo and the 2017 award recipients! It was a wonderful evening with approximately 350 alumni, community members, supporters of the award recipients, and friends of Leadership New Mexico in attendance. During the reception, classes reunited, guests enjoyed music from the group Mariachi Nuevo Sonido, and everyone had fun taking photos at the Pink Mustache Photo Booth. Thank you to Greg Templeton and Southern Wine and Spirits for donating wine for the evening. Lynn Haynes, Core Class of 2013; Tom Taylor, Core Class of 1997; Bev Taylor; and Jim Haynes, Core Class of CONGRATULATIONS 2017 AWARD RECIPIENTS! DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS AWARD Mariachi Nuevo Sonido. DISTINGUISHED LEADERSHIP AWARD JOHN HUMMER Core Class of 2004 Co-Founder & President Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine GOLF TOURNAMENT MAY 6, 2017 On Saturday, Leadership New Mexico enjoyed another wonderful day at Sandia Golf Club for the 11th Annual Golf Tournament. Congratulations to the Lexus of /Lexus of Santa Fe team for winning first place! We would like to thank Matt DiGregory and The Range Cafe for donating the delicious breakfast burritos, Jeff Vinyard and Crystal Springs for donating coffee and water, and John Nellos and Johndhi s Catering Company for a terrific lunch! A special thank you to Tom Bohlman and Lexus of / Lexus of Santa Fe for sponsoring the Hole-In-One contest and the golf polos. DALE R. DEKKER Founding Principal & Architect Lexus of /Lexus of Santa Fe Team. DIAMOND SPONSORS Healy Foundation BRONZE SPONSORS Journal Wholesale Envelope & Paper Co., Inc. Armstrong Energy Corporation Askew & Mazel Law Firm/TAL Realty AUI Inc. BBVA Compass Bank ConocoPhillips First National 1870 La Vida Llena Los Alamos National Bank Pettigrew & Associates, PA Pioneer Bank Pulakos CPAs Ray s Flooring Specialists, Inc. UNM Medical Group, Inc. URENCO USA U.S. Bank Waste Management of New Mexico Wilson & Company, Inc., Engineers & Architects TURQUOISE SPONSORS Allen Theatres Brycon Corporation Business Environments Holman s Inc. Presbyterian Medical Services Reeve Medical TABLE SPONSORS Bank of America/Merrill Lynch Bradbury Stamm Construction Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine Chevron U.S.A. First American Bank HB Construction Intel Corporation Jaynes Corporation McDonalds of Carlsbad & Artesia MVD Express San Juan Regional Medical Center Sandia National Laboratories Sutin, Thayer & Browne, APC Urban Land Institute

4 CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2017 CORE PROGRAM GRADUATES! Santa Fe Session 1 - Leadership Training with Phil Bryson, On the Edge Productions. Las Cruces Session 3 - White Sands Missile Range Aerial Tour. Hobbs Session 4 - URENCO USA Tour. Farmington Session 5 - San Juan Generating Station Tour. Glen Adams Chief of Staff White Sands Missile Range Ken Adkins Chief of Staff Communications & Public Affairs Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos Silvia Alvarez Executive Vice President Commercial Banking Manager First National 1870 Bobby Arnett Office Manager Arnett Medical Roswell Jeannie Baca Vice President of Student Services New Mexico State University Carlsbad Jorge Brasil Chief of Food & Beverage Operations Laguna Development Corporation Laura Ann Crawford Northwest Region Director Presbyterian Medical Services Farmington Jennifer Deal Controller Jaynes Corporation Tom Domme General Counsel & Vice President, External Affairs New Mexico Gas Company Kevin Donovan Business Manager Nuclear Waste Partnership LLC Carlsbad Brian Freeman Senior Facilities Manager Intel Corporation Rio Rancho Sharon Friedes Advertising Director Journal Benjamin Gardner Vice President & Principal Carolyn Green Vice President - Delivery System, & Chief Nursing Officer Presbyterian Healthcare Services Kirk Irby Pharmacist & Partner Lowell s Pharmacy Artesia Carole Jaramillo Director of Finance Services City of Rio Rancho Rio Rancho Mario Juarez Infante Vice President Wilson & Company, Inc., Engineers & Architects Kyle Kerr Area Manager BP America Farmington Jill Klar Chief Executive Officer UNM Medical Group, Inc. Tim Knowles Head of Human Resources URENCO USA Eunice Matt Martin Confluent Development Construction Manager Denver, Colorado Jared Matts Tax Director & Shareholder Atkinson & Co. Ltd. Chris McCall Chief of Police City of Hobbs Hobbs Amy Miller External Affairs Director The Nature Conservancy New Mexico Chapter JF Nagel Retired Sandia National Laboratories Jose Ortiz Regional Vice President Foxworth-Galbraith Lumber Company Las Cruces Teresa Reinhard Community Support Coordinator Department of Defense United States Air Force Kirtland Air Force Base James Salsbury Senior Vice President HB Construction Kaycee Sandoval Chief Executive Officer South Central Colfax County Special Hospital District Springer Randy Shaffer Vice President of Sales & Marketing Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Mexico Chez Steel Executive Vice President Century Bank Renee Sudborough Director of Risk Management Holy Cross Hospital Taos Travis Tarry Vice President & District Manager U.S. Bank Las Cruces Scott Turner Editor and Publisher El Defensor Chieftain Socorro

5 CLASS NEWS Christopher Palmer, Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer for Pioneer Bank in Roswell, has been promoted to President/Chief Operating Officer Frank Duran, Principal and Vice President of Client Services with K2MD Brand Builders, was recently elected to the Board of Directors of Make-A-Wish New Mexico. Jim Flint has take the position of Office Manager/Senior Engineer at Cobb, Fendly & Associates, Inc. in Denton, Texas Amy Miller has taken the position of Director of External Affairs at The Nature Conservancy. CONNECT 2014 Maureen O Leary has taken the position of Realtor and Associate Broker at REMAX Select Terra Winter has taken the position of Executive Director at the Community Foundation of Southern New Mexico Khushroo Ghadiali has taken the position of Senior Media Coordinator at Nuclear Waste Partnership Ty Perry was promoted to Vice President of Construction at HB Construction. LGLP 2017 Matthew Henry was promoted to Vice Wing Commander, 150th SOW at the New Mexico Air National Guard. LOCAL GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP PROGRAM CLASS OF 2017 Graduation Session - LGLP Class of 2017 takes a behind the scene tour of the Publishing Company. The Local Government Leadership Program Class of 2017 had their final session on April 5-7 in. Topics and issues covered in the session were oil and gas, water, land, renewable and clean energy, cultural affairs, immigration, the court system, corrections, and children, youth and families in New Mexico. Phil Bryson of On the Edge Productions conducted group interactions and team building exercises for the class. The participants toured or visited the International Balloon Museum, the Publishing Company, the Canyon Club, and Isotopes Park. Finishing up the program year, the class celebrated their graduation at the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History. Since 2004, Leadership New Mexico has partnered with the New Mexico Association of Counties (NMAC), the New Mexico Municipal League (NMML), and the New Mexico School Board Association (NMSBA) to conduct this program. Thank you to the Corporate Sponsors: CH2M; ConocoPhillips; HB Construction; Jaynes Corporation; Stelzner, Winter, Warburton, Flores; and Waste Management of New Mexico. Thank you to the Session Sponsors: Crystal Springs Bottled Water; Dion s; Lexus of /Lexus of Santa Fe; Manzano Day School; and On the Edge Productions - Phil Bryson. Thank you to the Healy Foundation for funding the Bill Fulginiti Scholarship Fund. CONGRATULATIONS GRADUATES! David Chavez, School Board Member/ UNM Advisory Board at Taos Municipal Schools, has been elected to the Caltech Board of Trustees. GOT CLASS NEWS? If you have news or announcements that you would like to share, let us know! leader@leadershipnm.org Class participates in leadership training by Phil Bryson, On the Edge Productions at the Canyon Club.

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