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New Mexico Centennial Task Force

The New Mexico Centennial Task Force was created by an Executive Order by Governor Richardson. (.pdf file)

Honorary Members

• Governor Bill Richardson
• Lieutenant Governor Diane Denish

New Mexico Centennial Task Force

• Secretary Stuart Ashman, Department of Cultural Affairs - Task Force Chair
• Carlos Acosta, Director of Special Projects, Office of the Lieutenant Governor
• Secretary Harold Bailey, PhD, Executive Director, New Mexico Department of African-American Affairs
• Secretary Mike Cerletti, New Mexico Tourism Department
• Secretary Viola Florez, PhD, New Mexico Department of Higher Education
• Secretary Veronica Garcia, PhD, New Mexico Public Education Department
• Secretary Fred Mondragon, New Mexico Economic Development Department
• Dave Simon, Director, New Mexico State Parks
• Secretary Alvin Warren, New Mexico Indian Affairs Department
• Secretary, Aging and Long-Term Services Department
• Senator Rod Adair (R) Chaves and Lincoln Counties
  
• Senator Jerry Ortiz y Piño (D) Bernalillo County
• Representative Joni Gutierrez (D) Doña Ana County
• Representative Don Tripp (R) Catron, Socorro and Valencia Counties
  

Advisory Members

• Representative Ben Lujan, (D) Santa Fe County, Speaker of the House
• Senator Richard Martinez (D) Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, and Santa Fe Counties
• Brian Colón, Attorney
• Secretary Dorian Dodson, New Mexico Children, Youth, and Family Department
• Secretary John M. Garcia, New Mexico Department of Veterans' Services

New Mexico Centennial Steering Committee

• Jan Biella, Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer; New Mexico Historic Preservation Division
• Cynthia Chavez-Lamar, PhD, Director, Indian Arts Research Center, School of Advanced Research
• Beth Crist, New Mexico State Libraries
• Richard Eeds, Marketing and Promotion Director, NM Tourism Department
• Bev Friedman, New Mexico Public Education Department
• Rick Hendricks, PhD, State Historian
• Frances Levine, PhD, Director, Palace of the Governors
• Joe Lobato, Executive Director, New Mexico Clean and Beautiful
• Craig Newbill, Executive Director, New Mexico Humanities Council
• Susan Oberlander, PhD, New Mexico State Librarian
• Estevan Rael-Galvez, PhD, Executive Director, National Hispanic Cultural Center
• Sharon Schultz, CEO New Mexico Tourism Association
• Ron Solimon, President, Albuquerque CVB and Executive Director, Indian Pueblo Cultural Center
• Claude Stephenson, PhD, New Mexico State Folklorist
• Michael Stevenson, President, Historical Society of New Mexico
• J. Paul Taylor, former Representative, Las Cruces
• Dennis Trujillo, PhD, Assistant State Historian, Office of the State Historian
• Greg Webb, Executive Director, NM Commission for Community Volunteerism

Chair: Jodi Delaney, Director of Statewide Initiatives, Department of Cultural Affairs

Development Director: Joe Merlino, jmm@purposenetworks.com

Community Outreach: Janice Spence, janice.spence@state.nm.us

Administrative Assistant: Sarah T. Ives, (505) 984-2012, nmcentennial@gmail.com