Partnering with WICHE since 1953
Partnering with WICHE since 1953
Professor and Senior Advisor to the Dean, University of New Mexico
Professor and Senior Advisor to the Dean, University of New Mexico
Barbara Damron is currently a professor and senior advisor to the Dean at the University of New Mexico College of Nursing. She also holds a faculty appointment at the UNM School of Medicine’s Department of Family & Community Medicine. Prior to that, she served as the Chief Government Relations Officer for the University of New Mexico. She was also New Mexico’s Cabinet Secretary of Higher Education for four years.
On the national level, Damron has been a Congressional Fellow in the United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP); an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow in the United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions; a Congressional Fellow for Senator Lamar Alexander; Commissioner of the Western Interstate Commission of Higher Education (WICHE); Commissioner of the Education Commission of the States; and sits on the Board of Directors of Complete College America.
Damron’s long professional history spans over 35 years – 20 in New Mexico – including being a leader in education, a health care executive, an advanced practice nurse, a college professor, an international consultant, and a cancer scientist. She has built positive and extensive relationships within the state’s higher education community, as well as within the Legislative and Executive branches. She has also worked alongside community and state leaders on the promotion of civic engagement and was featured as a panelist at the Hispanic Leadership Institute’s (USHLI) “Latinas in Politics” forum last year at UNM.
Damron received a Bachelor of Science in nursing from Union College in Lincoln, Nebraska, a Master of Science in nursing from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, and a Ph.D. in educational psychology from the University of Texas at Austin.
Senator, New Mexico State Legislature
Senator, New Mexico State Legislature
Mark Moores of Albuquerque has served in the New Mexico Senate since 2013. He is also the executive director of the New Mexico Dental Association. Moores served on the staff of the late Congressman Steve Schiff and as a chief-of-staff for Lt. Governor Walter Bradley in the Gov. Gary Johnson/Bradley administration. Moores has served as a former president of the UNM Letterman Association and currently is a board member of the UNM Lobo Club. He attended the University of New Mexico on a football scholarship and received a B.A. in political science while being a four-year letterman on the offensive line for the Lobos. Moores also earned a Master of Business Administration from the UNM Anderson School of Management.
Director, Office of Strategic Initiatives, New Mexico State University
Director, Office of Strategic Initiatives, New Mexico State University
Patricia Sullivan is the Director, Office of Strategic Initiatives at the New Mexico State University where she directs statewide engineering outreach services under the college’s Engineering New Mexico Resource Network in areas including technical engineering business assistance, professional development, and educational outreach programs. She also provides direction for the college’s corporate relations and student career services. Sullivan is the New Mexico affiliate director for Project Lead the Way, a national program to expand the STEM pipeline. She is also a member of the board of directors for Enchantment Land Certified Development Company (a program that certifies SBA 504 loans in support of economic development). Sullivan received her Ph.D. in industrial engineering with a focus on renewable energy regulatory policy, a master’s degree in public utility economics, and a bachelor’s degree in biology, all from NMSU.
Senator, New Mexico State Legislature
Senator, New Mexico State Legislature
Mark Moores of Albuquerque has served in the New Mexico Senate since 2013. He is also the executive director of the New Mexico Dental Association. Moores served on the staff of the late Congressman Steve Schiff and as a chief-of-staff for Lt. Governor Walter Bradley in the Gov. Gary Johnson/Bradley administration. Moores has served as a former president of the UNM Letterman Association and currently is a board member of the UNM Lobo Club. He attended the University of New Mexico on a football scholarship and received a B.A. in political science while being a four-year letterman on the offensive line for the Lobos. Moores also earned a Master of Business Administration from the UNM Anderson School of Management.