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2009-10 Policy Committees
All ACI policy committees meet at the ACI office at 2201 Buena Vista SE, Suite 401, Albuquerque. You can now participate in all ACI committee meetings via teleconference. If you wish to teleconference for any of our meetings, just email Debbie Scott.
Agriculture
Chair: Walter Bradley, Dairy Farmers of America
Vice Chair: Caren Cowen, NM Cattle Growers Association
Areas of focus: agricultural policy issues. Economic Development
Co-Chair: Raymond Mondragon, ENMR Plateau
Co-Chair: Marie Longserre, Santa Fe Business Incubator
Areas of focus: Incentives and other needs to recruit and retain employers an to promote public & private research and development in the state. Also includes tourism.
Education & Work Force Development
Chair: JoLou Trujillo-Ottino, MediaWorks
Vice Chair: Marty Waller, CNM Workforce Training Center
Areas of focus: education reform policies for K-12 and higher education and work force development initiatives. Energy & Extractive Industries
Chair: Mike Bowen, NM Mining Association
Vice Chair: Deborah Seligman, NMOGA
Areas of focus: energy and extractive industry issues pertaining to renewable and non-renewable sources. Environment
Chair: Louis Rose, Montgomery & Andrews
Vice Chair: Sharon Lombardi, Dairy Producers of New Mexico
Areas of focus: air and water quality issues and environmental regulations. Government
Chair: Duane Trythall, Excel Staffing Companies
Vice Chair: John Chavez, Sandia Peak Tram Company
Ethics reform, non-profit political activity, open government issues.
Health Care
Chair: Ralph Anderson
Vice Chair: Marla Shoats, Shoats & Weaks
Areas of focus: health care reform, insurance benefit mandates and cost reduction initiatives.
Legal Reform
Chair: Barbara Bruin, NM Alliance for Legal Reform
Vice Chair: Michelle Hernandez, Modrall Law Firm
Areas of focus: punitive damage limits, defamation, auto insurance reform, liability issues and frivolous claims.
Regulatory Reform
Chair: TJ Trujillo, Gallagher & Kennedy PA
Vice Chair: Mike Bowen, NM Mining Association
Areas of focus: Executive agency power versus Legislative power, internal operations of regulatory agencies. Taxation
Chair: Helen Hecht, Sutin Thayer & Browne
Vice Chair: Tim Van Valen, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP
Areas of focus: tax reform, tax policies (property, gross receipts, personal income, corporate, etc.)
Water & Land Use
Chair: Cecelia Abeyta, NM Farm & Livestock Bureau
Vice Chair: Tony Anastassi, Strategic Real Estate Inc.
Areas of focus: water planning, water rights adjudication, water quantity and quality, interstate compacts and the Office of the State Engineer as well as property rights issues.
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