Don Chalmers has been appointed to the University of New Mexico Board of Regents by Governor Bill Richardson to fill the term of Doug Brown. Brown was appointed state treasurer by Richardson last month. Chalmers is an active member of the UNM community. He is a board member of the University of New Mexico Hospital Clinical Operations Board, and of the UNM Foundation. He is also a former member of the Commission on Higher Education.
Chalmers is the owner of Don Chalmers Ford in Rio Rancho, Don Chalmers Lincoln Mercury Saab in Santa Fe and Thrifty Car Sales in Albuquerque.
In addition, he serves on the boards of the Explora Science and Children’s Museum, St. Joseph Community Health Foundation, and St. Joseph Community Health Services, the Better Business Bureau, Quality New Mexico, New Mexico Amigos, the Economic Forum, Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce and Acción New Mexico.
He is also a board member of the United Way of Central New Mexico, the Albuquerque Community Foundation and the Rotary del Sol Club.
Professionally he is the incoming president of the Albuquerque Auto Dealers Association, and is president of CARS New Mexico. He was recently elected to serve as a NADA Director representing New Mexico and is a President’s Circle member of DEAC, the political action committee of the National Automobile Dealers Association.
Chalmers is a native of Tulsa, Oklahoma, moving to New Mexico a decade ago. He graduated from Oklahoma State University in 1970 with a B.S. degree in Marketing, and has done graduate work on his MBA.
Contact: Susan McKinsey, (505) 277-1989; e-mail: mckinsey@unm.edu
Posted by kwentworth at December 2, 2005 04:49 PM