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Media contacts: Leslie Venzuela, (505) 277-7114; venzuela@mgt.unm.edu
Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; scarr@unm.edu
October 30, 2007
Anderson School of Management to Host Sixth Annual Arthur A. Blumenfeld Endowed Lecture Series
New Mexico State Treasurer James B. Lewis keynote speaker
The Anderson School of Management will host the Sixth Annual Arthur A. Blumenfeld Endowed Lecture Series Thursday, Nov. 1 at the UNM Student Union Building. The program, which gets underway at 6 p.m. with registration and a reception, will feature New Mexico State Treasurer James B. Lewis as its keynote speaker. Lewis’ lecture is titled, “The State Treasury: Rebuilding after the Storm.”
The program schedule also includes:
7 p.m. – Welcome and introductions, David Campbell, program chair
Lectureship Committee, About the Arthur A. Blumenfeld Memorial Lectureship, Willow Harth
Greetings and introduction of James B. Lewis, Amy Wohlert, Interim Dean, Anderson School of Management
7:15 p.m. – Keynote Speaker James B. Lewis, State Treasurer of New Mexico
7:45 p.m. – Dinner
Tickets are complimentary, but seating is limited and reservations are required. RSVP to rsvp@mgt.unm.edu or (505) 277-7114. Event parking is available in the Cornell Parking Structure for $5.
About James B. Lewis
A native New Mexican born in Roswell, James B. Lewis was re-elected as New Mexico State Treasurer in November 2006. His mission is to provide proficient, efficient, effective and productive banking services with full transparency to the citizens of New Mexico. As State Treasurer, Lewis is active on numerous boards and commissions and is the only elected state official who serves as a member of all state financial and investment boards and commissions with a total fiduciary responsibility in excess of $40 billion.
He has served as a catalyst for restored integrity in the State Treasurer’s Office; Lewis re-engineered department structures and leadership designations to establish the Operations Division, Budget and Finance Division, State Cash Management Division, Investment Division, and Executive and Administrative Management Teams.
Lewis has enhanced information technology operations, strengthened manager-to-employee and employee-to-labor union relationships and has established several key committees, including the Treasurer’s Blue Ribbon, Treasurer’s Labor Management and many others.
Highly respected for his integrity, leadership and knowledge, Treasurer Lewis is a member of Governor Richardson’s Task Force on Ethics Reform, is a board member of the African American Chamber of Commerce of New Mexico, and is an Army veteran. Lewis is a member of a number
of civic and professional organizations including the Prince Hall Masons, the Kiwanis Club of New Mexico, the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity and the NAACP.
Lewis holds undergraduate degrees in education and business administration and a Master’s degree in Public Administration.
About the Arthur A. Blumenfeld Endowed Lecture Series
Throughout his life, Art Blumenfeld worked to improve the education and training of those serving in the public sector. He fervently believed that the government could serve only in equal measure to the skills and training of its employees.
Having served at various times as the National President of the Government Finance Officers Association, Director of the UNM Bureau of Business and Economic Research, Director of the UNM City of Albuquerque Urban Observatory, and as Finance Director and Chief Administrative Officer for the City of Albuquerque, Art particularly felt that the quality of our governmental institutions would be improved with strong professional training programs.
For this reason, Art’s family and friends established the Arthur A. Blumenfeld Memorial Lecture Series at the University of New Mexico’s Anderson School of Management. The Series sponsors lectures by prominent people in national, state, and local government affairs, particularly in the area of government finance.
The annual lectures focus on best practices in public finance. Participation of attendees from the ranks of public employees within the State of New Mexico is encouraged. When there are sufficient assets in the Fund, annual public training workshops will be presented for city and county finance officers.
Any person may make contributions by gift or bequest to the Foundation in the name of the Arthur A. Blumenfeld Memorial Lecture Series. The Foundation will acknowledge receipt of all such gifts, which are tax deductible.
The University of New Mexico Foundation address is:
The University of New Mexico
Arthur A. Blumenfeld Memorial Lectureship
UNM Foundation
2 Woodward Center
700 Lomas NE, Suite 108
Albuquerque, NM 87131
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