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Jan. 22, 2003
GOV. RICHARDSON APPOINTS FOUR UNM REGENTS
Governor Bill Richardson today announced the appointments of four new
Regents to the University of New Mexico's seven-member board.
They are:
--James H. Koch of Santa Fe, who is a UNM graduate and outgoing chairman
of the state Democratic Party. He has served on the UNM Alumni Association
and on the Lobo Club Board of Directors. As a member of the Letterman's
Alumni Club, Koch helped refurbish Hodgin Hall. He also has contributed
time and money to the University and its School of Medicine. He is president
of Daniels Insurance in Santa Fe.
--Donald Salazar, a Santa Fe attorney who earned his law degree from
the University of California at Berkeley in 1972. Salazar was a law
clerk for the New Mexico Supreme Court before he began his career as
an attorney specializing in administrative and regulatory law. He is
active with the New Mexico Bar Association, and the Hispanic Bar Association
and is president of the 1st Judicial Bar Association. Salazar has served
on numerous civic and cultural organizations, including the Museum of
New Mexico Foundation, Las Golondrinas Museum, Santa Fe Economic Development,
Inc., Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce, United Way and the First National
Bank of Santa Fe Board of Directors.
--Maria Griego-Raby of Albuquerque, who is president and principal
of Contract Associates, Inc., a commercial and office furniture company
in Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Los Alamos. Griego-Raby is past president
of the UNM Alumni Association. She earned her Masters of Business Administration
degree from UNM in 1986. During her career, she has received several
awards. Griego-Raby recently was named to the Hispanic Business Top
500 List and as the 2002 recipient of the Greater Albuquerque Chamber
of Commerce Maxie Anderson Small Business Award.
--Andrea Cook, who has been named as the student-Regent for a two-year
term. Cook, who is pursuing a master's degree in Business Administration
at UNM, earned her bachelor's degree from UNM in communications and
journalism with a concentration in public relations. She is past-president
of the Associated Students of UNM and, in that capacity, served as an
advisor to the UNM Board of Regents. She currently works as a sales
representative for the Merck Company, Inc.
The four new Regents join current UNM board members Larry Willard of
Albuquerque, President; Jack Fortner of Farmington, Vice President; and
Sandra Begay-Campbell of Albuquerque, member-at-large.
Outgoing members of the UNM Board of Regents whose terms have expired
include David Archuleta, (Ret.) Col. Richard Toliver and Eric Anaya, who
served as the student-Regent on the Board. A fourth former board member,
Santa Fe attorney Judith Herrera, confirmed she recently had submitted
her resignation to Gov. Richardson.
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