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Nov. 25, 2003 BEGAY CAMPBELL FEATURED IN NEW MEXICO WOMAN MAGAZINE Gallup native Sandra Begay Campbell is featured in the November issue of New Mexico Woman Magazine. A graduate of Rehoboth Christian School in Gallup, Begay Campbell, a scientist at Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), was appointed by Governor Gary Johnson in 2001 to serve on the University of New Mexico Board of Regents. New Mexico Woman features Begay Campbell in the article "Influential Native American Women," by Veronica Tiller. As the leader of SNL's Native American Renewable Energy Program, Begay Campbell works to improve nutrition for native communities without electricity. She has pioneered efforts to harness solar energy for basic electricity and refrigeration, the article said. ###

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