The New Mexico State Senate has confirmed three appointments to the UNM Board of Regents. Gov. Richardson reappointed Don Chalmers, who had been serving the remainder of Doug Brown’s term, for a new term, while the senate confirmed the appointments of two new members of the Board of Regents, including student regent Dahlia Dorman and Carolyn Abeita.
Dorman, left, is the new student regent, replacing Roslyn Nguyen, whose term expired in December 2006. Dorman is currently a student at the UNM School of Law, and has a strong interest in the community - working as a volunteer with learning disabled students and in an Albuquerque Public Schools math and science camp. She is interested in the Community Lawyering Clinic and in alternative dispute resolution.
Abeita, right, replDavid Brookshire Sandra Begay-Campbell whose term expired in December 2006. She is a partner in the Van Amberg, Rogers, Yepa & Abeita law firm in Albuquerque. The firm specializes in Indian law matters and tribal representation and Abeita is a New Mexico Board Certified Specialist in Federal Indian Law.
She received her bachelor’s degree in Sociology in 1984 and is a 1988 graduate of the UNM School of Law. She has served on the Board of Directors of Equal Access to Justice and is a former Court of Appeals Judge for the Pasqua Yaqui Tribe. Abeita is an Isleta Pueblo tribal member.