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Technology and Innovation Network Advisory Board

The Technology and Innovation Network (TIN) Advisory Board exists to unite various sector perspectives to assist in the guidance and ongoing strategic planning of Economic Development New Mexico’s Technology and Innovation Office (TIO).

The advisory board shall:

  1. provide to the technology and innovation division recommendations for strategic engagement, industry perspective, sectors that the division should make target sectors and feedback on the division’s programs and initiatives;
  2. assist with ensuring active engagement between the state and the private sector;
  3. assist the technology and innovation division with administering the Research, Development and Deployment Fund Act, including providing recommendations to that division for eligibility requirements, funding priorities and the awarding of project funding; and
  4. publish annual performance reports by December of each year that identify near-term constraints and challenges, identify opportunities and long-term trends and provide sector survey metrics and policy recommendations.

Meeting Announcements:

Board Meeting Agendas:

Board Meeting Minutes:

Board Members:

Institutional representative members:

  • Chair Rob Black, Cabinet Secretary, Economic Development New Mexico
  • Becky Rowley, President, NM Independent Community Colleges
  • Leslie Hielema, President and CEO, NM Chamber of Commerce
  • Mary Monson, Senior Manager, Technology Partnerships and Business Development, Sandia National Laboratories
  • James Zahler, Program Director for the Feynman Center for Innovation, Los Alamos National Laboratory
  • Tanner Schaub, Assistant Vice President for Research, New Mexico State University
  • David Hanson, Associate Vice President for Research, University of New Mexico
  • Hengameh Raissy, Vice President for Research, UNM Health Sciences Center
  • Lique Coolen, Vice President for Research, New Mexico Tech
  • Jason Arviso, Vice President of Operations, Navajo Technical University
  • Kyle Lee, CEO of CNM Ingenuity, Central New Mexico Community College
  • Steve Grey, Director, the Center of Excellence for Renewable Energy & Sustainability, San Juan College
  • Stephanie Tofighi, Executive Director, NM Bioscience Authority

Appointed public members:

  • Josh Agenbroad
  • Edward (Ed) Blandford
  • Dana Catron
  • Jake Douglass
  • Charlene (Charie) Jacka
  • Yen Kha
  • Josué F Martinez Hardigree
  • Chad Matheson
  • Nathaniel (Nate) Miller
  • Janeth Peña
  • Jim Redman
  • Sarah Rubin
  • Gil Travish