Loftin is the CEO of Homewise, an innovative social enterprise based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Homewise has pioneered an intensely customer-centric business model for creating low- and moderate-income homeowners. Homewise currently has retail branches in Santa Fe and Albuquerque.
For the past two decades Eric has worked as a researcher, analyst and policy maker on applied public policy issues ranging from economic development to early childhood education at the local, state, national and international level. For the first ten years of his career after receiving his Master’s Degree at the University of Maryland’s Public Policy School, he worked on international economic and labor issues at several agencies and on Capitol Hill.
Elected to the NM House of Representatives from Santa Fe in 2008, Brian Egolf is a practicing attorney in Santa Fe and has served as the Chairman of the House Energy and Natural Resources Committee since 2011. Egolf worked in the Bill Clinton White House, the US Treasury Department, and for Congressman Tom Udall.
A former archaeologist and Sierra Club activist, Courtney White dropped out of the ‘conflict industry’ in 1997 to co-found the Quivira Coalition, a nonprofit dedicated to building bridges between ranchers, conservationists, public land managers, scientists and others around practices that improve land health (see www.quiviracoalition.org).
Fred Nathan founded Think New Mexico and is its Executive Director. Fred served as Special Counsel to New Mexico Attorney General Tom Udall from 1991-1998. In that capacity, he was the architect of several successful legislative initiatives and was in charge of New Mexico’s lawsuit against the tobacco industry, which resulted in a $1.25 billion settlement for the state.
Paul Gibson, the Santa Fe Coordinator for the Senator Bernie Sanders’ campaign for president, will speak on the national and local campaign. He will describe the specific differences between Sanders, Clinton and GOP candidates in relation to past Senate votes, current positions, and major funders.
Camilla Feibelman serves as Director of the Rio Grande Chapter of Sierra Club, which represents over 7,000 members. Camilla works with hundreds of volunteers throughout New Mexico and West Texas to protect special places like the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks and Albuquerque’s Rio Grande Bosque, and to help curb global warming while stimulating the economy through renewable energy development.
Madeleine Carey is the WildEarth Guardians’ Gila Campaign Fellow. Born and raised in Albuquerque, Madeleine spent her childhood exploring the Rio Grande and its bosque on foot and on horseback.
Rae will be speaking on animal intelligence and emotions through photos, short video clips and true stories of our extended family of non-humans. While intelligence isn't a measure of worth, humans often decide how other species will be valued or de-valued based on our perceptions of their intelligence. We will also learn simple ways we can use our daily actions and our voices to be the voice for all beings.
Madeleine Carey is the WildEarth Guardians’ Gila Campaign Fellow. Born and raised in Albuquerque, Madeleine spent her childhood exploring the Rio Grande and its bosque on foot and on horseback.
Alan Webber, who was a gubernatorial candidate for the Democratic party in 2014, is the author of Rules of Thumb: 52 Truths for Winning at Business Without Losing Your Self, published by Harper Collins in 2009 and since translated into seven languages.
Ray McGovern - Former CIA Analyst and Presidential Briefer - On Renewing the Nation’s Commitment to Diplomacy and Non-Aggression as the Primary Means for Resolving International Disputes.
Ray McGovern was a speaker for Veterans for Peace in Albuquerque on August 27, 2015 on the occasion of the 87th anniversary of the signing of the Kellogg-Briand Treaty. The Kellogg-Briand Treaty outlawed wars of aggression for the many Nations, including the United States, ratified by Congress and signed by the President. Veterans for Peace held a major press conference followed by a reception, featuring Mr. McGovern, in an effort to educate the public about the K-B Treaty, the many times it has been violated, and to renew a dedication to non-violence as a means of solving international differences.
State Auditor Tim Keller In Conversation with former Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Alan Webber and Journey Host Bill Dupuy. Elected in 2014, Timothy Keller became one of the youngest State Auditors in the country. He is focused on making government work better by providing transparency and accountability for all tax dollars spent in New Mexico.
“Think New Mexico”; health care affordability
Jeff Bingaman served from 1983-2013 and is a member of the Democratic Party and served as Chairman of Committee Outreach for the Senate Democratic Caucus. At the time of his retirement from the Senate he was Chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee. He also served on the Finance Committee, the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and the Joint Economic Committee.
Kurtz is the owner of Rio Associates, a consulting firm in political campaigns and public policy in New Mexico.
Valerie Espinoza was elected Commissioner of District 3 of the Public Regulation Commission in November 2012. She began serving her term and was selected to be Vice-Chair of the Commission in January 2013.
She is committed to protecting the public interest while engaging utilities to advance efficiency and clean energy sources. She promotes innovation and technological advancement in the electric, gas, telecommunications, water, wastewater and transportation industries and advocates for public safety in oversight of the Fire Marshal.
Boomers Against Elder Abuse With Marcia Southwick, Director of The National Association
The Energy-Water-Food Nexus: Your Choices - Your Behavior and The Environment
With Amanda Hatherly, Director of the New Mexico Energy Smart Academy at the Community College
Debra Haaland is the newly elected State Democratic Chair of New Mexico, and one of the state’s leading political activists with a long and storied history of working for the interests of the people of New Mexico regardless of race, color, creed or economic strata.
As the Democratic candidate for Lt. Governor during the 2014 general election she visited every corner of the state and demonstrated her care for and understanding of New Mexico’s people and issues.
Deb has worked to increase voter turnout in underrepresented communities for more than a decade. As the Native American Vote Director for President Barack Obama’s 2012 campaign she, again, traveled across the state, where she was instrumental in generating nearly a 60% voter turnout in Native American precincts with 89% of the votes cast going for the President.
The New Mexico Coalition for Literacy (NMCL) was founded in 1987 by First Lady Katherine Carruthers in response to the public's concern about the high illiteracy rate among adults in New Mexico. For twenty-five years, the NMCL has providedfunding, training, and technical assistance to local adult literacy programs statewide. These local programs, in turn, provide literacy instruction to adults who want to improve their literacy skills.
Mary McGinnis has been writing and living in New Mexico since 1972. Her work has been published in over 70 magazines and anthologies. The terrain and spaciousness of New Mexico have inspired her to write poems about nature, and love.
She has published two full length collections, Listening for Cactus(1996) and October Again (2008). As a licensed professional counselor she enjoys serving couples and people with both hidden and visible disabilities. As a woman who is blind, she is inspired to write about the disability experience, as well. She participates in three writing groups where lots of laughter, writing, and sharing of good food and words takes place.
"Yellow House, Mauve Sky" is a fable by Judith Hert about a mouse who becomes a painter. Not a children's book, the story's climax is Morris Mouse's first show and the books' art is the paintings from that show. So Judith is channeling a mouse, insecure and largely self trained but in love with color. The story begins with the Degas quote: "It's easy to paint when you don't know how but difficult when you do." The story includes an art review by the Morris's friend the Critical Crow. This is a small, arty or artful, playful book, not easily categorized.
Judith Hert lives, writes, paints in Truchas on the High Road where she has her own gallery. In her previous life she was a college teacher and administrator.