Janice Baca-Argabright
San Antonio, NM

Board Member
B.S. and M.A.


Master of Arts - Educational Administration - UNM
Bachelor of Science - Elementary Education - NMSU

• Associate Superintendent - Special Education & Support Services - Socorro Consolidated Schools - 2005-Present
• Director of Bilingual/Special Education & Support Services - Socorro Consolidated Schools - 2002-2005
• Special Programs Coordinator - Socorro Consolidated Schools - 2000-2002

Member of:

• NM Council of Administrators of Special Education - 2008-Present
• NM Environmental Improvement Board - 2001-2002
• Socorro County DWI Planning Council - 1999-Present
• Character Counts! Coalition - 1996-Present
• Family Planning Advisory Board - 2000-2002
• S.C.O.P.E. - 1999-Present
• La Vida Felicidad, Inc. - 1991-1997
• NM Communities in Schools - 1993-1996
• Socorro County Senior Citizens/Foster Grandparents - 1987-Present
• Hispanic Education Advisory Council – 2011 – Present

Camille Hawkins
Show Low, Arizona

Student Regent


Senior at WNMU

• Member of the Pre-Med Club

Dan Salzwedel, Ph.D.
Sandia Park, NM

Board Member
Ph.D. University of New Mexico
MS University of Wisconson – Milwaukee
BS University of Wisconson – Milwaukee
A.A. Sheboygan Co. Teachers College

• Adjunct Professor, eight years at New Mexico Highlands University
• Consultant for S and S Enterprises for six years
• Administer and Director for all interscholastic activities for the New Mexico Activities Association, 23 years
• Superintendent for three years at Lake Arthur Municipal Schools
• Assistant basketball coach for two years at University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
• Teacher, Coach and Principal for three years Des Moines Municipal Schools
• Teacher, Coach and Athletic Director for two years at West Bend in Wisconsin

Tony P. Trujillo
Silver City, NM

Board Member
Budget Committee & Audit Committee

B.A. Business Administration

• Director of Government Relations - New Mexico Operations
• Phelps Dodge Mining Company, Silver City
• Past President, Board of Directors, New Mexico Mining Association
• Chair, Board of Directors, New Mexico First
• Member, New Mexico Economic Development Commission, appointed 1998
• Member, Border Authority Commission, 1996-present (second term)
• Silver City Town Councilor,1982-1984
• Vice-president, Board of Directors, El Refugio Domestic Violence Shelter, 1998
• Chair, Grant County Community Health Council, 2000-present

Jerry Walz
Ceder Crest, NM

B.A. History/Social Studies Group Major
Teaching Certification for Secondary Education
University of New Mexico – Law Degree

• Licensed in District Court of New Mexico, District Court of Arizona, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit Court of Appeals and U.S. Supreme Court
• Licensed in New Mexico, Texas and Colorado
• Member Criminal Justice Act Panel
• Represented New Mexico Attorney General’s Office, New Mexico Supreme Court, numerous judicial districts and over 60 governmental entities in federal and state litigation.
• Appeared and argued at the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, New Mexico Appellate Courts
• Published Continuing Legal Education Material
• Chairman and Vice-Chairman – New Mexico Athletic Commission
• Top honor New Mexico Press Association “Coffee Time”
• Editor for Lordsburg Liberal & Silver City Daily Press