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Dr. Dave DuBois is the State Climatologist for New Mexico, director of the New Mexico Climate Center, and associate college professor at New Mexico State University. He provides climate and climate change information and education to policy makers, the agricultural...

Sterling Durrett, M.S., CCC-SLP is a speech language pathologist working in Gadsden Independent School District.  Sterling has experience in all areas of rehabilitating communication disorders with emphasis in language and swallowing disorders affecting all ages. ...

Maria A Flores has lived 29 years in Las Cruces, with her husband, and raised 3 chilldren, all LCPS High school graduates.  All three went on to graduate from college in 4 years,and on  to professional schools.  She is originally from Los Angeles, CA, spoke only...

Jay Hill Co-owner, Hill Farms and Organ Mountain Produce Topic: Agriculture and business Currently serving as a "face of farming". As a farmer, most people in our line of work don't get the opportunity to get off the farm, and explain to people where there food comes...

David Legare and Lora Jackson Legare ...will be discussing the cultural history and archaeology of this part of the American Southwest. This discussion can range from the first Paleoindian inhabitants in the region during the Pleistocene to the Mesilla Valley during...

Davin Lopez is the President and CEO of the Mesilla Valley Economic Development Alliance (MVEDA), which he joined in February 2009.  Prior to joining MVEDA, he served as Vice President of the New Mexico Partnership, the private economic development business attraction...

Mayor Ken Miyagishima.  Ken is a small business owner – Miyagishima Insurance, with 5 employees – with a long record of public service.  Currently mayor of Las Cruces, serving since 2007, he was a city councilor before that (2001-2007), and Dona Ana County...

Denten Park has served as the CEO of MountainView Regional Medical Center since 2009. Prior to joining MountainView, Denten served in leadership positions at Payson Regional Medical Center in Payson, Arizona and Mountain West Medical Center in Tooele, Utah.  He also...

Tom Schmugge I am currently volunteering in the Water Resources Research Institute at NMSU, working on the problem of a state wide water budget.  Remote sensing, which has been at the center of my career, is a big part of the work.  I received a PhD in Physics from UC...