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Mary Murnane, President, 2010-, - Albuquerque
Mary is Water Resources Program Manager for Bernalillo County since 2003. The program focuses on implementing
the joint Bernalillo County/City of Albuquerque/ Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority Water Protection Policy
and Action Plan, including regional water quality monitoring, extending sewer and water service in the County through financial
assistance to low income households, developing and implementing the County's stormwater quality management plan and NPDES
Program, implementing the County's water conservation ordinance and developing water conservation measures for County
facilities. Mary formerly served as Water and Facilities Planner for the County for almost five years. Before that, she was
the Regional Planner for the Northwest New Mexico Council of Governments, and was involved in the development of the NWNM
Regional Water Plan. She is the County's alternate representative to the Middle Rio Grande Water Resources Board. She
holds a Master's degree from the University of Texas. She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners,
and past president of the New Mexico Section of the American Water Resources Association.
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Aron Balok
- Roswell
Aron Balok has been the
Water Resource Specialist for the Pecos Valley Artesian Conservancy District for about a year. He came to the district from
the New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau, where he was the South Eastern Regional Director. Aron has a passion for New
Mexico's agricultural heritage and a deep appreciation for the complexity of the water issues that face the state.
He has been professionally involved in water related issues for the past seven years.
Aron
was raised on a cattle ranch in north western New Mexico. He attended New Mexico State University, and in 1997 graduated with
a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture Extension and Education. He and his Wife Hayly and their three girls live in Roswell
New Mexico.
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Consuelo (Conci) Bokum ,
Immediate past President - Santa Fe
Conci has served
as President of the Board of Directors of the New Mexico Water Dialogue since 199x, and since August 2006 as interim Executive
Director. She is the director for the New Mexico Water Project, 1000 Friends of New Mexico. She has been working on
water policy issues since 1991 when she and two others co-authored Living Within Our Means: A Water Management Policy
for New Mexico in the 21st Century. She subsequently researched and wrote Implementing the Public Welfare Requirement
in New Mexico's Water Code, published in the University of New Mexico School of Law's Natural Resources Journal.
In 2002, she, Alletta Belin, and Frank Titus co-authored Taking Charge of our Water Destiny: A Water Management
Policy for New Mexico in the 21st Century. Conci is chair of the Jemez y Sangre Regional Water Planning Council, a member
of the Governor's Blue Ribbon Water Task Force, and the public member of the Buckman Direct Diversion Project Board. In
1993 she served on the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission's committee that developed the Regional Water Planning
Handbook.
John Brown – Corrales
John served as the Dialogue’s executive director from 2002 to 2006. Now a consultant, his career has focused
on understanding how public policy gets made, its results, and how people can change it. He has worked in policy organizations
for the federal government, the Navajo Nation, the State of New Mexico, Sandoval County, and (as a consultant) for several
Indian tribes and organizations. He taught about the policy process as an instructor at the University of New Mexico in Public
Administration and the Political Science Department. In the mid 1990s, as a consultant to a Philippines environmental NGO
and later for the New Mexico Acequia Association, he became interested in how institutions – rules, norms, and shared
strategies that people use to structure their interactions – work to maintain policy stability and shape policy change
around “social-ecological” issues. In 2000-01, as a visiting scholar at Indiana University’s Workshop in
Political Theory and Policy Analysis, he studied and wrote about these themes in relation to water planning and policy in
New Mexico. He has been active in the MRG Water Assembly since 1999.
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Carlos Bustos -- Albuquerque
CARLOS A. BUSTOS LANDIVAR is a Source Water Protection
Specialist for the New Mexico Rural Water Association with over 10 years of experience in the environmental resource field.
As
a native of Puerto Rico, he is bilingual and bicultural in both Spanish and English. Carlos has a unique mix of experience in resource planning, resource
conservation, environmental protection and water management. He has experience on surface
and groundwater water quality monitoring thru extensive collection of data on physical, chemical, and biological parameters
in tropical and high desert environments. His interests include ecohydrology, water resources protection, impacted land bioremediation
and ecosystems restoration. In addition, he has extensive Geographical Position Global Systems (GPS) and Geographical Information
Systems (GIS) skills. Carlos holds a Bachelor’s Degree on Economic Management from the University
of Puerto Rico and Master’s Degree on Environmental Science focusing in organic agriculture, sustainable planning and
management of protected areas.
Aaron Chavez - San Juan Watershed (Farmington)
Aaron graduated from the University of New Mexico
in 2000 with a Bachelor Degree in Geography (GIS). Aaron has worked for the San Juan Water Commission since 2001 and is currently
the Commission's GIS Coordinator - IT and Web Design Specialist. Through his work at the Commission, Aaron actively participates
in a variety of water programs and projects relating to the San Juan Watershed including, the Hydrology Committee for the
San Juan Basin Recovery Implementation Program, the Animas Watershed Partnership, the San Juan Watershed Group, and the San
Juan Watershed Woody Invasive Initiative. In addition, Aaron is a member of the Colorado River Water Users Association, where
he represents New Mexico on the Program Committee. Aaron continues to provide technical support to the San Juan Basin Regional
Water Planning Committee and he is currently working on mapping projects in San Juan County to promote regional planning.
A native New Mexican from Cuba, New Mexico, Aaron currently
resides in Aztec with his wife Sabrina, and their two young sons.
Eileen Dodds - Datil
Eileen is a retired investment banker with 30 years experience
in the investment field. She was born and raised in Houston, where she earned a degree in Communications from the University
of Houston in 1970. Her roots are deep in the south Texas soil, where her family has a farming history. She
moved to rural Catron County after retiring to again enjoy the benefits of a quieter way of life, and found there a reason
to champion water conservation measures in the arid climate. She is now involved in both the volunteer fire and EMS services in Datil, and serves on the Board of the San Augustin Water Coalition.
Gary Esslinger - Las Cruces
Gary L. Esslinger has been the Treasurer-Manager of the Elephant Butte Irrigation District since 1987.
Gary is a third generation member of a pioneer farming family living in the Mesilla Valley. His
grandfather, J. L. Esslinger, Sr., settled in La Mesa in 1913 prior to the completion of the Elephant Butte Dam.
Gary's father, J. L. Esslinger, Jr., also farmed for over fifty years. Gary kept his roots in
farming as well as other agricultural based industry and lives on the family farm with his wife, Tina. Gary and Tina have
three daughters. They have been foster parents since 2001 and legal guardians of three other children. Gary
earned a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from Northern Arizona University in 1973. He returned to the Mesilla
Valley and began working for EBID in 1978, where he has been for more than 30 years. Gary was also appointed to the Office
of the Dona Ana County Flood Commission, as Flood Commissioner, a position he held from 2002 until 2006.
Gary is actively involved with the Family Farm Alliance and the National Water Resource Association.
Alan Hamilton - Santa Fe
Alan
holds a BA in Mythological Studies from Colorado College, an MA in Liberal Arts Education from Saint John's College, and
a PhD in Clinical Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute. His professional work has been varied, including many years
as a psychologist, contractor, business consultant and community organizer around land and river conservation and other
environmental issues. One of Alan's main strengths is his ability to find interdisciplinary connections that bring
new perspectives and possibilities to difficult situations. A native of Colorado, he has lived in Santa Fe, NM since
1981 with his wife Sarah and daughters Emma and Laura. Along with his family, the cultures and landscapes of New Mexico have
become primary sources of inspiration that motivate and inform his work. Alan is presently working as a psychologist
in private practice and concurrently as the Conservation Director for the New Mexico Wildlife Federation. He is also
the President of Rio Grande Return, a business developed to provide support and funding to organizations in the Rio Grande
watershed for the restoration and protection of the Rio Grande. In 1996 Alan started a community based therapy program
for adolescents called BackTalk and served as its executive director for 10 years. Besides the Dialogue, he has also
served as a board member of several organizations including: Conservation Voters New Mexico, and the S.B. Foundation.
John L. Jones
- Tijeras
John is the Chief Operating Officer for Entranosa Water
& Wastewater Association, located in the east mountain area of Bernalillo and Santa Fe Counties, and he has served in
that capacity since 1998. Entranosa is a community water system organized under the cooperative statutes
of the State. It serves slightly more than 3100 connections, 98% of which are residential, and provides
operational support for three other community water systems servicing an additional 230 residential connections.
He serves as legislative chairman for the NM Rural Water Association, Vice President of the Estancia Basin Regional
Water Planning Committee and numerous community groups in Albuquerque and the east mountains. He is a graduate of
Santa Fe High School and the University of New Mexico. He retired as a Commander from the United States
Navy in 1997, during which time he earned master degrees from Salve Regina College and the Naval War College, both in Newport
RI. He lives in Albuquerque with his wife, Janice Arnold-Jones.
Kendyl Monroe - Seneca
Kendyl is owner with other family members and General Manager of two ranches in the northeast
corner of New Mexico, and resident of one of the ranches. Kendyl is Chairman of the Union County Water Board, which
advises the Union County Commissioners about water issues, and a member of the Northeast New Mexico Regional Water Plan Steering
Committee. He chairs the Board of Directors and is part owner of Eklund Association, Incorporated, which owns and operates
the Eklund Hotel, Dining Room, and Saloon in Clayton, NM. Frank Titus - Albuquerque
Frank is a consulting hydrogeologist. In 1956, fresh out of graduate school, he hired on (for nine years) as
a "Ground Water Geologist" with the US Geological Survey in Albuquerque. Steve Reynolds was the new State Engineer,
and the ‘50s drought was in full swing. Since then Frnk has taught hydrogeology and geology at New Mexico Tech; managed
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) projects throughout North America; was Manager of Hydrology on DOE's Uranium Mill
Tailings Remedial Action Project; was Science Advisor to State Engineer Tom Turney; was an instigator of, and has remained
active in, the Middle Rio Grande Water Assembly; and until recently was Senior Outreach Hydrogeologist for the state Bureau
of Geology & Mineral Resources. He wants New Mexico to grow, but to keep looking like New Mexico - and he is convinced
that he's smarter about that now than when he first got here.
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