[LWVNM Action] League Day Program: February 16 - 10 am to noon

[Richard Mason]

More info on the LWVNM Reception at 5:30 pm on the evening of February 15
will follow. The reception will be at the Rio Chama Steak House.
Other League Day details will follow

 LEAGUE DAY AT THE LEGISLATURE




*Thursday, February 16, 2023 Program at New Mexico State Land Office 310
Old Santa Fe Trail Just down the street from the Roundhouse on the same
side*




*SCHEDULE OF EVENT*

*10 – 10:15                   *Welcome from Stephanie Garcia Richard, State
Land Commissioner



*10:15 -10:30*               Explanation of packet contents, answer
questions from League members





*10:30– 11:15 am:  Ethics Legislation and Independent Redistricting
Commission: Jeremy Farris Executive Director of the New Mexico State Ethic
Commission *Mr. Farris is the first Executive Director of the State Ethics
Commission.  He previously served as General Counsel to New Mexico’s
Department of Finance and Administration and practiced law at litigation
firms both in Atlanta, Georgia and Albuquerque, New Mexico.  He clerked for
the Honorable Julia S. Gibbons on the United States Court of Appeals for
the Sixth Circuit; the Honorable Judith K. Nakamura on the New Mexico
Supreme Court; and the Honorable James O. Browning on the United States
District Court for the District of New Mexico.  He holds a law degree from
Harvard Law School, a doctorate from the University of Oxford, where he was
a Rhodes Scholar, and a Bachelor of Science degree from the Georgia
Institute of Technology.




*11:15am  – 12:00 noon: Taxes and Funding for Essential Services – Amber,
 Executive Director, New Mexico Voices for Children*

 Ms. Wallin oversees New Mexico Voices for Children’s research and policy
work.  She joined NM Voices in 2012 as a Fellow at the Center on Budget and
Policy Priorities, after which she was a Research and Policy Analyst and
later Director of KIDS COUNT.  In 2021 Ms. Wallin was made Executive
Director.  She has worked in the public sector at the municipal, state, and
federal levels, working in the government department at New Mexico State
University and the budget department at the city of Las Cruces prior to
joining the Voices team. She received her MPA from NMSU.
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