2008 New Mexico Rural Economic Development Forum
New Frontiers: Preparing for Tomorrow’s
Economic Development Opportunities

Tuesday, April 22
10:00-5:00		Booth Set-Up
8:00-9:00		NM IDEA Executive Board Meeting
9:00-10:00		NM IDEA Board Meeting
10:00-11:00		NM Rural Alliance Board Meeting
10:00-12:00		NM EDD Commission Meeting
11:20-1:00		NM IDEA Membership Lunch Meeting & Training Session
1:00-2:00		ENMEDA Membership Meeting
1:00-2:00		REAP Meeting
1:00-5:00		Registration
2:00-4:00		Pre-Conference Workshop - Preparing to Launch Your Economic Development Organization.
		Speakers   • Noreen Scott, President, Rio Rancho Development Corporation   • Judy Stubbs, NM EDD Community Development
5:30-7:00		Opening Reception

Wednesday, April 23
7:00-8:00		Breakfast/Registration
8:00-8:30		Welcoming Remarks
		• Bob Coppedge, Forum Chair and President, NM Rural Alliance
		• Fred Mondragon, Secretary, NM Department of Economic Development
		• Lori Montgomery, Mayor, Truth or Consequences
8:30-10:00		General Session 1 (Panel) – Preparing for Tomorrow’s Economic Development Opportunities and Challenges: The Spaceport America Example
		Moderator
		• Tom Johnson, Director of the Community Policy Analysis Center, University of Missouri-Columbia
		Panelists
		• Steve Landeene, Director, Spaceport America
		• Fred Mondragon, Secretary, NM Department of Economic Development
		• Kevin Boberg, Director, Arrowhead Center , College of Business, NMSU
10:30 - 2:00		Break-Out Concurrent Sessions Objectives and Format
		• Michael Patrick, Forum Program Committee Chair and Community Resource and Economic Development Specialist, NMSU-CES
10:00-10:15		Break
10:30-12:00		Break-Out Concurrent Sessions 1: Resources for Tomorrow’s Economic Development Opportunities and Challenges
		Concurrent Sessions
		1. The Legislative Process: Understand It, Benefit from It
		• Moderator: Margaret McDaniel, Director, San Juan Economic Development Service
		• Speaker: Carol Radosevich, Economic Development Director, PNM
		• Speaker: Beverly McClure, President & CEO, ACI
		2. Economic and Business Development Financing Options
		• Moderator: Kathy McCormick, NM EDD Community Development
		• Speaker: George Kenefic, Director of Enterprise Empowerment, The Loan Fund
		• Speaker: Francis Padilla, Business Development,/Entrepreneurial Outreach, SBA
		• Speaker: Ryan Gleason, Director, USDA Rural Development NM
		3. Small Scale Agriculture: An Economic Development Opportunity
		• Moderator: Edmund Gomez, Assist. Dept. Head, RAIPAP, NMSU
		• Speaker: Don Bustos, Small Farmer, Espanola
		• Speaker: Jeff Graham, Small Farmer, Las Cruces
		• Speaker: Connie Falk, Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Business, CAHE, NMSU
12:00-1:00		Lunch/Networking
1:00-1:30		General Session 3: New Mexico Water Update
		• John D’ Antonio, New Mexico State Engineer
1:30-3:00		General Session 3 (Panel): Strategies for Tomorrow’s Economic Development Opportunities and Challenges
		Panel 1 -Business Retention and Expansion Programs
		• Moderator: Roy Miller, State Director, NM SBDC
		• Speaker: Margaret McDaniel, Director, San Juan Economic Development Service
		• Speaker: Bob Walton, Vice President, Business Development, Albuquerque EDC
		Panel 2 -Business Incubators Success Stories
		• Moderator: Eileen Shelton, Assistant Director, Enterprise Center
		• Speaker: Maria Longserre, President & CEO, Santa Fe Business Incubator
3:00-3:15		Break
3:30-5:00
		Break-Out Concurrent Sessions 2: Preparing for Tomorrow’s Economic Development Opportunities and Challenges
		Concurrent Sessions
		4. E-Technology: An Economic Development Tool
		• Moderator: Steve Montano, NM EDD Business Development
		• Speaker: Lenny Martinez, Interim Business Development Director for the New Mexico Computing Applications Center
		• Speaker: Mary Libby Campbell, Media Entrepreneurs Project Team, Mosquero Municipal Schools
		• Speaker: Bob Bachen, Wagon Mound Ranch Supply
		5. Workforce/Manpower Training Resources
		• Moderator: Vickie Galindo, Director, Workforce Development, Arrowhead Center, NMSU
		• Speaker: Linda Smrkovsky, Chair, Southwest Area Workforce Development Board
		• Speaker: Robin Roberts, Dean, Workforce Development, DACC
		• Speaker: Meg Haines, Director, Customized Training and Workforce Development
		6. Identify and Market Your Community’s Niche
		• Moderator: Sharlene Begay-Platero, Industrial Development Representative, Navajo Nation
		• Speaker: Bret Newberry, Owner, Newberry and Associates
		• Speaker, David Wilson, Partner, Wilson-Binkley
		• Speaker: Gordon Mishler, Mayor, Williamsburg
6:00-7:00		Reception (cash bar) hosted by San Juan Economic Development Service
7:00-8:30		Rural Alliance 2008 Rural Economic Development Awards Dinner
		• Master of Ceremonies: Sharlene Begay-Platero, Forum Awards Committee Chair
		• Keynote Speaker: Dr. Garrey Carruthers, Vice President for Economic Development and Dean of College of Business, New Mexico State University
		•v2008 Rural Economic Development Awards: Sharlene Begay-Platero and Bob Coppedge, New Mexico Rural Alliance

Thursday, April 24
7:30-8:30		Breakfast
8:30-10:30		General Session 4 (Panel) – Preparing for Tomorrow’s Economic Development Opportunities: New Mexico Community Success Stories
		Moderator
		• Paul Gutierrez, Vice-Provost for University Outreach, New Mexico State University
		Panelists/Communities
		• Chihuahuita Community (Roswell), Elmo Baca, Special Projects Program Associate, New Mexico MainStreet; Charlotte Andrade, Grants Specialist, Chaves County Community Development Division
		• Teamwork, inc. (San Juan County), Eileen Shelton, Assistant Director, Enterprise Center and SJEDS, Margaret McDaniel, Executive Director, SJEDS
		• Empowering Business Spirit Initative (EBS), Ed Burckle, Executive Director, Regional Development Corporation
		• Taos Pueblo Training and Education Center, Shawn Doran, Director
10:30-11:00		Conference Wrap-Up
		• Tom Johnson, Director of the Community Policy Analysis Center, University of Missouri-Columbia