Board of Directors
Peter Mallery, Board President Executive Director of the New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association
Justice Richard Bosson, NM Supreme Court, Retired
John Boyd, Attorney at Freedman Boyd Hollander Goldberg Urias & Ward, P.A.
Regis Pecos, Co-director of the Leadership Institute
Gwendolyn Perea Warniment, Director of K-12 Programming at the LANL Foundation
Jim Spadaccini, CEO & Creative Director of Ideum, Inc
Jessica R. Terrazas, Attorney at Ortiz & Zamora Law Firm
Staff
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Edward Tabet-Cubero
Executive Director
Mr. Tabet-Cubero joined the Center in June 2016. He has nearly 20 years of experience in the education and non-profit sectors. Throughout his career, he has focused on improving outcomes for New Mexico children and their families.
Gail Evans
Legal Director
Ms. Evans has been the Legal Director of the Center since 2004. She has 25 years of legal experience, all of which has been devoted to representing low-income individuals and families.
Stacey Leaman
Director of Development
Since joining the NM Center in 2004, Ms. Leaman has contributed to the Center’s administrative, communications, research, fundraising, and program work.
Sireesha Manne
Supervising Attorney for Healthcare
Ms. Manne joined the Center in 2008 and has worked extensively on healthcare advocacy, including leading the Center’s successful campaigns to improve Medicaid coverage in New Mexico.
Sovereign Hager
Supervising Attorney for Public Benefits
Ms. Hager joined the Center in 2013 and leads the public benefits team, supervising two attorneys. Her work focuses on improving access to food and cash assistance for New Mexico families.
Elizabeth Wagoner
Supervising Attorney for Workers' Rights
Ms. Wagoner leads the Center’s efforts to strengthen public enforcement of the minimum wage and overtime laws in New Mexico.
Preston Sanchez
Staff Attorney - Education
As an attorney at the Center since 2013, Mr. Sanchez is focused on making a systemic change to the current quality of public education for at-risk students in New Mexico.
Lauren Winkler
Staff Attorney - Education
Ms. Winkler joined the Center in 2015 as part of its Healthcare Team. Before joining the Center, Ms. Winkler worked for DNA-People’s Legal Services in Tuba City and Flagstaff, Arizona.
Christopher Sanchez
Staff Attorney - Education
An attorney with over 15 years of experience in state and federal courts, Mr. Sanchez joined the Center’s Education Team in 2016 to help address the constitutional insufficiency of New Mexico’s public education system.
Abuko Estrada
Staff Attorney - Healthcare
Mr. Estrada joined the Center in 2013 and currently works on issues of health access, including increasing enrollment in Medicaid and improving access to its services. Additionally, he works to empower New Mexico’s tribal health care systems through education.
Maria Griego
Staff Attorney - Public Benefits
Ms. Griego joined the Center in 2014. Her primary areas of work include promoting health access and strengthening safety net services for all low-income New Mexicans. Previously, she worked in a private law firm with a focus on family law.
Juan A. Martínez
Staff Attorney - Public Benefits
As a staff attorney on the Public Benefits team, Mr. Martínez's primary areas of work include improving access to food and cash assistance programs for New Mexico families and upholding immigrant eligibility to public benefits.
Tim Davis
Staff Attorney - Workers' Rights
Mr. Davis is a staff attorney working on labor issues, particularly the enforcement of the court ruling that farmworkers are entitled to workers, compensation.
Kelsey O’Keefe
Development Associate
Ms. O’Keefe was a non-profit arts administrator before making the switch to civil legal services in 2014.
Veronica Rosales
Office Manager
As the Office Manager, Veronica is responsible for the smooth operation of the office. Her voice is usually on the other end of the line when you call us!