Members of the Board of Regents

Education: received a Bachelor's of Business Administration from New Mexico State University, 1981. Received J.D. from University of New Mexico School of Law, 1984

• Practice primarily limited to banking, real estate, municipal, and commercial law
• Served many corporate clients in Socorro County
• Sole practitioner in Socorro, N.M. since 1987. Previously, associate attorney with Neal & Neal, Hobbs, N.M.
• Member, Socorro Rotary Club; Socorro Chamber of Commerce
• Resident of Socorro

Richard N. Carpenter, President of the Board of Regents
Term ending Dec. 31, 2008

Education: Syracuse University, B.A. magna cum laude; Yale University, LL.B.; Rotary Foundation Fellow for International Understanding, University of the Panjab, Pakistan

• Carpenter Law Firm, Santa Fe, 2000-02. Previously, a partner in Carpenter & Nixon, Santa Fe, 1997-2000. From 1963 to 1997, was law clerk, then associate, then partner, Bigbee et al., Stephenson et al., and Carpenter et al., Santa Fe.
• Retired from the practice of law following 40 years of active practice
• Practice focused on utilities and natural resources
• Served individual, small business, and government clients
• Professional recognition: listed in The Best Lawyers in America (public utility and natural resources), Who's Who in America, Who's Who in American Law, and Who's Who in the West
• Resident of Santa Fe

Education: Bachelor of science degree with distinction at Stanford University in 1979 in petroleum engineering
J.D., UCLA School of Law, 1982

• Member of the bar in California
• Member of Society of Petroleum Engineers
• Currently president and owner of Centaur Royalty Corp., an oil and gas property investment and management consulting company which she founded in 1992.
• Resident of Santa Fe

Education: Tulane University

• Board member, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute
• Board member, New Mexico Governor's Mansion Foundation
• Board member, Friends of International Folk Art Museum
• Board member, Santa Fe Opera
• Temple Beth Shalom Foundation
• Rotary Club of Santa Fe Foundation
• Resident of Santa Fe

He and his wife, Marian, operate a commercial property management firm in Santa Fe

Dennise Trujillo
Term ending Dec. 31, 2009

• Student Regent [appointment subject to confirmation by legislature]
• Major: Business Management
• Hometown: Española
• Graduate of Los Alamos High School
• Works part-time for New Mexico Tech Office for Budget and Analysis
• Individual sales consultant for The Pampered Chef products
• Member of New Mexico Tech’s Pat Miller Investment Club
• Member of Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)
• Currently participating in an IBM Mentorship program made available through SHPE