LEAGUE DAY AT THE LEGISLATURE, 2023
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 EVENTS
8 - 8:30 am Pick up information packets from the League table in the Hall of History, ground floor of the state capitol (Roundhouse)
8:30 –
10:00 Attend committee
hearings or visit with legislators
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 Ethics Legislation and
Independent Redistricting Commission: Jeremy Farris JD
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.
11:15 – 12:00 Taxes and Funding for Essential Services - Amber Wallin MPA, 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.
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch with fellow League members
1:00 – 5:00 Meet with legislators as individuals or in groups and attend Committee hearings or House & Senate sessions.
LWVNM Action Committee is interested in your day's experience and
welcomes comments on League issues, priorities, and actions.
Please provide comments by e-mail to: act@lwvnm.org