Officers and Directors  2007-2008

Brian McDonald, Economist, Chair of the Board

Steve Keene, Moss Adams, Secretary-Treasurer

Tom Brown, Tom Brown Consulting

Suzanne Bruckner, Sutin Thayer & Browne

Robert Chase, Mack Energy

Bill Fulginiti, NM Municipal League

Sam Gregson, BPAmerica

Dennis Kinsey, Yates Petroleum

Gary Kilpatric, Montgomery & Andrews

Gretchen Kitchel, Pinnacle West Corp.

Robert Nichols, Salt River Project

James O’Neill, O'Neill Consulting

Steve Perry, Chevron USA

Tony Popp, New Mexico State University

Matt Schaefer, Bank of America

Curtis Schwartz, Modrall Sperling

Tom Sellers, ConocoPhillips

Tracy Sprouls, Rodey Law Firm

Tony Trujillo, Phelps Dodge Corp.

Victor Valdez, Wells Fargo

Anita Williams-Kelly, Meyners + Co.

Chuck Wellborn, Wellborn Strategies, LLC

Robert Wenzel, Deputy Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service (Retired)

Sayuri Yamada, PNM Resources

Liaison Members of the Board of Directors

Heather Balas, New Mexico First

Olin Bray, New Mexico League of Women Voters

Beverlee McClure, New Mexico Association of Commerce & Industry

Phil Castillo, Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce

Terri Cole, Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce

Bob Hoffman, Economic Forum

Deborah Seligman, NM Oil & Gas Assoc.

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The NMTRI Academic Forum is a group of distinguished academicians who periodically advise us on issues and research.

Dr. Robert Ebel, Urban Institute, Senior Fellow; Ph.D., Purdue University

Dr. Bill Fox, University of Tennessee, Professor, Department of Economics and Director, Center for Business & Economic Research; Ph.D., Ohio State University

Dr. Fred Giertz, University of Illinois, Professor of Economics and at the Institute of Government and Public Affairs; Ph.D., Northwestern University

Walter Hellerstein, University of Georgia School of Law, Francis Shackelford Distinguished Professor of Taxation Law, J.D., University of Chicago Law School

Dr. Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Council on Foreign Relations, Director, Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies, Paul A.  Volcker Chair in International Economics; Ph.D., Princeton University

Dr. Brian McDonald, University of New Mexico, Director of the Bureau of Business and Economic Research (emeritus); Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Dr. Therese McGuire, Northwestern University, Professor of Management and Strategy, Kellogg School of Management, Faculty Fellow,        Institute for Policy Research, Ph.D., Princeton University

Dr. Charles McLure, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Senior Fellow, Ph.D., Princeton University

Dr. Thomas Pogue, University of Iowa, Professor of Economics; Ph.D., Yale University

Dr. Tony Popp, New Mexico State University, Professor, Economics and International Business; Ph.D., Northern Illinois University

Dr. Lee Reynis, University of New Mexico, Bureau of Business and Economic Research; Ph.D., University of Michigan

Dr. Raymond Ring, University of South Dakota, Professor of Economics; Ph.D., University of Kansas

Dr. Robert Strauss, Carnegie Mellon University, Professor of Economics and Public Policy; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

John Swain, University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, Associate Professor; J.D., Yale Law School

Dr. Bill Taylor, New Mexico Highlands University, Dean, School of Business; Ph.D., University of New Mexico

Dr. Robert Tannenwald, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Assistant Vice President and Director, New England Public Policy Center; Ph.D., Harvard University

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The New Mexico Tax Research Institute Tax Professionals' Roundtable is a group of distinguished tax practitioners who periodically advise us on practical issues.

Brent Anderson                       Bank of America (Charlotte)

Mark Beshears                        Sprint Corp. (Overland Park)

Heather Christ                         Sandia National Laboratory (Albuquerque)

Helen Hecht                            Sutin Law Firm (Albuquerque)

Steve Keene                           Moss Adams (Albuquerque)

Marcus Mims                          Meyners + Company (Albuquerque)

Dick Minzner                           Rodey Law Firm (Albuquerque)

Jeff Moreno                             Wells Fargo (Minneapolis)

Ray Rossi                               Intel Corp. (Santa Clara)

Ben Roybal                             Betzer, Roybal & Eisenberg (Albuquerque)

Curtis W. Schwartz                Modrall, Sperling (Santa Fe)

Tim Van Valen                        Brownstein Hyat Farber & Schreck (Albuquerque)

Anita Williams-Kelly              Meyners & Co. (Albuquerque)

Wayne Zakrzewski                J.C. Penney Co. (Dallas)

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The Staff

Richard L. Anklam is the President & Executive Director of the New Mexico Tax Research Institute.   Prior to accepting this position in late May, 2007, Richard was the Director of State and Local Tax for Grant Thornton LLP, an international accounting and consulting firm.  His responsibilities were for the Albuquerque and Phoenix offices.

Before his service with Grant Thornton LLP, Richard was the Assistant Secretary/Director of Tax Policy for the New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department.  Prior to that, Richard led KPMG's state and local tax practice in the Albuquerque and El Paso offices.  Prior to that Richard was a tax auditor with New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department.

He is a member of the Government Research Association (GRA), the National Taxpayers’ Conference (NTC), the New Mexico Society of Association Executives (NMSAE), the  American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), and serves on the board of the New Mexico Society of CPA's (NMSCPA).  He has served previously on the boards of the New Mexico Tax Research Institute (NMTRI) and the Association of Commerce and Industry (ACI) 

Richard is virtually a native to New Mexico, moving to New Mexico from Arizona around two years of age, and having lived in Albuquerque, Ruidoso, Santa Fe, Espanola, Artesia, Roswell and Pecos.   Richard is a CPA and graduate of the University of New Mexico's Anderson School of Management.