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LANL
Foundation
1112 Plaza del Norte
Española, NM 87532
tel: (505) 753-8890
fax: (505) 753-8915
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LANL
Foundation Staff
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Susan Herrera, Chief Executive Officer
Susan Herrera has served as chief executive officer of the LANL
Foundation since 2008 and executive director from 1998 until 2008. In this capacity, she manages a current annual giving
budget of $4 million and an endowment of over $68 million.
She has had over 30 years experience in the nonprofit and
government sector. Susan served in Washington D.C. as a
legislative assistant and was the director of the Congressional
Hispanic Caucus before relocating to New Mexico and transferring
her fundraising and management skills, honed at the national
level, to local initiatives and nonprofit organizations.
Susan has worked for a variety of nonprofits in northern
New Mexico and was the founding director of the Northern
New Mexico Community College Foundation before taking over
the helm of the LANL Foundation. Susan also served as president
of the New Mexico Association of Grantmakers, a state-wide
organization dedicated to improving philanthropy. She and
husband Amalio Madueño reside in Embudo, and Susan’s
son Andres attends UNM in Albuquerque.
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Mihaela Popa-Simil, CFO
Mihaela Popa-Simil came to the LANL Foundation to serve
as Chief Financial Officer in 2006. A native Romanian,
Mihaela provided a full range of business accounting services
to major public and private companies while working as
an accountant and consultant for New Holland Ltd., PricewaterhouseCoopers
Ltd., and KPMG Ltd. in Bucharest. As a Certified Public
Accountant in Romania, she has more than ten years of increasingly
responsible experience including cross-functional competencies
in all phases of financial management, general accounting,
financial accounting, managerial and cost accounting, auditing,
financial statement analyses, and international accounting.
After moving to the United States with her family in 2002,
she received a Master’s Degree in Business Administration,
Management Information Systems concentration from the College
of Santa Fe. Since graduation in 2003, she has served as
Vice President of Finance of the Project Management Institute,
Otowi Bridge Chapter; Business Manager at the Los Alamos
Retired and Senior Organization; and Senior Accountant
at Thornburg Mortgage in Santa Fe. Mihaela lives in Los
Alamos with her husband Liviu, a nuclear engineer, and
their two sons. She enjoys travel, photography, reading
biographies, watching documentaries, and admiring the blue
New Mexico sky.
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Deborah Boldt, First Born Program Officer
Deborah Boldt came to the LANL Foundation in 2006 to
implement the First Born Program (FBP) beginning in Rio
Arriba County
and Northern New Mexico. Ms. Boldt brings over ten years
of experience in project development and replication nationally
and internationally for nonprofit organizations, private
foundations, and government agencies. Prior to joining
the LANL Foundation, she served as Program Officer of the
Con Alma Health Foundation where she was responsible for
all grantmaking activities. A former resident of Missouri,
she served as Bureau Chief of Health Promotion for the
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services and also
served as the Executive Director of the Missouri Partnership,
a statewide nonprofit coalition dedicated to improving
public health policy. She has worked internationally in
the development of renewable energy technologies and promotion
of environmental and public health policies in Brazil,
Argentina, and India. She holds a Masters Degree in Planning
and Administration from Antioch University of Yellow Springs,
Ohio and has several research and policy publications to
her credit. Deborah resides in Santa Fe. She is an opera
buff and enjoys fly fishing in New Mexico’s rivers.
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Nicolla Covey, Funding Program Officer
Nicolla Covey has served as the funding program officer with the LANL Foundation since 1998. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in biology from New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in 1993 and worked in microbiology and immunoparasitology research with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Science Division Eastern Lab in North Carolina and the Knipling/Bushland U.S. Livestock Insects Lab in Texas from 1993 to 1996. In 1997, Nicolla studied science teaching at CSU-Bakersfield and Bakersfield College, and completed her waiver course work for a California multiple subject science teaching credential in 1998. An avid writer and photographer who resides in Santa Fe, Nicolla has been published in newsprint throughout the United States, regularly contributes to national Buddhist publications, and has widely exhibited her photography. She enjoys tennis, playing/composing jazz and engaging in social/economic policy advocacy.
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Tony Fox, Development Director, Program Officer
Tony Fox served as the scholarship program officer with the LANL
Foundation since 2001 and took over the position of development
director in 2006. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in
sociology from the University of New Mexico in 1993, and was awarded
a Central Rockies Leadership Diploma from Colorado Mountain College
in 1997. From 1993 to 1996, Tony served as the Director of Marketing
and Development at St. Vincent General Hospital in Leadville,
Colorado, and from 1997 to 2001 he served as the director of Special
Events and Development for Ronald McDonald House Charities of Denver,
Inc. where he was responsible for managing a $7.2 million capital
campaign for the construction of a brand new facility. Tony is head
of the LANL Foundation New Building Committee. He lives in White Rock
with his wife Suzette and daughters Lily and Katie.
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Sally Gallegos, Executive Secretary
Sally Gallegos has served as the Executive Secretary
of the LANL Foundation since May of 2005. She graduated
with
two Associates Degrees; Secretarial Administration and
Word/Information Processing from Northern New Mexico Community
College in 1994. Before joining the LANL Foundation, Sally
spent 5 years at the College of Santa Fe as senior administrative
assistant to the Vice President for Development. In this
position she oversaw all gift processing and reporting,
while maintaining financial records for these functions.
Prior to her work at the College of Santa Fe, Sally held
the position of secretary for 6 years at McCurdy School,
a private K–12 school located in Española.
In addition to supporting the daily administrative needs
of the Office of Church Relations and Development offices,
she also facilitated fundraising activities and managed
a database of donor, alumni, and parent records. Sally
and her husband Gary, have two sons Gary Jr. and Christopher
and is a life-long resident of the Española Valley.
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Cindy Atencio, Bookkeeper
Cindy Atencio has served as the Bookkeeper of the LANL
Foundation since 1999. She
graduated with an Associates Degree in Office Administration
from Northern New
Mexico Community College in 1997 with high honors, and
has been awarded
certificates in Data Technology and Cosmetology. From 1993
to 1998, Cindy
served as an undergraduate work study in payroll, accounting
payroll technician,
and accounts payable technician. Cindy is the mother of
four (Michael, Angela,
Slade, and Amanda) and a lifelong resident of Dixon.
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Patsy
Chavez, Administrative Assistant
Patsy Chavez has served as the Administrative Assistant
of the LANL Foundation since 2002. Patsy served as a secretary
at Santa Cruz and Espanola Valley High Schools from 1967
to 2000, and helped implement and organize TEAM UP EVHS
in 2002. She is married to former Santa Fe County Commissioner
Raymond Chavez, has two children, Claudette and Isidor,
and three grandchildren, Dante, Santos and Izibella, and
is a lifelong resident of Santa Cruz/Chimayo.
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LANL Foundation is committed to Investing in Human
Potential: Helping our Children Learn, Nurturing their
Dreams, and Strengthening our Communities |
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