INTER-OFFICE MEMORANDUM June 24, 2020
TO: Pat Davis, President, City Council
FROM: Timothy M. Keller, Mayor
SUBJECT: title
Mayor's Appointment of Ms. Valerie L. Martinez to the Metropolitan Parks and Recreation Advisory Board
body
I am submitting for your advice and consent the following name for appointment to the
Metropolitan Parks and Recreation Advisory Board in accordance with the City of Albuquerque
Ordinance 10-5-3.
APPOINTEE NAME TERM
Ms. Valerie L. Martinez September 30, 2023
3112 Camino Real Court NE
Albuquerque, NM 87111-5606
Valerie Martinez is a community facilitator, arts administrator, and retired academic with over thirteen years of non-profit management and consulting experience and 23 years of college/university teaching in literature and interdisciplinary studies. She is the Chair of the Bernalillo County Arts Board, a founding member of the Albuquerque Poet Laureate Program, and Director of History and Literary Arts at the National Hispanic Cultural Center. Martinez is also a professional poet and served as the second Poet Laureate for the City of Santa Fe. Albuquerque has been her home since 2005.
A resident of Council District 8, Ms. Martinez will serve in an At-Large position on the Board and her first term will expire September 30, 2023.
The remaining members are:
Representing Name Term
1.
Council District 1
Mr. John D Whitson
09/30/2019
2.
Council District 2
Mr. Terri Neville
09/30/2022
3.
Council District 3
Mr. Josue Rodriguez
09/30/2022
4.
Council District 4
Mr. James Souter
09/30/2022
5.
Council District 5
Mr. Ted O. Humphreys
09/30/2017
6.
Council District 6
Mr. Tony R. Johnson
09/30/2021
7.
Council District 7
Ms. Cynthia D. Serna
09/30/2021
8.
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