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<aside> <img src="/icons/user-circle-filled_blue.svg" alt="/icons/user-circle-filled_blue.svg" width="40px" /> Conference Coordinators: Robyne Beaubien NMMS Revitalization Specialist in Promotion & Image Development Rhea Serna NMMS Revitalization Specialist in Business and Entrepreneur Development Sean O’Shea NMMS Revitalization Specialist in Property Redevelopment
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Senior Economic Development Researcher, Argonne National Laboratory
Alison Turner is a Senior Economic Development Researcher in the Decision and Infrastructure Sciences Division at Argonne National Laboratory. She brings over ten years of experience to Argonne working in the realm of economic development, scale, and program impact. She has spent time on the research side at the New Mexico Bureau of Business and Economic Research, on the financial side as a municipal bonds trader for the Bank of New York Mellon, and in practice working for the North Central New Mexico Economic Development District. Prior to working at Argonne, Alison served as the founder and Chief Executive of Metrics Together, a company focused on data empowerment for local government and non-government offices. Alison holds Bachelor’s degrees in Economics and Anthropology from the University of New Mexico and a Master’s in Statistics from Boston University. She currently sits in an advisory role for the American Statistical Association’s GivesBack group focusing on the empowerment of statistical work in all fields. She loves food and long walks.
Senior Director of Research at Main Street America
As the Senior Director of Research, Michael Powe, Ph.D develops research projects that demonstrate the power and potential of Main Street communities. This includes work managing research partnerships, steering research efforts from design through execution, and gathering and analyzing data related to the performance of Main Streets across the country.
Mike has more than 15 years of experience conducting groundbreaking research on the links between communities’ physical fabric and their social, cultural, and economic vitality. Between 2013 and 2020, Mike led research for the National Trust for Historic Preservation that empirically assessed the contributions that existing buildings and commercial districts offer cities. Through the Trust’s “Older, Smaller, Better” and “Atlas of ReUrbanism” projects, he demonstrated the statistical links between blocks of older, smaller, mixed-age buildings and an array of important community and economic development outcomes in more than 50 U.S. cities. Mike also played a significant role in the National Trust’s Partnership for Building Reuse with the Urban Land Institute, steering policy conversations focused on strengthening building reuse opportunities in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Chicago, Detroit, and Louisville. He holds a Master of Urban and Regional Planning degree (2006) and a doctorate in Planning, Policy, and Design (2010), both from the University of California, Irvine.
Alamogordo MainStreet, Executive Director
Nolan Ojeda is a Mechanical Engineering graduate from New Mexico State University. His career began at the Department of the Navy, where he served as a program manager spearheading the implementation of new technology for inspecting and repairing heat exchangers on aircraft carriers and submarines. Additionally, Nolan served as a Test Conductor for the Patriot Missile System within the Department of the Army. Beyond his professional pursuits, Nolan is devoted to his wife, Taylor, and their two young boys. Together, they have a homestead on a 5-acre property, complete with four dogs, seven pigs, and a lively flock of chickens. In 2021, Nolan and his wife opened a downtown shop that showcased locally handmade goods. Recognizing his passion for community development and leadership, Nolan was appointed as the Alamogordo MainStreet Executive Director in April of 2022. In this role, he continues to bring his unique blend of engineering acumen and entrepreneurial spirit to foster growth and vibrancy in the community.
Robyne Beaubien, NMMS Susan Cabello, Las Cruces Jacquelyn Connolly, Los Alamos Vai Reddy-Kruse, Los Alamos Ilka Villarreal, Mora Cathy Mears-Martin, Truth or Consequences Danielle Schlobohm, Downtown Albuquerque Valerie Osbourn, Nob Hill Angela Gutierrez, Corrales Amy Barnhart, NMMS Julia Wilde, NMMS Cam Wilde, NMMS Amy Bell, NMMS Lisa Pelligrino-Spear, Clovis Rhea Serna, NMMS Sean O’Shea, NMMS Sabri Sansoy, New Mexico Artificial Intelligence Alexander McCaig, Tartle Thomas Vause, SciVista
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