Explora Board of Directors
2020 Directors, Officers and Committee Chairs
Alexis Kerschner Tappan, President
President, AKT Communications
Benjamin Gardner, President Elect
Partner, Dekker|Perich|Sabatini
Steve Rottler, Past-President Director and Fundraising Committee Chair
Former Deputy Laboratories Director and Executive Vice President, National Security Programs Sandia National Labs
Hilma Chynoweth, Director, Vice President
Director of Business Development, Garcia Automotive Group
Kamal Ali, Treasurer and Finance & Investment Committee Chair
CEO New Mexico Operations, BBVA Compass Bank
Adrián Pedroza, Secretary
Social Enterprise Director, Partnership for Community Action
Kathleen Holt Larese, Director and Nominating & Board Development Committee Chair
Director of Customer Operations, PNM; Administrator of PNM Resources Foundation
Dave Seely, Director and Capital Campaign Advisory Taskforce Chair
Former President and CEO, Kirtland Federal Credit Union
Deb Thrall, Director and Audit & Conflict of Interest Committee Chair
Executive Director at Albert I. Pierce Foundation
Dina Afek, Director and Executive Committee Member-at-Large
Attorney, New Mexico Legal Aid and Sawmill Area Neighborhood Association
Dale Alverson, Director and Executive Committee Member-at-Large
Professor Emeritus and Regents’ Professor, UNM
Beth Corbin Hsi, Director and Executive Committee Member-at-Large
Clinical Study Coordinator, Albuquerque Clinical Trials
Gabriella Blakey, Director
Associate Superintendent of Leadership & Learning, Albuquerque Public Schools
Cynthia Borrego, Director
City Councilor, City of Albuquerque
Jeron Campbell, Director
School Entrepreneur
Rathi Casey, Director
Partner & CEO, UKUU Creative
Klarissa Culbreath, Director
Director of Infectious Disease Diagnostics, TriCore; Associate Professor of Pathology
Will Elias, Director
General Counsel & Secretary, National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
Nick Estes, Director Emeritus
Retired UNM Legal Counsel
Jane Flax, Director Emerita
Community Volunteer
Jim Gill, Director Emeritus
CFO, Vista del Sol Foods
Pauline Gubbels, Director Emerita
Former State Representative
Rachel Gupton, Director
Scientist, Sandia National Labs
David Hsi, Director Emeritus
Professor & Adjunct Professor Emeritus, New Mexico State University; University of New Mexico
Ryan Kennedy, Director
Attorney, Los Alamos National Security, LLC
Dan Kingston, Director
Human Resources Manager, PNM
Judith Lavender, Director
Founder, Tic Tac Grow
Ed Lundeen, Director
President & CEO, Seeker Aircraft
Deborah Peacock, Director Emerita
Partner, Peacock Myers
Klarissa Peña, Director
City Councilor, City of Albuquerque
Shelle Sanchez, Director
Director of Cultural Services, City of Albuquerque
Tim Schroeder, Director
Project Director of STEM Gateway, UNM
Board Meeting Schedule 2020
In the Explora Community Room or MP3 from 6-7:30pm
- Wednesday, February 5, 2020
- Thursday, March 26, 2020
- Thursday, May 21, 2020
- Thursday, October 1, 2020
- Thursday, December 3, 2020
Meetings are open to the public unless portions are closed by vote of the Board.