Staff Directory
NM State Personnel Office
Phone: (505) 476-7759 | Fax: (505) 476-7949
Address: 2600 Cerrillos Rd, Santa Fe, NM 87505-3258 | Map
Adjudication
General Counsel
Leigh Messerer, General Counsel | (505) 531-7473
HR Services
Johnna K. Padilla, Division Director | (505) 470-5180
Heather Vigil Clark, HR Services Manager | (505) 365-3300
Nikko Sisneros, HR Generalist III | (505) 470-4761
Alexandria Schenk, HR Generalist III | (505) 500-9859
Oksana Klapischak, HR Coordinator | (505) 250-3361
Sherri Knott, Management Analyst | (505) 479-0515
Learning & Development
Johnna K. Padilla, Division Director | (505) 470-5180
Jaime Phillips, Learning & Development Manager | (505) 469-5516
Nichole Medina-Stone, Learning & Development Specialist | (505) 231-8282
Gilbert Luna, Learning & Development Specialist | (505) 500-2942
Martha Kunkel, Learning & Development Specialist | (505) 231-2977
Talent Acquisition/Recruitment
Cynthia Sandoval, Workforce Planning Director | (505) 660-8333
Sheila Zamora, Recruitment Coordinator Manager | (505) 795-0465
Kassi Lemon, Web & Social Media Coordinator | (505) 257-8362
Earl Nieto, Recruiting Coordinator | (505) 469-8405
Verification of Employment
Please submit Verification of Employment/Student Loan Forgiveness Form Requests to: VOE.Requests@spo.nm.gov or call (505) 476-7759
Director's Office
Dylan K. Lange, Director| (505) 476-7742
Denise M. Forlizzi, Special Assistant to Director | (505) 365-3691
Administrative Services
Jaime Trujillo, Administrative Services Director | (505) 629-3365
Ernest Lucero, IT Systems Administrator | (505) 469-8195
Daniela Ruvalcaba, Administrative Services Coordinator | (505) 629-6872
Labor Relations
Janine Mahkee, Labor Relations Administrator | (505) 469-8491
Chantel Martinez, Labor Relations Specialist| (505) 216-8392
Quality Assurance & Data Analytics | Compensation & Classification
Max Cordova, Systems and Quality Director | (505) 231-8679
Melanie Morgan, Compensation and Classification Analyst | (505) 467-9186
Melissa Gutierrez, Compensation and Classification Analyst | (505) 699-0578
Austin Basham, Compensation and Classification Analyst | (505) 470-9867
Christopher Brownlee, Data Analyst | (505) 479-0202
Workforce Planning
Cynthia Sandoval, Workforce Planning Director | (505) 660-8333
Celeste DeBari, HR Comp and Class Specialist II | (505) 252-0885
Denise Durden, HR Comp and Class Specialist II | (505) 629-6348
Maggie Samuel, HR Comp and Class Specialist I | (505) 470-4886
Marisa Valdez, HR Comp and Class Specialist I | (505) 470-5554
Carla Montoya, HR Comp and Class Specialist I | (505) 795-3537
Angela Ortega, HR Comp and Class Specialist I | (505) 365-3258
Alex Romero, HR Generalist I | (505) 469-9428
State Personnel Board
Laura A. Liswood, Chair
Cristin M. Heyns-Bousliman, Vice Chair
David F. Cunningham, Member
Carol A. Parker, Member
Fred Radosevich, Member