Staff Directory

NM State Personnel Office

Phone: (505) 476-7759 | Fax: (505) 605-4981

Address: 2600 Cerrillos Rd, Santa Fe, NM 87505-3258 | Map

Verification of Employment

Please submit Verification of Employment/Student Loan Forgiveness Form Requests to: VOE.Requests@spo.nm.gov or call (505) 476-7759

Adjudication

Annette Lopez, Paralegal & Legal Assistant | (505) 476-7813

Fax: (505) 605-4982

HR Services

Johnna K. Padilla, Division Director | (505) 470-5180

Heather Vigil Clark, HR Services Manager | (505) 365-3300

Nikko Sisneros, HR Generalist IV | (505) 470-4761

Alexandria Schenk, HR Generalist III | (505) 500-9859

Oksana Klapischak, HR Coordinator | (505) 250-3361

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

Martha Kunkel, Learning & Development Specialist | (505) 231-2977

Eva Montoya, Learning & Development Specialist | (505) 500-2942

Iris Naranjo, Program Coordinator | (505) 618-0757

Talent Acquisition/Recruitment

Mark Dominguez, Executive Manager | (505) 618-0449

Sheila Zamora, Recruitment Coordinator Manager | (505) 795-0465

Sonia Gomez, Recruitment Coordinator | (505) 469-8405

David Valdez, Recruitment Coordinator | (505) 479-0515

Joshua Bobick, Web and Social Media Coordinator | (505) 231-8679

State Personnel Board

David F. Cunningham, Chair
Carol A. Parker, Vice Chair
Kari Fresquez, Member
Sandra D. Lopez, Member
Fred Radosevich, Member

board@spo.nm.gov | (505) 365-3691

Director's Office

Dylan K. Lange, Director | (505) 476-7742

Cynthia Sandoval, Deputy Director | (505) 660-8333

Denise M. Forlizzi, Special Assistant to Director Lange | (505) 365-3691

General Counsel

Leigh Messerer, General Counsel | (505) 531-7473

Administrative Services

Jaime Trujillo, Administrative Services Director | (505) 629-3365

Taylor Brown-Woods, Technology Officer | (505) 479-0202

Labor Relations

Lora Olson, Labor Relations Manager | (505) 618-0745

Chantel Martinez, Labor Relations Specialist | (505) 216-8392

Compensation & Classification

Melanie Morgan, Compensation & Classification Manager | (505) 467-9186

Austin Basham, Compensation & Classification Specialist II | (505) 470-9867

Micaela Apodaca, Compensation & Classification Specialist I | (505) 699-0578

Alyssa Ashbacher, Compensation & Classification Specialist I | (505) 618-0407

Quality Assurance & Data Analytics

Mark Dominguez, Executive Manager | (505) 618-0449

Kassi Lemon, Data Analyst | (505) 257-8362

Lorenzo Perea, Associate Data Analyst | (505) 699-5135

Workforce Planning

Denise Durden, Workforce Planning Manager | (505) 629-6348

Celeste DeBari, HR Comp and Class Specialist II |(505) 252-0885

Janine Mahkee, HR Comp and Class Specialist II | (505) 469-8491

Maggie Samuel, HR Comp and Class Specialist I | (505) 470-4886

Marisa Valdez, HR Comp and Class Specialist I | (505) 470-5554

Angela Ortega, HR Comp and Class Specialist I | (505) 365-3258

Alex Romero, HR Comp and Class Specialist I | (505) 469-9428

Daniela Ruvalcaba, HR Generalist I | (505) 629-6872

Luis Burrola, Program Coordinator | (505) 470-5871