Staff Directory
NM State Personnel Office
Phone: (505) 476-7759 | General Fax: (505) 476-7949
Address: 2600 Cerrillos Rd, Santa Fe, NM 87505-3258 | Map
Adjudication
General Counsel
Dylan Lange, Acting Director & General Counsel | (505) 476-7742
Leigh Messerer, Assistant General Counsel | (505) 531-7473
Fax: (505) 476-7806
HR Services
Johnna K. Padilla, Division Director | (505) 470-5180
Heather Vigil Clark, HR Services Manager | (505) 365-3300
Angela Ortega, HR Consultant | (505) 365-3258
Nikko Sisneros, HR Consultant| (505) 470-4761
Oksana Klapischak, HR Coordinator| (505) 250-3361
Sherri Knott, Management Analyst | (505) 479-0515
Fax: (505) 476-7949
Training & Development
Johnna K. Padilla, Division Director | (505) 470-5180
Jaime Phillips, Training & Development Manager | (505) 469-5516
Nichole Medina-Stone, Learning & Development Specialist II | (505) 231-8282
Gilbert Luna, Learning & Development Specialist II | (505) 500-2942
Martha Kunkel, Learning & Development Specialist I | (505) 231-2977
Fax: (505) 476-7806
Talent Acquisition/Recruitment
Cynthia Sandoval, Workforce Planning Director | (505) 660-8333
Sheila Zamora, Recruitment Coordinator Manager | (505) 795-0465
Nicole O’Shea, Recruitment Coordinator | (505) 469-8405
Kassidee Lemon, Web & Social Media Coordinator | (505) 257-8362
Fax: (505) 476-7764
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 Lange, Acting Director & General Counsel | (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
Alex Romero, Administrative Services Coordinator | (505) 476-7759
Fax: (505) 476-7806
Labor Relations
Lisa Garcia, Labor Relations Administrator | (505) 629-6872
Chantel Martinez, Labor Relations Administrator | (505) 476-7759
Fax: (505) 476-7764
Quality Assurance & Data Analytics | Compensation & Classification
Max Cordova, Systems and Quality Director | (505) 231-8679
Melanie Morgan, Compensation and Classification Analyst II | (505) 467-9186
Melissa Gutierrez, Compensation and Classification Analyst I | (505) 699-0578
Christopher Brownlee, Data Analyst I | (505) 479-0202
Fax: (505) 476-7764
Workforce Planning
Cynthia Sandoval, Workforce Planning Director | (505) 660-8333
Celeste DeBari, HR Consultant | (505) 252-0885
Denise Durden, HR Consultant | (505) 629-6348
Maggie Samuel, HR Consultant | (505) 470-4886
Janine Mahkee, HR Consultant | (505) 469-8491
Jessica Maldonado, HR Consultant | (505) 639-3955
Marisa Valdez, HR Associate | (505) 470-5554
Carla Montoya, HR Consultant | (505) 795-3537
Fax: (505) 476-7764
State Personnel Board
Laura A. Liswood, Chair
David F. Cunningham, Vice Chair
Cristin M. Heyns-Bousliman, Member
Carol A. Parker, Member
Fred Radosevich, Member