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All nurses/certificate holders with an active license are required to demonstrate continuing competency for relicensure.

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6301 Indian School Rd NE Suite 710 • Albuquerque, New Mexico 87110 • Phone: 505.841.8340 • Fax:505.841.8347

Executive Director

NAME	TITLE	PHONE
Sasha Poole, PhD, RN	Executive Director	505.841.9083

Operations Department

NAME	TITLE	PHONE
William Duran	Director of Operations	505.841.9051

Licensing and Certificate
Monica Miller	Licensing Supervisor	505.841.9044
Sabrina Gurule	Licensing Clerk, Last Name A - H	505.841.9059
Barbara Gurule	Licensing Clerk, Last Name I - S	505.841.9088
Holly Green	Licensing Clerk, Last Name T - Z, CHT/CMA Initial Applications	505.841.9068
Gayle Michels	Licensing Clerk, Reinstatements/Renewals

Information Technology
Vacant	IT Manager	505.841.9048
Hunter Pearson	IT Database Administrator I	505.841.9098
Edward Gallegos	IT Support Specialist	505.841.9084

Finance Department
Donna Arbogast, BA	Chief Financial Officer	505.841.8344

Compliance Department

NAME	TITLE	PHONE
Thomas Dow	Director of Compliance	505.803.2845

Hearings, Compliance and Monitoring
Alfred Quintana	Attorney	505.206.4419
Melanie Segura	Paralegal	505.841.9085
Sabrina Vidaurri	Compliance Assistant	505.841.9049

Investigators
Andrew Lucero	BON State Investigator	505.274.6891
Marcus Erickson	BON State Investigator	505.239.6894

Education, Practice, and Diversion Department

NAME	TITLE	PHONE
Melissa Charlie, PhD, RN	Director of Education	505.841.9057

Unlicensed Assistive Personnel Programs

Barbara Hoehne, MS	Education & Practice Executive Assistant	505.841.9094

Patricia Fernandez, BSN, RN	Nurse Surveyor	505.841.9086

Diversion (Alternative to Discipline) Monitoring
Karren Lee, BSN, RN	Program Manager	505.841.9091
Forrest Sweet , BFA	Case Manager	505.841.9091
Ernestine Garcia-Simpson, MBA	Diversion Program Assistant	505.841.9091

6301 Indian School Rd NE Suite 710, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87110 Phone: 505.841.8340 • Fax:505.841.8347

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