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Executive Director

NAME	TITLE	PHONE
Sheena Ferguson	Executive Director	(505) 841-9083

Operations Department

NAME	TITLE	PHONE
Dawn Gerencer	Director of Operations	(505) 841-9062

Licensing and Certificate
Vacant	Licensing Supervisor
Sabrina Gurule	Licensing Clerk
Barbara Gurule	Licensing Clerk
Michael Rivera	Licensing Clerk
Gayle Michels	Licensing Clerk
Stacey Menchaca	Licensing Clerk
Jeffery Bruch	Licensing Clerk
Jacqueline Ramazzini	Licensing Clerk

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Information Technology
Hunter Pearson	IT Technology Officer	(505) 841-9098
Edward Gallegos	IT Support Specialist	(505) 841-9084

Finance Department
Ernest Saavedra	Chief Financial Officer	(505) 841-8344

Human Resources
L uz Sumner	HR Manager	(505) 841-9048

Compliance Department

NAME	TITLE	PHONE
Christopher Vivian	Director of Compliance	(505) 841-9061

Hearings, Compliance and Monitoring
Vacant	Attorney
Melanie Segura	Paralegal	505.841.9085
James Garofallou-Hogan	NPA RN Consultant

Investigators
Meghan Sanchez	BON State Investigator
Alec Jamerson	BON State Investigator
Vacant	BON State Investigator

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, MSN, RN	Nurse Surveyor	505.841.9086

Diversion (Alternative to Discipline) Monitoring
Becky Gonzales, MSN, RN, HWNC-BC	Program Manager	505.841.9091
Forrest Sweet , BFA	Case Manager	505.841.9091
Ernestine Garcia-Simpson, MBA	Diversion Program Assistant	505.841.9091

Approval and Accreditation

Approval and Accreditation

Continuing Nursing Education

Complaints & Discipline

FAQs

Executive Director

Operations Department

Compliance Department

Education, Practice, and Diversion Department

License Verification

Applications

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