ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONALS ADVISORY COUNCIL
This Advisory Council will establish goals and priorities in relation to aligning local and regional economic development strategies, and will explore best practices programs in communities across the country as potential future models of success.
A JOB WORTH DOING IS WORTH DOING IT TOGETHER
The Albuquerque Regional Economic Alliance’s Economic Development Professionals Advisory Council is a collaborative group of economic development professionals representing communities within and adjacent to the greater Albuquerque metro area. The Chair of the Economic Development Professionals Advisory Council will be elected by its members annually and submitted for recommendation to the AREA Board of Directors for a one-year appointment to the AREA Board.
COUNCIL EXPERTISE
Members of the Economic Development Professional Advisory Council represent communities within the region and state that have made a commitment to supporting regional economic development approaches.
COUNCIL LEADERSHIP
CHAIR
Dora Dominguez is the Business and Economic Development Director for Sandoval County.
Prior to joining Sandoval County, Dominguez’s past roles included: Senior Economic Developer for the City of Albuquerque, Director of Office of Business Advocacy for the State of New Mexico Economic Development Department, and served as a Community, Business, and Rural Development Representative for the New Mexico Economic Development Department, where she staffed state initiatives for Region 7 which includes; Dona Ana, Lincoln, Otero and Sierra Counties and for Region 6 which included; Chaves, Curry, DeBaca, Eddy, Lea and Roosevelt Counties.
Dominguez earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication: Journalism and Political Science, from Eastern New Mexico University and a Master’s Degree in Organizational Management from the University of Phoenix. She also holds state certification from the University of New Mexico as court mediator and has completed the IEDC course of study for economic development professionals.
VICE CHAIR
Victoria Archuleta, Senior Econoimc Developer, The Village of Los Lunas.
Archuleta, an Albuquerque local, was previously the program director for Leadership New Mexico, a nonprofit organization focused on identifying current and emerging leaders throughout New Mexico to enhance their leadership skills and deepen their knowledge of the challenges and opportunities facing the state.
“Los Lunas is growing at a very exciting rate and I heard so many amazing things about the culture and community,” Archuleta said. “Everyone has been very welcoming and supportive and meeting the leaders and residents in the community has been a lot of fun.”
Archuleta said being an economic developer has you doing a little bit of everything and the role can be different for every community. For Los Lunas, she said the three industrial parks have been the biggest point of interest for attracting external companies and investors.
“I do believe that we are a business friendly environment and we have welcomed big companies, growth and change,” she said.
Archuleta said Meta, as an example, is a huge corporation which helped put Los Lunas on the international map, especially since they’re expanding. ( exerpt taken from The Business Journals).
