founders
Ph.D. President
Northern New Mexico College, Española and El Rito, NM
Richard Bailey, Jr.
Northern New Mexico College President Richard J. Bailey, Jr. started his service to the institution in October 2016, after a twenty-four year career in the United States Air Force as a pilot, commander, and educator. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Sciences from the U.S. Air Force Academy, a Master’s Degree in International Affairs from Washington University in St. Louis, and a doctorate in Government from Georgetown University in Washington, DC.
M.B.A. Software engineer
Albuquerque, NM
Tom Chepucavage
Tom is a Managing Partner at Aspen Mesa Partners. He was previously Vice President of Operations at boomtime and a management consultant at Accenture. He has also been a software developer at Strategic Analytics and Eldorado Media Solutions. Tom studied Finance at Georgetown University and holds an Executive MBA from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business.
Ph.D. Policy innovation consultant
Santa Fe, NM
David Stoesz
David Stoesz, PhD, University of Maryland, is a consultant in policy innovation. Dr. Stoesz has extensive experience in various social programs, including public welfare, mental health, and higher education. In addition to having been an award-winning professor, he is the author of several books published by Oxford University Press, most recently The Dynamic Welfare State (2017) and The Investment State (2018).
B. A. in French and General Business
Stephen F. Austin State University
Tracy Clark
Tracy is a native of Texas spending 33 years in project and data management in the petroleum industry with corporations ranging from large internationals such as Pennzoil, Australia's Santos, South Korea's Samsung and SK, to independents such as Nuevo Energy and Ocean Energy, mixed with owning and operating a variety of neighborhood businesses in between.
