2008 ASTDNM Board of Directors

BOARDMEMBERS	BIOGRAPHY
President Diana Spendlove	Diana Spendlove, Diana Spendlove, M.A., CPLP, Assistant Vice President of Training and Employee Development for New Mexico Educators Federal Credit Union, has over twenty years business experience that includes professional and organizational development.She specializes in leadership, management, new supervisory development, and customer service, and has presented at local and regional conferences. Diana's wide range of certifications include Franklin-Covey's The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Focus, and Project Management. She is a Master Trainer with AchieveGlobal and a qualified practitioner in Myers-Briggs and Appreciative Inquiry. Diana earned her BBA Management degree from NMHU and an MA degree in Organizational Learning and Instructional Technologies from UNM. She most recently earned the CPLP credential, which means she is nationally recognized as a Certified Professional in Learning and Performance by ASTD.
President-Elect Leah Boetger	Leah Boetger is a Senior Human Resource Development Consultant with UNM HR Employee & Organizational Development. She earned her MS degree with a concentration in workforce education and development from Southern Illinois University. She has been working in the field of adult education, organizational development and training since 1992 beginning in the healthcare field, later in the financial industry, and currently in higher education. Her areas of specialization include quality principles, interpersonal communication, and management competency development. Leah's professional certifications include Franklin-Covey's™ The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Trainer with AchieveGlobal in leadership and service training programs, Business Ethics, ESL, and Mediation. She has served on the board of directors for The Literacy Center of Albuquerque for 4 years and Albuquerque Quality Network, served as an Examiner for Quality New Mexico, and currently serves as President-Elect for the New Mexico Chapter of American Society for Training and Development (ASTD). She is also a member of College & University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA), and the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM).
VP Finance Dan Valles	Daniel H. Valles, MBA, is retired from the University of New Mexico and Public Service Company.  Currently he teaches business classes at IIA, UNM Continuing Education, and maintains his accounting practice from his home. Prior employments include Senior Accountant at the GAP Corporation Employee Service Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  He was part of the Audit and Control team that administered the corporate tax accruals and expenses for Gap operations in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. At UNM he held the position of Business Manager at the Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, and Addictions (CASAA).  As Business Manager he was responsible for departmental reporting, budget preparation, and process control and administration. Other career positions include Associate Dean and faculty at Albuquerque Technical Vocational Institute where he taught and administered various business and computer courses. Mr. Valles also spent a 20-year career at Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM) where he held various management positions the last being Budget Manager for Customer Service department. Mr. Valles has a Masters degree in Information Systems from the College of Santa Fe, and a Bachelors degree in Business Administration from the University of Albuquerque.
Chapter Administrator Mary Bernadette Garza	Mary-Bernadette Garza, MA,is a Quality Analyst with The Plus Group (TPG) and has been working at Sandia National Laboratories(SNL)in various capacities since moving to Albuquerque in 2001. Her career in knowledge management, business process management, and quality management has included experience in the private sector, academia, and government.  She received her Master’s degree in Organizational Learning and Instruction Technology from the University of New Mexico in 2007 and holds a B.S in Electronic Commerce from Our Lady of the Lake University located in San Antonio, TX. Over the past 25 years, Mary-Bernadette has managed diverse IT projects, developed and delivered IT training, quality improvement initiatives, and designed knowledge management solutions.  The areas of Knowledge Management and Training, Business Process Management, and Quality Management are areas of great interest that were born from her academic and professional exposure. Each of these disciplines appeal to Mary-Bernadette by sharing three common elements: people, processes, and technology. Her greatest passion is to develop solutions where these elements converge and result in the facilitation of desired performance or process improvement. Mary-Bernadette formerly served as the 2003 NM ASTD Chapter Secretary and Webmaster. Her vision for the chapter is to have the NM ASTD chapter become the definitive resource for members in their pursuit for professional development and growth.
Past President Leah Kier	Leah Kier is currently the Outreach Manager at Continuing Education at the University of New Mexico. She develops custom training courses and consultation services in the professional development and IT areas. In addition, she develops training partnerships with businesses and government agencies in New Mexico. She has a strong background in training and development. Previously she held positions as an instructional designer and has designed, developed and delivered dozens of training programs for government and corporate clients on a local and national level. Also, she has taught hundreds of computer training classes in a wide variety of software packages. Leah is the co-creator of the Training Development and Instructional Technology (TDIT) certificate program offered at UNM in partnership with the American Society of Training and Development in New Mexico and teaches courses for the TDIT program. Leah has served in board and committee positions for ASTD New Mexico for the past four years and is currently the Vice President for Professional Development for ASTDNM. Leah has recently finished her Master’s at UNM in Organization Learning and Instructional Technology with an emphasis in Multimedia.
Member-at-Large Jim Hughes	Jim Hughes is an independent contractor and a natural leader that brings expertise and energy to every organization he works with. Jim began working in the workplace learning and performance field in the late 1990’s when his career focus shifted from youth development. Since, Jim has developed extensive experience in developing and facilitating leadership, management, and staff development programs, strategic planning, and building teams in both public and private sector organizations. Jim prides himself on making connections with his participants, pushing the envelope with experiential instructional design, and advancing the workplace learning and performance profession by serving in leadership roles within his community of practice. Jim has served or is serving in the following roles: Membership VP, President Elect, President and Past President of ASTD NM and currently in the role of Member at Large. Jim also serves on the NM Professional Alliance Board of Directors as a founding member and current Board Chair. Jim holds a BA in Education from Thiel College in Pennsylvania and an MBA in Global Management from the University of Phoenix, in Albuquerque. In addition, Jim holds certifications in Principles of Genuine Leadership and Stellar Service from Achieve Global, Inc. as well as certification for Myself as a Trust Builder, from TrustWorks! Jim and his wife, Michelle Sandoval have two children Noah and Elyse and currently reside in Albuquerque’s NE Heights.
Co-VP of Programs Raphael Chalvarian	Raphael Chalvarian is currently an 'enterTrainer' with First Community Bank. He started his first career in banking in the late 70s working for one of Australia's largest banks. Within a decade he changed careers by switching over to the travel industry. It was there that he found his passion in speaking and in training.  A former member of AITD (Australian Institute of Training & Development) and an Accredited Speaker Member of the National Speakers Association of Australia. With over ten years experience in training and speaking in front of large groups, Raphael is still a student of his craft. He firmly believes that there is always something new that you can learn and try to give value to your message. He believes in the benefits of being a member of ASTD so strongly that he decided to become one of the Board Members of the NM Chapter. His goals this year is to promote those benefits to non-members, complete his CPLP certification and encourage other members to do the same and on a personal note, to run his first marathon (before he turns 50 years young). Raphael is an Australian citizen and a U.S. resident, happily married to his American wife, Michelle.
Co-VP of Programs Hazel Mella	Hazel Mella supervises the Training Bureau for our State Personnel Office. Prior to this position she contracted with the NM Commission on the Status of Women and the Office of the Lt. Governor. Her projects included assisting women on TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) and the Pre-K initiative. Hazel moved to Albuquerque, in 1997, from Chicago, Illinois, where she worked as a legislative person for Speaker Michael J. Madigan while pursuing her Masters degree from the University of Illinois, 1993 ­ 1995. She worked as a lobbyist for UNM and became a Special Education teacher for the APS school district. Hazel left NM in 2001 to pursue her passion in rock climbing in Sonora, CA. She returned to ABQ in 2003. She is a proud mother of a college graduate. She is currently pursuing her doctoral studies in Education, specializing in Leadership in Higher Education. She hopes to obtain her doctoral degree in the winter of 2009. She has been in training and development, in many capacities, for 15 years. Her passion includes yoga, meditation, practicing authenticity and empowering those with no voice.
VP of Membership Marianel Gish	Marianela Gish is a learning and performance improvement consultant for WORKABILITY, a mediation and conflict resolution company, which she also owns. She completed her academic studies at the College of Santa Fe, and is a graduate of the Training and Development Instruction Technologies (TDIT) Program from the University of New Mexico Continuing Education. Mari has mediated a wide range of situations including multi-party gang disputes, organizational conflicts, interfamily disputes, child protection issues, land use conflicts, and victim offender disputes. Previously with AmeriCorps, she now works with the New Mexico Center for Dispute Resolution (NMCDR). Ms. Gish is an experienced mediation trainer and practitioner. She has trained hundreds of students, teachers, and professionals in mediation and conflict resolution skills both nationally and internationally. In addition, she has assisted in the instructional design and development of many of NMCDR’s programs. She has presented at the Conflict Resolution Education Network International Conference; the most-widely known policy and information organization representing mediation and conflict resolution interests at all educational levels. She has taught Restorative Justice at the University of New Mexico Law School, and is a graduate of Getting to the Heart of Conflict; Harvard Negotiation Inside Initiative, Harvard School of Law. In 2005, the Community Victim Restoration Program at the Juvenile Justice Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, developed and managed by Ms. Gish, was nominated as Program Model for Sustainability by the national Office of Juvenile Justice Department Programs. She also holds the first Stephen Sprague Cultural Diversity in Mediation Award from The New Mexico Mediation Association.
VP of Communication David Civetti	David Civetti is a has been a staff instructor for UNM Continuing Education since 1997 and teaches several courses in computer graphics, page layout and web development for the Digital Arts program as well as courses in Database Design, Report Application Development, Programming and Microsoft applications for the IT Professional program. David also has his own business, BizDev Technologies, where he provides his expertise to organizations of all sizes, including services such as web hosting, site development and maintenance, training and curriculum development. He has provided services to various departments at the University of New Mexico, Santa Fe Community College, Pegasus Financial Group, Expo New Mexico, the VA Center for Cooperative Studies, as well as numerous small business clients. David holds a BBA in Marketing and General Management, and has always been an entrepreneur. For many years he held sales and marketing positions, making his perspective and contribution to the IT profession a unique one. For a period of ten years he was also a practicing massage therapist! His focus in all of his activities is to improve communication and performance. David brings a level of technical expertise to our board that is going to allow our organization to make some major breakthroughs in how we handle tasks such as email notification, event registration and website maintenance elevating the professional operations of our administration and allowing us to devote more efforts to quality programming and support services for our members.
VP of the Santa Fe GIG Lindsay Robinson	Lindsay Robinson is currently in the Training Bureau of the Department of Health as a training and performance specialist. Prior to this she was an independent consultant, working primarily with leading consulting firms in the business doing front end analyses, job and task analyses, job aids,  and designing & developing training programs. In the 70's and 80's she was a senior analyst at Claude Lineberry's Performance Design Corporation and at Harless Performance Guild. Her clients include hospitals, electronics, banking, telecommunications, military, government and manufacturing. She has served on the Board and various committees of the International Society for Performance Improvement since 1974 and has been on the Board of ASTDNM since 2005. She has given a number of presentations and written articles on Performance Based Training principles and practices. Lindsay has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Duke University and was a programmer for TRW Systems Group on the Apollo program and at the Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns-Hopkins. She has also taught computer science at the Santa Fe Community College. On the right brained side, she is a Licensed Massage Therapist, an ordained minister and energy healer.