Staff

Arianna (Quw’utsun’ Tribes) is a Marketing Specialist with New Mexico Community Capital. Arianna is from the Coast Salish territory in British Columbia, Canada. At the end of 2018, [...]

Naleen Naanee is the Office Manager at New Mexico Community Capital. Naleen helps to nurture the jungle at NMCC, while making guests feel comfortable. Naleen came to know of the awesome work at [...]

Michelle Duronslet is a Project Manager with New Mexico Community Capital.  She joined NMCC in March 2021 in support of the Equality Can’t Wait Challenge, and continues to work with NMCC on [...]

Nate Francis is from Albuquerque, NM, growing up in the Four Corners Region, his family originating from the Tewa speaking pueblo people of New Mexico and Arizona. Nate is a self-taught graphic [...]

Mobilizing resources to advance social and economic equity is Clare Zurawski’s core expertise and motivation. After initially joining the NMCC team in 2015 as a business mentor in the NEIR [...]

Kalika Davis (Dine’/Ute) grew up in the deep forest of Bellingham, WA and moved back to New Mexico in the late 90’s to be closer to her family and ancestral roots. Kalika’s diverse cultural, [...]

Henry Jake Foreman MCRP is a specialist in facilitation, development, and implementation of engaging learning experiences for students of all ages and has created a variety of curricula around [...]

Elizabeth “Liz” Gamboa is the Executive Director at New Mexico Community Capital (NMCC). Liz supports small business owners as a mentor in the Native Entrepreneur in Residence [...]

CJ is a grounded, reality-based problem solver, who helps bring the big dreams of others to reality. CJ joined New Mexico Community Capital (NMCC) in January of 2013. Since that time, CJ has [...]

Thad serves as NMCC’s contracted CFO. Thad is also managing partner of Porch & Associates LLC, a certified public accounting firm in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Thad has twenty years of [...]