Board of Directors
Chair

Dale Dekker, AIA
Registered architect and planner, a business leader, and an original founder of Dekker/Perich/Sabatini design firm
Vice Chair

Tanner Schaub, PhD
Director, Research Core Program, Office of the Vice President for Research, NM State University (NMSU)
President Vice President Secretary

David L. Perkins, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Director of Center for Personalized Medicine, UNM HSC

Christos Christodoulou, PhD
Dean of the School of Engineering at The University of New Mexico

Jennifer Hernandez Gifford, PhD
Asso. Professor in the Dept. of Animal Range Sciences at NM State University

Greg Byrnes
Executive Director of the NM Biotechnology & Biomedical Assoc.

Tom Kieft, PhD
Microbiologist in Biology Dept. at NM Institute of Mining & Tech (NM Tech)

Paul Laur
Mercury Bio Chief Operating Officer (COO)

Francisco Pallares, DED
Director of Business Development at Spaceport America

Nora Sackett
NM Economic Development Department Director of Special Projects

Prisca Tiasse, PhD
Microbiologist & CEO and Founder of The Community Lab

