Patricia L. Chavez
President
PLC ENTERPRISES
Vice President, ABQ Mayor's
Volunteer Board
A community builder and passionate
advocate for youth development and
entrepreneurship, Patricia L. Chavez,
President, PLC ENTERPRISES, and Vice
President, ABQ Mayor's Volunteer Advisory
Board, has impacted the economic
landscape of Albuquerque in many ways.
With over 30 years of community
engagement, Chavez specializes in corporate
and community relations, government and
legislative relations, youth programs
advocacy, training and leadership
development, and more.
As the Vice President for the OneABQ
Mayor’s Volunteer Advisory Board, she
believes in its mission: “To provide programs
to mobilize support, connect volunteers
and assist organizations in building
capacity to enhance the quality of life in
greater Albuquerque.”
“Since being elected as the Vice
President, and one of the only Latina officers
on a Mayor’s Board in ABQ, I made it my
personal mission to expand our volunteer
stories through the CABQ Gov TV portal,
utilizing film to share the “good news” stories
of organizations such as MASK UP NM who
with the volunteer works of almost 300 plus
created masks for not only ABQ citizens but
spread their works across the state,” she
shares. “The MASK UP NM film has been
shared not only on Gov TV, but across other
social media platforms, YouTube, FB,
Instagram, etc., along with another
“FOSM-Friends of the Sandia Mountains”.
These two organizations have exemplified
outstanding volunteerism and impact the
greater good of our community.”
Renee Martinez
Director
Department of Finance &
Administrative Services
City of Albuquerque
With more than 30 years of experience in
organizational and information technology
management in various domains; including
finance, healthcare, environmental protection,
water resource management and
telecommunications, Renee Martinez,
Director, Department of Finance &
Administrative Services, City of Albuquerque,
works with city departments, city councilors
and the Tim Keller administration to identify
and fund priority initiatives which in turn
positively impact the social and economic
climate in the community.
According to Martinez, New Mexico,
particularly Albuquerque, has successfully
groomed, supported, and recognized Latina
entrepreneurs. In 2018, women-owned
businesses made up 39 percent of New
Mexico’s companies.
“Latinas are leaders in a large portion of
these businesses,” she shares. “I see this trend
continuing in the coming years, but would like
to see the breadth in types of businesses led
by Latina entrepreneurs grow and extend to
fields that include engineering, manufacturing,
film and finance.”
Prior to the City of Albuquerque, she
served as the Deputy City Manager and
Innovation Officer for the City of Santa Fe, New
Mexico. Under her leadership, the City was
successful in modernizing core technology and
business processes. Key initiatives included
ERP and Land Management system
implementations and adopting a city-wide
framework for performance accountability.
Martinez serves on the Quality New
Mexico, LLC board, which provides training
and networking around building quality
systems and improving business performance.
Anna Sanchez
Director
CABQ Senior Affairs
Appointed as the Director of the Department
of Senior Affairs for the City of Albuquerque
by Mayor Tim Keller in March 2018, Anna
Sanchez has more than 15 years of
non-profit and operational management
experience. Her goals as Director include
helping to build an “age-friendly” community
that includes improving the city for all
community members, particularly older adults.
“No one should be left behind as they
age, especially when there are so many
values and life lessons we have to gain from
these relationships,” she shares. “Recent
projections predict that the City of
Albuquerque will become the third largest
population of seniors by the year 2030 and
this is why it has become my mission that our
services and programs support the spectrum
of senior needs. My ultimate goal is to
engage all generations into the aging
conversation, change perspectives involving
ageism, and empowering people to thrive
while living long healthy lives.”
Being the only person of color or the only
woman of color in a leadership role at the
table inspires Sanchez to raise voices that are
often marginalized. This has carried over from
her previous work in non-profit development
and fundraising to her current role as a
public servant with the City of Albuquerque.
“In all aspects of my work, I want to
ground myself with values that have
stemmed from my upbringing – a strong
foundation of family, community and service,”
she shares. “The way that I measure my
success is not based on my status, position
or title, but the fulfillment of doing
meaningful work that helps foster the lives
of others.”
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