Michelle Hunter
Deputy Director, Interstate Stream Commission

Aaron Beckworth
New Mexico Environment Department

Aaron Beckworth has been with the New Mexico Environment Department, Drinking Water Bureau since 2015. For nearly a decade Aaron worked out of the NMED Silver City field office providing compliance oversight and guidance to public water systems in southwest New Mexico. In the fall of 2024 Aaron relocated to Santa Fe to join the Infrastructure Support Team focusing primarily on administering the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) program in coordination with the New Mexico Finance Authority.
Aaron returned to New Mexico after serving with the US Coast Guard and completed a Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics with a minor in geology at Western New Mexico University, which included coursework in hydrology through the distance education program at New Mexico Tech.

Vyoma Ritchie
Infrastructure Funding Outreach Coordinator

Vyoma serves as the Infrastructure Funding Outreach Coordinator within the New Mexico Environment Department-Drinking Water Bureau’s Sustainable Water Infrastructure Group (SWIG), where she leads public outreach efforts for the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF).
Prior to her current role, Vyoma worked for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, as a project manager for large-scale water projects. Prior to USBR, she worked for the New Mexico Office of the State Engineer, on aquifer storage, infrastructure funding, water rights permitting, and well driller licensing. She holds a master’s degree in Earth Sciences from New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.

Glenn Schiffbauer, Chair
Executive Director at New Mexico Sustainable Businesses

Glenn Schiffbauer, a native New Mexican, received his BBA from New Mexico State University and his MBA from the Robert O. Anderson School of Management at the University of New Mexico. In October of 2012, he became the Executive Director for the newly founded Santa Fe Green Chamber of Commerce.

Tim Borden
New Mexico Community Support Director with the Water Finance Exchange

Tim Borden is a natural resource and community development professional with over 20 years of experience advancing projects that improve watershed health and support resilient communities across the western United States. He currently serves as New Mexico Community Support Director with the Water Finance Exchange, connecting community leaders with the tools and expertise they need to receive vital infrastructure funding.

Tim’s work focuses on building and advancing complex, multi-benefit projects that align outcomes with funding and implementation pathways. He has extensive experience structuring projects that integrate landscape restoration, watershed protection, and community resilience, while navigating federal, state, and partner funding mechanisms.

His expertise includes leading NEPA compliance efforts, coordinating cross-jurisdictional stakeholders, and moving projects from early-stage concepts through funding alignment to on-the-ground delivery.

Ramon Lucero
Regional Field Manager with the Rural Community Assistance Corporation

Ramón has more than 30 years of experience managing the funding, planning, design, implementation, and operation and management of water and wastewater system infrastructure improvement projects for municipalities and rural communities in the state of New Mexico.

He joined RCAC in 2020. His responsibilities include working with the Grants and Contracts Administration (GCA) Departments and other Regional Managers to optimize service delivery and program growth and provide quality control and oversight of activities.

Zachary Chavez
Director of Market Development, New Mexico Climate Investment Center

Zachary is a financier turned entrepreneur with over 14 years of capital markets experience. Most recently Zachary was Chief Revenue Officer for Somos Solar, a local renewable energy solutions developer. Prior to that, he worked as a Vice President with Virtua Partners, leading their internal opportunity zone initiative, and was a Capital Markets Trader at The Vanguard Group. In his more recent work, he has been able to leverage his experience in finance to drive the development of financial structures for smart city and renewable energy development projects.

In addition to his professional accomplishments, Zachary previously served on the Board of Directors for the New Mexico Climate Investment Center. He holds a BA in Political Science from Northwestern University. He previously held FINRA Series 7, 63, and 57 licenses.