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General Office Information

Local Phone: 505-246-0400
Toll Free: 888-88-NMSOL / 888-886-6765
Fax: 505-246-2251

Office Location

1009 Bradbury Dr SE, #35
Albuquerque, NM  87106
Driving directions to the office.

Office Staff

As of this time, NMSEA has the following staff in the office during these approximate hours:

  • Ragan Matteson - Monday & Wednesday through Friday, 9am-2pm (Closed Tuesday & Weekends)

If you are coming to the office, please call a day ahead to confirm someone will be there.

NMSEA Folk

NMSEA has two boards - the Voting Board and the Advisory Board.

Voting Board

The Voting Board is elected to two-year terms, half elected annually.

Executive Committee

The Executive Committee is comprised of members of the Voting Board and includes a President, Vice-President(s), Secretary and Treasurer of the organization. They are elected by the Board at the final board meeting of the year.

President Monte Ogdahl (Solar Cars, SunChaser Instructor)
Vice President Randy Sadewic (PV Instructor)
Vice President Gary Vaughn (SunChaser Coordinator and Instructor)
Treasurer Barbara Menicucci
Secretary Jim Barrera (Solar Fiesta Committee)

Executive Director

Mary McArthur

Balance of Voting Board

  • Carl Axness
  • R.P. Bohannan (Solar Fiesta Committee)
  • Janet Bridgers (Publicity)
  • Mars DeLapp (Webserver and Listserver)
  • Robert Nelson (Solar Fiesta Publicity)
  • Lisa Silva (SunChaser Instructor)

NMSEA Advisory Board

NMSEA's Advisory Board is comprised of people who wish to be active in or supportive of NMSEA in some way but do not want the time constraint and responsibility of being on the Voting Board. Currently the Advisory Board consists of:

Odes Armijo-Caster Solar Electricity/Photovoltaics, Solar Thermal
Elya Arrasmith NMSEA website
Gale Zander Barlow
Charles Bensinger Alternative Fuels Questions
Carl Bickford
Richard Burns
Mark Chalom
David Dobry
Wayne Evelo, Jr.
Robert Griffin Green Building
Dr. William (Bill) Gross Local Issues/Concepts in Solar
David Hughes
Rose Marie Kern SunPaper and Solar Fiesta Program Editor, Solar Cooking
Michael David Lipkan
Jim Palmer
Eric Robinson Solar Heating and Cooling
Randy Sadewic Solar Electricity/Photovoltaics
Allan Sindelar Solar Electricity/Photovoltaics
Howard and Virginia Stephens
Julie Stephens Energy Efficiency Education, Passive Solar Design
Steven Stephens Sustainability, Rammed Earth Construction
J.R. Sykes Four Corners Chapter

Committees and Other Contacts

Budget and Funding
Committee Jim Barrera, Mary McArthur, Barbara Menicucci, Monte Ogdahl, Randy Sadewic, Gary Vaughn
Bulk Mail
Coordinator Gary Hendel
Committee Lisa Hendel and Mike Prine
Chapters
Coordinator Vacant
Chapter Leaders See the Chapter page.
Education
Committee Janet Bridgers, Mary McArthur, Barbara Menicucci, Monte Ogdahl, Gary Vaughn
Events
Coordinator Vacant

We express our heartfelt thanks to Ray Shortridge for organizing volunteers to create a NMSEA presence at a number of events over the last year! Ray, we wish you the best in your new endeavors and look forward to seeing you in other NMSEA projects!
Solar Advocacy
Coordinator Ron Herman
Solar and Sustainable Directory
Coordinator Mary McArthur
Solar Fiesta See the Solar Fiesta Committee page.
Solar Home Tours
Coordinators Taos, Scott Evans
Santa Fe, Tom Engel
Others, Vacant
Solar Model Car Program
Coordinator Monte Ogdahl
SunChaser Program
Coordinator Gary Vaughn
Instructors Gary Vaughn, Ron Offley, Monte Ogdahl, Bryan Pletta, Lisa Silva
SunPaper
Editor Ron Herman
Coordinator Someone to solicit articles and purchase of display ads.
Taos Solar Music Festival
Coordinator Karlis Viceps
Committee Scott Evans
Website
General Editor Allan Davies
Event Calendar Chere Hartman
Google Apps Carlos Aguayo

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