Tribal Infrastructure Fund Board
Section 6-29-5 NMSA 1978
Adopt rules governing terms, conditions and priorities for providing financial assistance to tribes, including developing application and evaluation procedures and forms and qualifications for applicants and projects; provide financial assistance to tribes for qualified projects; authorize funding for qualified projects, including: (1) planning designing, constructing, improving, expanding or equipping water and wastewater facilities, major water systems, electrical power lines, communications infrastructures, roads, health infrastructure, emergency response facilities and infrastructure needed to encourage economic development; (2) developing engineering feasibility reports; (3) inspecting the construction of qualified projects; (4) providing special engineering services; (5) completing environmental assessments or archaeological clearances and other surveys; (6) acquiring land, easements or rights of way; and (7) paying the legal costs and fiscal agent fees associated with the development of qualified projects.
Source: Inventory of Statutory Executive Boards and Commissions, Legislative Council Service 2010 Update
Upcoming TIF Board Meeting
The TIF Board meets upon request by the Secretary to review and approve TIF
Appropriations and No Cost Extensions.
Voting Members
Indian Affairs Department
Josett D. Monette, Cabinet Secretary
TIF Board Chairperson
Wendell Chino Building, 2nd Floor
1220 S. St. Francis Drive
Santa Fe, NM 87505
Office: (505) 476-1600
Email: Josett.Monette@iad.nm.gov
Department of Finance and Administration
Wesley Billingsley, Director, Local Government Division
Office: (505) 827-4985
180 Bataan Memorial Building
Santa Fe, NM 87501
Office: (505) 827-4209
Email: Wesley.billingsley@dfa.nm.gov
Department of Health
Janet R. Johnson, Project Coordinator, Office of the Secretary
1190 S. St. Francis Dr.
Santa Fe, NM 87505
Office: (505) 827-2627
Email: Janet.johnson@doh.nm.gov
New Mexico Environment Department
Kelsey Rader, Deputy Division Director
8801 Horizon Blvd. NE
Albuquerque, NM 87113
Cell: (505) 629-6732
Email: kelsey.rader@env.nm.gov
New Mexico Finance Authority
Michael Vonderheide, Managing Director, Public Programs
207 Shelby St.
Santa Fe, NM 87501
Office: (505) 992-9653
Email: mvonderheide@nmfa.net
Pueblo Representative
Mark Thompson
P.O. Box 167
Acoma, NM 87034
Cell: (505) 259-0362
Email: mthompson@indianpueblo.com
Mescalero Apache Tribe Representative
Vacant
P.O. Box 227
Mescalero, NM 88340
Jicarilla Apache Nation Representative
Romaine Wood
P.O. Box 317
Dulce, NM 87528
Cell: (505) 210-4966
Email: rwjancouncil01@gmail.com
Non-Voting Members
(Ex-Officio) Bureau of Indian Affairs – Southwest Regional Office
VACANT
1001 Indian School Rd. NW
Albuquerque, NM 87104
Office: (505) 563-3445
(Ex-Officio) Bureau of Indian Affairs – Navajo Regional Office
VACANT
301 West Hill Street
Gallup, NM 87301
Office: (505) 863-8314
(Ex-Officio) Indian Health Service – Navajo Area
VACANT
Hwy 264 & St. Michael Road
St. Michael, AZ 86511
Office: (928) 871-5811
(Ex-Officio) Indian Health Service – Albuquerque Area
Gretchen Tsosie, P.E., PMP (Designee)
CDR, US Public Health Service
Director, Division of Sanitation Facilities Construction
4101 Indian School Road, Suite 225
Office: (505) 256-6786
Cell: (505) 280-9786
Email: gretchen.tsosie@ihs.gov