Former Economic Development Secretary and Spaceport Authority Director Rick Homans returned to state government today when Gov. Bill Richardson appointed him to lead the Taxation and Revenue Department.
The move comes a day after Jan Goodwin, the previous secretary of the department, was named executive director of the New Mexico Educational Retirement Board.
“I want to welcome Rick Homans back to state government, where I will count on his expertise at the Taxation and Revenue Department,”
Homans was economic development secretary from 2003 to 2007. His primary focus became Spaceport America, and he left the secretary position in May to run the spaceport.
But two months later he stepped down to take a job with a Malaysian company that planned to build a rubber recycling plant in
Plans for the rubber recycling plant soon fizzled out.
Goodwin had served as the Taxation and Revenue Department’s secretary since 2003.