{"id":1668,"date":"2007-05-02T15:13:00","date_gmt":"2007-05-02T21:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/05\/richardson-picks-economic-development-secretary\/"},"modified":"2007-05-02T15:13:00","modified_gmt":"2007-05-02T21:13:00","slug":"richardson-picks-economic-development-secretary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/05\/richardson-picks-economic-development-secretary\/","title":{"rendered":"Richardson picks economic development secretary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/Rjj_ScC6y5I\/AAAAAAAACNI\/yqY2WLmI4_8\/s1600-h\/Mondragon,+Fred.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/Rjj_ScC6y5I\/AAAAAAAACNI\/yqY2WLmI4_8\/s200\/Mondragon,+Fred.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5060074873581915026\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Gov. <a href=\"http:\/\/governor.state.nm.us\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bill Richardson<\/a> today announced the appointment of former state Rep. Fred Mondragon as the new secretary of the <a href=\"http:\/\/edd.state.nm.us\/\" target=\"_blank\">Economic Development Department<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cFred has the qualifications, ability and drive to continue attracting high-tech industries that will keep bringing good jobs to <st1:state st=\"on\">New Mexico<\/st1:State>,\u201d <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> said in a news release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Mondragon, who is currently director of <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Albuquerque<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>\u2019s Office of Economic Development, replaces Rick Homans, who became director of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spaceportamerica.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">New Mexico Spaceport Authority<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cI look forward to applying the successful principles and strategies on a statewide level that have resulted in so many companies choosing Albuquerque during the last couple years,\u201d Mondragon said in the release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">As director of <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Albuquerque<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>\u2019s economic development department, Mondragon participated in the recruitment or expansion of Tesla Motors, Verizon Wireless, Eclipse Aviation, Advent Solar and Albuquerque Studios. He also developed initiatives to improve resources for local business expansion and to better assist existing small- and medium-sized businesses in <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Albuquerque<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>. Under Mondragon\u2019s stewardship, the city\u2019s film and international trade divisions have seen improved success. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Mondragon, who has more than 30 years of experience in the private sector and public administration, served three terms in the state House of Representatives, and has extensive experience in the healthcare and information technology fields. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">He has been the chief executive officer of University of New Mexico Hospital and the deputy chief administrative officer for the City of <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Albuquerque<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Bill Richardson today announced the appointment of former state Rep. Fred Mondragon as the new secretary of the Economic Development Department. \u201cFred has the qualifications, ability and drive to continue attracting high-tech industries that will keep bringing good jobs to New Mexico,\u201d Richardson said in a news release. Mondragon, who is currently director of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1668\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}