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Building a Rainforest in the Desert | July 2025 | | UNM Rainforest Innovations Welcomes Three New Board Members | | |
Barbara Rodríguez, PhD
Interim Provost & Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs
The University of New Mexico
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Christina Salas, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of New Mexico
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Patricia (Pattie) G. Williams
UNM Board of Regents
Civil Litigator & Partner, Wiggins, Williams & Wiggins, P.C.
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In the Spotlight - Featured UNM Inventor | | | |
Maryam Hojati, PhD
Assistant Professor
Gerald May Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering
The University of New Mexico
Dr. Hojati's research areas include developing effective methods for using energy, natural resources, reusable industrial waste, and advanced construction techniques such as additive manufacturing (i.e. 3D printing).
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Indigenous Entrepreneurs Podcast | | | The Indigenous Entrepreneurs podcast aims to tell the story of the Entrepreneur’s Journey, specifically that of the indigenous entrepreneur, through candid conversations featuring successful indigenous entrepreneurs. | |
Connecting with the City of Albuquerque Small Business Office with Ken Jackson | |
In this episode, hear from Ken Jackson with the City of Albuquerque Small Business Office. The City of Albuquerque Small Business Office is accessible at their new location in the historic neighborhood of Barelas and is the perfect first stop for you on your entrepreneurial journey if you are living and working in the City of Albuquerque!
Ken Jackson is an author, professional speaker, personal and business development coach, and an entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience. Through specialized workshops, life coaching, motivational talks, and mentorship, he uses real world applications to encourage and inspire others to achieve greatness by identifying and overcoming their unique challenges. In his book, Live and Learn Your Way to Success, readers are encouraged to evaluate life choices and redefine mindsets to conquer regret and self-doubt. His business podcast, “Raising The Bar,” highlights business owners and their stories and can be found at TKJEPodcast.com
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Providing Mentoring for Your Startup/Idea
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SCORE Mentor Office Hours at the Lobo Rainforest Building
Friday, July 25, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (MDT)
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Meet with SCORE mentors at the Lobo Rainforest Building! Dar Johnson and Vik Berniklau will be available for one-on-one, confidential discussions and mentoring to inventors, students, and start-up companies.
SCORE mentors are successful business people and entrepreneurs who want to give back to the community by helping other entrepreneurs become and stay successful. SCORE has been helping small businesses start and grow in the Albuquerque area for over 50 years through mentoring and workshops and seminars. SCORE is the largest National resource partner of the Small Business Administration (SBA) with about 11,000 SCORE volunteers sharing their time and talents to help America's small businesses.
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Dar Johnson has over 57 years in the aerospace private sector and with the Government, including over 38 years in senior and C-level management positions. He has been responsible for achieving growth nation-wide, obtaining new customers, cost containment, turning around marginal operations, increased profitability, customer satisfaction, staffing, and policy and procedure development. He also has worked in business development, proposal support, capture manager and proposal manager. He has owned a successful consulting business.
Areas of Expertise:
- Business Plan
- Government Regulations
- Management & Operations
- Marketing
- Product Development
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Vic Berniklau is retired from the US Department of Energy as Senior Executive after filling positions in Technical and Administrative Leadership. Started two small businesses in electronic security with wife and son growing them to 30 employees ($2M sales) and turned them over to son who continues to grow them. Consultant in technology management and business management. Instructor at University of New Mexico at Graduate Level in Public Administration (Research Methodology) and Business Administration (Management of Technology).
Areas of Expertise:
- Accounting & Finance
- Business Plan
- Government Regulations
- Management & Operations
- Product Development
- Technology
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Registration is Now Open for the Advanced Economic Development Leadership 2025 Session
An intense, comprehensive curriculum now in a one-week session!
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Join the 2025 Cohort Session:
November 3-6, 2025 in Kansas City, Missouri
AEDL immerses participants in a collaborative, team-centric approach that fosters learning through exploration, debate, exercises and team competition. The program attracts practitioners from across the U.S. bringing a wide range of thought, ideas and experiences to these sessions. Through this approach and the diversity of thought represented, participants often learn as much from interaction with fellow professionals as they do from faculty instruction.
Learn more about the program
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