Organizations Filed Purposes:
EDUCATION AND PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH
IN 2019, THINK NEW MEXICO LAUNCHED A NEW INITIATIVE DESIGNED TO IMPROVE RETIREMENT SECURITY FOR ALL NEW MEXICANS. THINK NEW MEXICO RESEARCHED, WROTE, AND PUBLISHED A POLICY REPORT TITLED, "SOLVING THE HIDDEN CRISIS: ACHIEVING RETIREMENT SECURITY FOR ALL NEW MEXICANS," WHICH RECOMMENDED THREE MAJOR REFORMS: REPEALING THE STATE'S INCOME TAX ON SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS; ENSURING THAT EVERY PRIVATE SECTOR WORKER IN NEW MEXICO HAS ACCESS TO A RETIREMENT ACCOUNT THAT THEY CAN CONTRIBUTE TO USING AUTOMATIC PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS; AND STABILIZING THE STATE'S PUBLIC PENSION FUNDS. COPIES OF THE REPORT WERE DISTRIBUTED TO MORE THAN 12,000 NEW MEXICANS AS PART OF OUR EXTENSIVE PUBLIC EDUCATION EFFORTS AROUND THIS ISSUE. THINK NEW MEXICO ALSO DEVELOPED LEGISLATION TO IMPLEMENT OUR PROPOSED REFORMS AND ORGANIZED A DIVERSE COALITION OF SUPPORTERS TO ADVOCATE FOR THEM DURING THE 2020 LEGISLATIVE SESSION.DURING THE 2019 LEGISLATIVE SESSION, LANGUAGE WAS INCLUDED IN THE STATE BUDGET BASED ON THINK NEW MEXICO'S LEGISLATION REQUIRING SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND CHARTER SCHOOLS TO MAXIMIZE THE PROPORTION OF THEIR BUDGETS THAT THEY SPEND IN THE CLASSROOM, RATHER THAN ON CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION. THINK NEW MEXICO ALSO SUCCESSFULLY ADVOCATED FOR THE PASSAGE OF HOUSE BILL 407, A COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE TO THE ELECTION CODE THAT INCLUDED A PROVISION DRAFTED BY THINK NEW MEXICO REQUIRING CANDIDATES FOR THE PUBLIC REGULATION COMMISSION TO SPECIFICALLY LIST HOW THEY MEET QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS WHEN THEY FILE TO RUN FOR OFFICE. THINK NEW MEXICO ALSO SUCCESSFULLY ADVOCATED FOR APPROPRIATIONS OF $900,000 TO CREATE AN ALL-PAYER CLAIMS DATABASE, WHICH WILL BE USED TO EXPAND THE HEALTH CARE TRANSPARENCY WEBSITE CREATED AS A RESULT OF THINK NEW MEXICO'S 2015 POLICY INITIATIVE; AND $242,000 IN FUNDING FOR THE STRATEGIC WATER RESERVE, THE INNOVATIVE WATER MANAGEMENT TOOL THAT THINK NEW MEXICO DEVELOPED IN 2005 TO KEEP MORE WATER IN NEW MEXICO'S RIVERS.FINALLY, IN 2019 THINK NEW MEXICO CONTINUED ITS LEADERSHIP INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, WHICH AIMS TO RETAIN A NEW GENERATION OF POTENTIAL LEADERS IN NEW MEXICO BY TEACHING THEM HOW THEY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR HOME STATE. IN 2019, THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM SERVED SIX STUDENTS FROM ACROSS NEW MEXICO, TRAINING THEM HOW TO DEVELOP AND ENACT SOUND PUBLIC POLICY AND INTRODUCING THEM TO KEY POLICYMAKERS AND OPINION LEADERS.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Fred Nathan | SECRETARY/EXEC DIR | 50 | $110,721 |
| Garrey Carruthers | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Liddie Martinez | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Ladonna Harris | DIRECTOR EMERITUS | 1 | $0 |
| Paul Bardacke | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Clara Apodaca | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Jacqueline Baca | TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| Edward Lujan | VICE CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
| Roberta Cooper Ramo | CHAIR | 3 | $0 |
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