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2005 VIA Board of Directors

NORBERT J. “PETE” POINTNER

Chairman

Formerly a principal of Planning Resources Inc. in Wheaton, IL, Pete Pointner holds architecture and city and regional planning degrees from Illinois Institute of Technology. He is an author and lecturer in community planning, downtown revitalization, site plan review, historic preservation, public participation, environmental analysis and scenic highway design. He has taught community planning and design at the university level. With a resume spanning the globe, Pointner has worked on planning and on environmental and design studies for highways, public transit and railroads in communities across the United States and overseas including Australia and Kuwait. He helped prepare VIA’s long range plans in 1978, 1985 and 1991

GERALD E. ARNDT

 Gerald E. Arndt, a certified planner and licensed architect, is a principal in Development Planning Services, Inc., a real estate development and public works planning and management form based in Denver, CO. Arndt holds a bachelor’s degree in architecture and a master’s in city and regional planning from the Illinois Institute of Technology. He worked in the Chicago office of Mies van der Rohe as a supervising architect and project administrator; as a project manager for DeLeuw Cather and Company in both Sydney, Australia, and Denver; and for Urban Investment & Development company in Denver, before starting Development Planning Services.

PAUL S. NATHANSON

 Paul S. Nathanson is Director of the Institute of Public Law, a public service arm of the University of New Mexico School of Law, and a Research Professor of Law at the Law School.
He holds a law degree from Duke University and a Master’s in Comparative Law from the University of Chicago. A national leader in the field of legal rights for the elderly, he is currently President of the National Senior Citizens Law Center and has worked with numerous federal and state government agencies on public policy. His research encompasses work on health policy, bio ethics, environment, insurance, aging, transportation, wildlife law, judicial education and natural resources.
He has won numerous awards for his work with children and television, and held a Special Presidential Assignment for Community Relations at the University from 1993-1995. He has served on the Boards of numerous community service organizations, including the New Mexico Coalition against DWI and Alcohol Abuse, the Coalition for Children, the Governor’s Task Force on Public Employee Benefits, and AARP New Mexico Healthwatch. Currently Mr. Nathanson is Vice Chairman of the National Committee to preserve Social Security and Medicare and on the Board of National Senior Citizen’s Law Center both of which are in Washington DC. For the last two years he has taught a course on Law and Aging at the University of Massachusetts in Boston and plans to continue teaching.

KAREN ZAMORA

Secretary

 Karen is a graduate of the American Institute of Banking and Western States School of Banking, she has worked in that field for twenty years. This former Valencia County resident has been a VIA member since the early 1970’s. She is past president of the Greater Belen Chamber of Commerce, past director /treasurer of the Valencia County Historical Society and a director of the Belen Rotary Club. She is currently residing in Colorado pursuing an entrepreneurial opportunity.

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ROBERT J. DAVEY

CEO / President

 Bob Davey is president and Chief Executive Officer of VIA and treasurer of the Rio Grande Utility Corporation, the VIA subsidiary that provides water and wastewater treatment service to Rio Communities. He has served on VIA’s Board of Directors since 1984, and as a member of the Valencia County Economic Development Corporation and its predecessor organization since 1978. He has been on the staff of VIA since 1976. Other organization affiliations include the Advisory Board, UNM-Valencia Small Business Development Center, Development Board, UNM-Valencia Campus, Central Area Workforce Investment Board (Executive Committee and Chair, Planning Committee) and a member of the Steering Committee, Valencia County Comprehensive Plan. He is a graduate of Fordham University and the University of New Mexico’s Anderson Graduate School of Management.

VINCENT RUSSO

 Vince Russo, a resident of Riverdale, Georgia, retired from his Army career as a Lieutenant General in 1989, and now consults to such entities as the RAND Corporation and the Logistics Management Institute. He served as Director, Defense Logistics Agency, where he oversaw logistical support for the Department of Defense worldwide; and, as Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, Logistics, responsible for the logistics functions of the U.S. Army. He graduated from Fordham University School of Business and attended the U.S. Army War College.

PAUL BACA

Vice-President

 Paul A. Baca is a native of Valencia County, and the general manager of Baca Auto of Belen and the owner and operator of a travel center on Belen's south side. A long time member of VIA, he currently chairs the City of Belen Development Board and The City of Belen Lodgers Tax Board and serves on the Wells Fargo Bank community board. He is a past president of the greater Belen Chamber of Commerce as well as the Rotary Club of Belen, a former board member of the First National Bank of Belen as well as many other community boards and organizations. He is the recipient of the Sam Walton Business Leader Award, Citizen of the year and business of the year awarded by the Belen Chamber of Commerce. He and his wife Loretta with their 4 children live in Belen.

JAMES H. FOLEY

James H. Foley, this year’s nominee for Director, brings more than 35 years of banking and financial experience to VIA’s Board. A graduate of Eastern New Mexico University and the Southwest Graduate School of Banking, Foley served as President, CEO and Chairman of the Board for both First National Bank of Belen and its parent, American Republic Bancshares, Inc., until 1995. Under his leadership, First National grew to become the eighth largest bank in the state. Since 1995, Foley has served as Chairman of the Community Advisory Board for Wells Fargo Bank of Belen. He serves on a host of church, community and business association boards. Among his civic awards, he has been named Citizen of the Year in Belen, received the Community Leadership Award from the New Mexico Easter Seal Society, the Humanitarian Award from the New Mexico Bankers’ Association, the Rio Abajo Award from the Valencia County Historical Society and the Banking Leadership Award from the Western States School of Banking. He and his wife Mary Kay live in Belen. Their son Jamie lives in California with his wife and children; their daughter Jennifer lives and works in New York City.

 

  
 

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