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UNM NABPI Hires New Executive Director
The UNM Native American Budget & Policy Institute names Carmela Roybal, Ph.D., UNM alumna, as its newest executive director.
New director brings Tribal perspective and extensive research experience to role.
Carmela Roybal, Ph.D., MBGPH, MA, has been hired as the new Executive Director of the UNM Native American Budget and Policy Institute. In her new role, Dr. Roybal will direct and oversee research, budget and policy analysis, policy advocacy, and will continue to promote the Institute as a resource for New Mexico’s 23 Pueblos, Tribes and Nations.
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The Univeristy of New Mexico Native American Budget and Policy Insitute was originally developed as an ougrowth of the issues and ideas derived by the Leadership Institute at the Santa Fe Indian School and funded by a grant through an agreement with the Regents of the University of New Mexico (UNM) and the New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty (NMCLP) as a sub-recipient to improve the health, educational and economic well-being of vulnerable Native American children and families by enhancing capacity to conduct budget and policy analysis specific to Native American Communities.
Governance Council Members
- Ingeborg Vicenti, Dulce Public Schools Mental Health Therapist (Jicarilla Apache)
- Patricia Salazar Ives, Esq., Cuddy & McCarthy, LLP - Partner
- Michael Lipsky, PhD. MIT, Former Professor of Political Science; Ford Foundation - former Senior Program Officer
- Tara Gatewood (Isleta/Diné)
- Ken Lucero, PhD. (Zia/Cochiti)
