Jim Baca has a strong record of visionary service to New Mexico. He recently retired as the State of New Mexico’s Natural Resource Trustee. He has served as Mayor of the City of Albuquerque, as well as two prior terms as New Mexico’s elected State Land Commissioner. He served as the Director of the National Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior in the first Clinton Administration. Jim Baca also serves on the Boards of numerous non profit organizations including The Wilderness Society and the Wyss Foundation and the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance. Baca has run a successful public affairs consulting practice when not serving in public office.