Program & Learning
Mary Bissell
Mary Bissell joined the Foundation in October of 2024 as a program coordinator for the Program and Learning team. Her work focuses on the Innovation Zones initiative and transforming the high school experience for students all over the state of New Mexico. Mary leads…
Marissa Burns
Marissa comes to LANL Foundation to support and bolster the communities and learning environments of northern New Mexico. Born and raised in Michigan, Marissa has been living in and learning continuously about New Mexico through volunteering with community groups, making…
Jenica Rodriguez
Jenica joined LANL Foundation in 2024. She was born and raised in Santa Fe, and lives in Albuquerque with her 4 dogs and 1 cat. She loves the outdoors and absolutely anything that has to do with animals.
Tobie Baker Wright
Tobie joined the LANL Foundation in 2021. It is with a feeling of gratitude that she is able to serve her local and regional community to convene partners, hold space to shape and operationalize vision, and enhance the capacity of…
Jovanna Archuleta
Jovanna rejoined the LANL Foundation after serving as the nation’s first Assistant Secretary for Native American Early Childhood Education and Care with the newly established cabinet level state Early Childhood Education and Care Department of New Mexico where she served under the Lujan…
Paul LeFrancois
Paul joined the LANL Foundation in 2022. As the K12 Program Coordinator, Paul focuses on supporting the team’s many projects including the ISEC (Inquiry Science Education Consortium) and NBCT (National Board Certified Teacher) Programs, as well as opportunities to work…
Silvia Aguirre
Silvia Aguirre joined the LANL Foundation in 2022 as the Scholarship Program Coordinator. She first became involved with the Foundation when she was awarded a Bronze Scholarship as an undergraduate student in 2019. During her senior year at New Mexico…
Kersti Tyson
Kersti Tyson joined the LANL Foundation in 2019. Kersti’s primary focus is utilizing research and evaluation to support the Foundation’s mission, vision, values and strategies across the spectrum of public education. Kersti will help both internal and external stakeholders to…
Doris Rivera
Doris Rivera’s primary role at the Foundation is to support and train teachers as part of the professional development component of the K-12 program. This entails program development and oversight of Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) projects, Supporting and Retaining…