Board of Directors

Dr. Evan Davies - President

Rose Mary La Plante - Secretary

A graduate of the University of Iowa (never to be confused with Iowa State University), Rose Mary has been a resident of Las Cruces for 53 years where she raised six children. Rose Mary is retired from the city of Las Cruces, where she worked at the Branigan Library and Cultural Center. Her current interests include reading, quilting and traveling the world.

Fred Yellon - Treasurer

Fred is a native of Cleveland, Ohio and has a masters degree in education from the University of Ohio. He taught for two years in the public school system before becoming a bankruptcy specialist for the Internal Revenue Service. Fred has been a resident of Las Cruces since May, 2007.

John Courtright

Mr. Courtright has a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanized Agriculture from the University of Nebraska and attended Kansas Paramedic School at the University of Kansas. John served in the Nebraska National Guard, was a paramedic in Johnson County, Nebraska and a independent contractor for the Forest Service. Most Recently he has been the business manager for CO-ZI apartments and J&L Storage Vans. He presently resides in Los Alamos, New Mexico.