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2023-24 NMACRAO Board

NMACRAO Past-President 
Samantha Nelson, Business Analyst II
Central New Mexico Community College

Samantha is currently the Business Analyst for Graduation, Evaluation, and Curriculum at Central New Mexico Community College. She has also been a Transcript Evaluator at CNM, and she briefly served as Registrar at New Mexico Tech. She has worked in higher education since 2012, after beginning her career as a middle and high school mathematics and science teacher.

Samantha holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from New Mexico Tech and a master’s degree in Secondary Education from the University of New Mexico.

Outside of work, Samantha enjoys spending time with her husband, son, and animals, playing board games, and both running and coaching with a local running club. She is training toward certification as a personal trainer and health coach. 

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NMACRAO President 
Katharine Baggett, Associate Director 
Central New Mexico Community College

I have been in education my entire adult life. First, as a classroom teacher in Kindergarten through College from subjects as varied as English and Spanish to AP Physics and Psychology. I then moved to higher education in financial aid at the University of Arizona and am currently an Associate Director in Admissions and Registration at Central New Mexico Community College.  I started serving in professional organization when I was in college and gained a love of the service, friendships and knowledge that comes from working with my peer institutions.   I am excited to service as NMACRAO’s President this coming year.

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NMACRAO President-Elect
Position currently vacant 

NMACRAO Secretary
Karen Doughty, Registrar
San Juan College

Karen Doughty joined San Juan College in 2022 as its registrar, and is currently involved in a student information system (SIS) conversion, collaborating with five other CHESS institutions in New Mexico. She is a member of RMACRAO and NMACRAO serves on the CCNS committee with NMHED. Ms. Doughty had moved from Odessa College in Texas, having served two years as the Associate Vice President for Instruction (Operations) for Odessa College and seven years as registrar, where she led the department to triple the number of annual credentialed graduates. She had relocated to Odessa from San Antonio, Texas, where she retired from 21 years active service in the United States Air Force, much of it in education and training.

Ms. Doughty and her husband, David, call both New Mexico and Texas home. They love to travel to northern New Mexico to climb mountains and take cruises to visit Caribbean ports. They have two children and numerous pets who behave like children.

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NMACRAO Secretary-Elect
Krystal C'deBaca
New Mexico Highlands University

Bio Coming Soon!

NMACRAO Treasurer
Kristina Lucero-Martinez, Admissions Coordinator
New Mexico Highlands University

Bio Coming Soon!

NMACRAO Treasurer-Elect
Position currently vacant