I grew up on the east side of New Mexico in Roswell after his father retired from his Army career to assume the job of Assistant Commandant at NMMI in 1965. My upbringing included many summer jobs repairing pasture fence and bucking hay for ag producers in the Roswell area. I graduated from high school at NMMI in 1977 and NMSU in 1981. I then began my career with the Federal Land Bank in Roswell in 1981. Transferring to Albuquerque in 1982, I worked as a loan officer and appraiser until 1990 when he choose to focus on the appraisal side of the bank now known as Farm Credit. I was awarded his ARA designation in 1990. I retired from Farm Credit of NM December 31, 2014, ending my 34 year career as the Chief Appraisal Officer for the company; a position I held for 10 years. Myself along with 12 other staff members provided quality valuation services to lending personnel serving the customers of the largest and most profitable ag lender in NM. I was responsible to the Board of Directors to assure regulatory compliance with all Federal, State, and appraisal organizations affecting valuation operations.
I served on various committees in the New Mexico Chapter of the ASFMRA and served as President of the Chapter in the late 80s into the early 90s. I served on the Experience Review Committee for the newly formed NM State Appraisal Board in the early 90s. I am a general certified appraiser and am licensed in New Mexico. I am a member of the NM ASFMRA and an Associate member of the Rio Grande Chapter of the Appraisal Institute.
I have had the privilege to view and appraise many vast New Mexico real estate holdings whether farms or ranches over my career. I also served as the Farm Credit representative to the Landowner-Sportsman Coalition in NM. My big game hunting experiences in New Mexico allowed my wife Kelly and I to start a small hunting business in the early 90s. This business has grown over the years.
I passed the New Mexico Associate Brokers exam in December 2013 and am now and associate broker with with Chas S. Middleton and Son in Lubbock,Tx. My wife Kelly and I live in far NE Albuquerque. We have raised two daughters. My oldest daughter Michelle passed away in 2020. Clara is the STEM Program Manager with the Engineering Department of NMSU and lives with her husband Sam in Durango.