Past Presidents

We Salute our Past Presidents

NMSNA gratefully recognizes our past presidents for their contributions to the New Mexico School Nutrition Association and to the Child Nutrition profession.

Here are our past Presidents!

NMSNA Past Presidents 1955 - 2025

  • 2024-2025:  Dean Gallegos - Rio Rancho Schools                                                                                                               
  • 2023-2024:  Rachel Rogers - Mora                                                                                                                                                                                                           

  • 2022-23: Marie Johnson - Farmington

  • 2021-22: Marie Johnson - Farmington

  • 2020-21: Janet Sanchez - Belen

  • 2019-20: Rachel Royal-Rogers - Mora

  • 2018-19: Dean Gallegos - Bernalillo

  • 2017-18: Shelley Montgomery - Dexter

  • 2016-17: Norma Valenzuela - Las Cruces

  • 2015-16: Judi Juaquez, RD/LD - Santa Fe

  • 2014-15: Nancy Cathey, RD/LD - Las Cruces

  • 2013-14: Sabrina Gonzales - Albuquerque

  • 2012-13: Kerry Moore - Roswell

  • 2011-12: Mary Swift - Albuquerque

  • 2010-11: Angela Haney - Los Lunas

  • 2009-10: Darlene Yocham - Gallup/McKinley

  • 2008-09: Lorraine Marquez - Belen

  • 2007-08: Debra Trujillo - Bernalillo

  • 2006-07: Debra Trujillo - Bernalillo

  • 2005-06: Gayle Reeves - Silver City

  • 2004-05: Lyman Graham - Carlsbad

  • 2003-04: Andy Suazo - Santa Fe

  • 2002-03: Janet Sanchez - Belen

  • 2001-02: Pauline Raia - Albuquerque

  • 2000-01: Demetrious Giovas - Anthony

  • 1999-00: Esther Quesada - Albuquerque

  • 1998-99: Lorraine Silva - Belen

  • 1997-98: Judy Abernathy - Clovis

  • 1996-97: Sharon Graham - Bloomfield

  • 1995-96: Mary Ann McCann - Taos

  • 1994-95: Lucille Lee - Los Lunas

  • 1993-94: Patricia Vigil - Mora

  • 1992-93: Corrine Lovato - Santa Fe

  • 1991-92: Barbara Horry - Clovis

  • 1990-91: Cathy Daddow - Aztec

  • 1989-90: Pauline Barker - Grants

  • 1988-89: Myra Eden - Albuquerque

  • 1987-88: Clifford Morris - Santa Fe

  • 1986-87: Jane Hammond - Clovis

  • 1985-86: Roger Powell - Alamogordo

  • 1984-85: Jackie Haley - Aztec

  • 1983-84: Loyce Hodges - Clovis

  • 1982-83: Etta Rae Sewell - Albuquerque

  • 1981-82: Kathy Daddow - Aztec

  • 1980-81: Jeanette Cooper - Alamogordo

  • 1979-80: Laura Beth Newberry - Clovis

  • 1978-79: Elaine Keaton - Albuquerque

  • 1977-78: Elaine Keaton - Albuquerque

  • 1976-77: Naomi Reed - Albuquerque

  • 1975-76: Kathy Daddow - Aztec

  • 1974-75: Dell Foster - Clovis

  • 1973-74: Loy LeGore - Albuquerque

  • 1972-73: Bettye Palmer - Albuquerque

  • 1971-72: Fern Allen - Albuquerque

  • 1970-71: Opal Hayne - Alamogordo

  • 1969-70: Doris Valentine - Albuquerque

  • 1968-69: Ann Mullings - Santa Fe

  • 1967-68: Lucille Coleman - Albuquerque

  • 1966-67: Naomi Shoul - Cruces

  • 1965-66: Albert Scott - Hobbs

  • 1964-65: Mildred Wenk - Albuquerque

  • 1963-64: Naomi Bond - Albuquerque

  • 1962-63: Selma Chambers - Albuquerque

  • 1961-62: Margaret Jones - Cruces

  • 1960-61: Harold R. Miller - Carlsbad

  • 1959-60: Paul Tombs - Hobbs

  • 1958-59: Jay Lewis - Albuquerque

  • 1957-58: Harold R. Miller - Carlsbad

  • 1956-57: Ruth Williams - Grants

  • 1955-56: Jane Hammond - Clovis

  • 1958-59: Jay Lewis - Albuquerque

  • 1957-58: Harold R. Miller - Carlsbad

  • 1956-57: Ruth Williams - Grants

  • 1955-56: Jane Hammond - Clovis