Standing (Left to Right): Ken Goode, Larry Haslam, Randy Patterson, Charles Stockton
Middle: James Francis, Larry Erwin, Robert Ewing, Robert Martin, Ken Williams, Richard Gomez, Carroll Vaughn
Seated: Stanley Jones, Linda Dean, Joseph Bunce, Ivey Massey
Not Pictured: Dwight Parker, Alan Chastine, Anne McCollum, Saul Prieto, Joe Coey, Judith Edwards

Board of Directors

Dr. Joseph Bunce is the Executive Director of the Baptist Convention of New Mexico and began his service on the board in 2006.

Alan Chastine is owner of Pinnacle Investments, a real estate company based in Las Cruces.  Mr. Chastine has served on numerous administrative committees at Calvary Baptist Church where he is a deacon and elder.

Joe Coey is from Albuquerque, NM. He is the President of Union Savings Bank. He has served as president and CEO of the New Mexico Educators Federal Credit Union and has been an investment portfolio manager. Joe is a member of First Baptist Church, Rio Rancho.

Linda Dean has lived in Farmington, NM for 50+ years. She works for Conoco Phillips Company (35 years), serves on PAC Board of  Directors. Serves as Hostess Chairman, co-lead Singles Ministry and DivorceCare facilitator. Hobbies are golf, baking, crocheting, movies, spending time with Randy.

Dr. Judith Edwards is retired Missions Mobilization Team Leader and director of Missions Education and Woman's Ministries for the Baptist Convention of New Mexico. previously ministering as a north American missionary than as design editor for National WMU, she is now an active member of First Baptist Church of Rio Rancho, a member of the WMU Foundation Board of Trustees, and a volunteer hospice chaplain. Judith is the 2011 Recipient of the Dellanna West O'Brien Award.

Larry Erwin resides in Clovis, NM.  He is the owner of Erwin and Associates, where he serves as a financial consultant.  He is a member of First Baptist Church, Clovis. Mr. Erwin has been the Chairman of the Finance Committee, Chairman of the Church Administrative Council, Deacon and Adult Sunday School Teacher.  Mr. Erwin first joined the NMBF Board in 1987. He is now serving a second term.

Robert Ewing was an engineering manager at Sandia National Labs before his retirement. Since his retirement, he has been an engineering consultant for five different companies. Robert is active at Hoffmantown Baptist Church in Albuquerque and serves on the finance committee. Robert is on the boards of Noonday Ministries and Eagles Wings Youth Ranch. He has participated in mission construction activities in the jungles of South America, Peru, Montana, Utah and Texas. Robert joined the board in 2009 and serves as the Chairman of the Budget/Audit Committee.

James Francis is a certified public accountant at Johnson Miller and Company, Hobbs. He is a member at First Baptist Church. James has been on the board since 2001.

Richard Gomez is currently a trustee and Administrator Business manager of the First Spanish/Fruit Avenue Baptist Church, Albuquerque. He has completed two terms as President of the NM Spanish Baptist Convention, and currently serves as Administrative Coordinator.  Mr. Gomez is a pharmacist and has retired from the University of New Mexico having served as Director of Pharmacy Services and Coordinator of Investigational Drug Studies.  He is a staff member of the Missions Division of the Baptist Convention of New Mexico and serves as the Director of Volunteer Mobilization/Mission Service Corps. Richard joined the board in 1999.

Rev. Larry Haslam serves churches in New Mexico as an Intentional Interim Pastor.  Rev. Haslam served the SBC as Glorieta Conference Center Administrator for 30 years.

Stanley Jones resides in Portales, NM.  Stanley is the owner of SRG Development, LTD and involved in farming and dairying.  He is a member of First Baptist Church, Portales where he has served as Trustee and as Chairman of the Finance Committee.  Mr. Jones has been involved in funding and building churches for over 20 years. Mr. Jones joined the NMBF Board in 2007.

Anne McCollum is a CPA with the firm of Newberry & Associates, Ltd in Gallup.  She is a former New Mexico Baptist Foundation board member. She is a  member of First Baptist Church in Gallup, where she serves as a Sunday school teacher and is active in the Women’s Missionary Union. She rejoined the board in 2006.

Robert Martin is President of C.A. Properties and R.E. Martin Investments.  A retired Brigadier General with the New Mexico Air National Guard, Gen. Martin is a member of Del Norte Baptist Church, Albuquerque.  He serves as deacon and teaches adult Sunday School.  Gen. Martin was elected to the board in 1994.

Randy Patterson is retired having served as Vice President of Exploration and Production for Yates Petroleum Corporation in Artesia. He is a member at First Baptist Church and joined the board in 2002.

Saul Prieto is a member of Mesilla Valley Baptist Church in Mesilla, NM, where he teaches an English Adult Sunday School and leads worship. He was the director of Spanish Camp in NM for 4 years. Retired from Geophysics CO in Texas, he now has a Pecan Farm in South Las Cruces, NM.

Charles Stockton is an investment counselor at Nations Bank Investments, Clovis.  He is a member of Central Baptist Church, Clovis, where he has served as deacon and is currently teaching Sunday School.  Mr. Stockton was elected to the board in 1998.

Carroll Vaughn lives in Bloomfield, NM and is retired from the lumber business.  He serves as a trustee with the North American Mission Board of the SBC.  He is a member of First Baptist Church Bloomfield where he is a deacon and a SS teacher.  He has previously been on the Finance, Personnel and Pastor Search committees of Bloomfield SBC.  He joined the Foundation board in 2006.