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Address:
310 Old Santa Fe Trail,
Santa Fe NM 87501

Phone:
505-827-5760

Commercial Resources Staff Directory

The division’s staff is divided into two sections: the lease management section and the project management section. The lease managers oversee the day-to-day management of business leases. The leases include uses such as retail, office and industrial, telecommunication sites; oil- and gas-related surface uses; underground gas storage units; real estate planning and development; renewable energy (solar, wind, and biomass); and billboards.

The project management section consists of professional staff continually working with lease applicants and local and federal governments to facilitate the due diligence of complex leases, process long-term leases, resolve planning issues and manage land exchanges. The project management staff is also responsible for auditing leases on a case-by-case basis for compliance, record-keeping and financial accountability.

Commercial Resources Division (CRD)

Commercial Resources Division (CRD)
Michael Sage Assistant Commissioner, Commercial Resources Division (505) 670-3244
Jim Bordegaray Director, Commercial Resources Division (505) 827-5777
Melissa Armijo Deputy Director, Commercial Resources Division (505) 827-5728
Vacant Economic Development Specialist (505) 827-5731
Christopher Wolf Special Projects Analyst (505) 827-5095
Francesca Fernandez Special Projects Analyst (505) 827-1252
Barbara Griego Administrative Assistant (505) 827-5784
Business Leasing
Conrad Kegel Business Leasing Manager (505) 827-5797
Vacant Business Leasing Analyst (505) 476-4533
Anthony Vigil Business Leasing Analyst (505) 827-5710  
Anais Gonzalez Business Leasing Analyst (505) 827-5780  
Crestino Gonzales Business Leasing Analyst (505) 827-3809  
Ryan Madrid Business Leasing Analyst (505) 476-4590  
Jessica Juarez Business Leasing Analyst (505) 476-4533  
Office of Renewable Energy
Craig Johnson Director, Office of Renewable Energy (505) 827-5724
Grady Barrens Deputy Director, Office of Renewable Energy (505) 827-4095
Rhesa Njolai Management Analyst (505) 827-5870
Patrick Trujillo Management Analyst (505) 827-3810
Rights of Way (ROW)
Amy Velazquez Rights of Way Leasing Manager (505) 827-5789
Ashleigh Schutz Management Analyst (505) 827-5733
Samantha Martinez Management Analyst (505) 827-4003
Leticia Vigil Management Analyst (505) 827-5094
Christopher Gutierrez Management Analyst (505) 827-5773
Patricia Esquibel Management Analyst (505) 827-5734
Philip Garcia Management Analyst (505) 827-5751
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Lease Sale Process

The State Land Office offers tracts for oil and gas leasing the third Tuesday of every month.  Tracts are leased through a competitive sealed or oral bid process.  To bid, you must have an OGRID number; if you do not have one; contact Veronica Gonzales at (505) 476-4538. Sealed bids must be submitted with payment prior to the lease sale; oral bidding is conducted at the lease sale.  Full directions and the bid application form can be found in the monthly lease sale notice.

Anyone can nominate available tracts for offer at the lease sale.  To nominate, send an email to Allison Marks, Director, at amarks@nmslo.gov.  To find out which tracts are available, use the Oil and Gas Interactive Map.

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