| Co-President, University/College Liaison – Lynn Heffron |
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Lynn Gardner Heffron is the retiring co-president of the American Association of UniversityWomen, New Mexico. She previously was President of AAUW Santa Fe. Lynn also serves
on the Board of AAUW Tech Trek NM. At camp, she conducts an evening conference on Modern Etiquette & Ethics and emcees the Professional Women nights. She is an adjunct professor and learning specialist for the Institute of American Indian Art, IAIA, in Santa Fe and an AVID tutoring specialist for the Santa Fe public schools. In 2009, the Association for Women’s Career Development Hungary awarded Lynn for advancing the rights of women in the workplace in the United States. Since then, she has joined them as a delegate to the UN Commission on the Status of Women. In 2011 President Barak Obama honored Lynn with the President’s Volunteer Award for making the International Children’s Art Festival in Wash., D.C a success.She co-founded and served as President of Diversity Spectrum, a Washington DC based corporation that championed the rights of women and minorities in the corporate, educational, governmental, and private sectors. Her company conducted trade missions to Spain and Lithuania, and she served as an in-person advisor to Georgetown University’s International Executive MBA and Spain’s ESADE business programs in Bangalore, India. Lynn has spoken on diversity and inclusion subjects to several organizations including the US Coast Guard, National Guard, Conference Board, World Bank, the US Department of Homeland Security, and Fortune 500 companies.Earlier, Lynn was an Engineering Project Director at Lockheed and simultaneously was Vice-President of Professional Development for the Lockheed Management Association’s 6,000 members. Lynn has served as adjunct professor of English to international students at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Santa Barbara City College. She was also a secondary school English teacher in Fairfax County, Va. She holds an M.B.A. from Pepperdine University, an M.A. in Drama from Catholic University |
| Co-President & Public Policy Chair – Robbie Richards |
 Robbie and her husband moved to Santa Fe in 2017 from the Chicago area. She transferred her AAUW membership from IL to NM to continue her support of equity for women and girls. She received her BS from the University of Illinois Urbana and her MA from Northeastern Illinois University. Robbie was a teacher and literacy coach at the elementary level in the suburban public school system for thirty-six years and now enjoys being a retiree in Santa Fe spending time practicing yoga, reading, hiking, adventuring, and volunteering. |
| Communications – Luanne Moyer |
 Luanne & her husband moved from the San Francisco Bay Area of California to Santa Fe in November 2012. She joined AAUW in 2013. Since she’s been a member she’s held the offices of Funds Chair and Membership, as well as serving on various committees. Luanne’s educational background (college) is two years at UC Irvine and two years, graduating from Humboldt State University. Until moving to Santa Fe she had spent my entire life in California. |
| Finance Chair- Meredith Tallas |
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Meredith Tallas joined AAUW in 2017 after retiring and moving to Santa Fe from Oakland, California. She worked for 30 years in Regulatory and Clinical Affairs for several international medical diagnostic and drug companies over the course of her career. Meredith is currently the Finance Chair for the AAUW Santa Fe Branch, and an active member of the May Fund scholarship committee. She holds a B.S. in Nutritional Science from the University of California at Berkeley, and an M.S. in Biology from the University of Alaska, Fairbanks (Institute of Arctic Biology). In her free time Meredith enjoys studying southwest history and archaeology, attending opera and other performing arts, and enjoys the great outdoors traveling with her husband to local, state and national parks.
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| Secretary, Website Manager – Erica Higbie |
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Erica has an undergraduate degree from Colgate University, an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh, and a master’s in International Health from Curtain University in Australia. Her professional experience was in healthcare management and business development. Before moving to Santa Fe three years ago, she was an NGO representative to the United Nations focused on women’s human rights. Having worked with AAUW members at the UN, she sought out and joined the Santa Fe branch when she relocated. She loves living in Santa Fe and enjoys the natural beauty, art, history, and amazing programs and festivals that are available.
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| AAUW-UNM Scholarship Endowment Chair- Mickey Bond |
 Mickey Bond joined AAUW in 2015 and served on the AAUW-UNM Scholarship Endowment Committee for several years. Today she is chair of the AAUW-UNM Scholarship Endowment Committee and chair of the Phillip F. May Fund Committee. The Phillip F. May Committee was formed in response to a generous bequest supporting AAUW Santa Fe Programs. The Committee created and has administered new scholarships for women graduating from high schools in Santa Fe with an emphasis on those who are the first in their family to attend college. In addition, the Committee, formed and disseminated an Associate’s Degree Scholarship at SFCC. Outside of AAUW Mickey is a mixed-media artist and co-owner of Artful Soul Creative Experiences, a boutique art school for locals and visitors located in Santa Fe’s historic district downtown. Bond earned her BA at Colgate University and has a master’s degree in American Literature from the University of Michigan. |
| Directory Editor- Enid Tidwell |
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Enid grew up on a 180 acre apple orchard in a sandstone house built with stone quarried nearby by Navajo craftsmen. The orchard was across the San Juan River from the Navajo (Dine) reservation. She was lucky enough to live in many places, including Kuwait. Her English degree is from the University of Alabama in Huntsville, but she never taught. Instead she became a sculptor working in the transparent media of cast polyester resin and later did a number of cast glass sculptures. Being an avid gardener and supporter of the Museum of International Folk Art keeps her busy when not pursuing equity for women and girls.
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| Website Editor – Ginger Williams |
 Ginger (Virginia) Williams has called Santa Fe, NM her forever home since 2006. Ginger joined AAUW in 2021. She graduated from the University of Massachusetts- Amherst with a degree in Sport Management. After a career in event management that included working for the Sydney Olympics and being the Director of Santa Fe’s International Folk Art Market, she has moved her strengths to cultivating a spirit of Philanthropy for the local institution, Girls Inc. of Santa Fe. Where she is inspiring girls to be strong, smart & bold. Ginger is the mom of two young boys, enjoys quilting, cycling, reading and the out of doors. Her life is never boring. |
| Corresponding Secretary – Connie Deschamps |
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Connie is an artist and enjoys painting and collage. She is very active in her church, The Unitarian Universalists of Santa Fe. She is a mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend. |
