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• 2 hours ago SANTA FE – After more than a year of managing an unprecedented deluge of unemployment claims brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and overseeing the disbursement of more than $3.5 billion in funds to displaced workers throughout the state, New Mexico Workforce Solutions Secretary Bill McCamley will step down from his position. Here is a statement from the Governor s office:
McCamley’s resignation is effective Friday, April 16. Ricky Serna, who had previously served as deputy secretary at the Department of Workforce Solutions, will serve as acting secretary until a full-time replacement is identified; the administration has begun searching for qualified candidates.
Bill McCamley steps down as New Mexico Workforce Solutions secretary
Former state legislator led the state s response to spike in unemployment claims through the first year of COVID-19 pandemic
McCamley led the department s response to unprecedented unemployment spike during COVID-19 crisis.
McCamley submitted resignation under circumstances that are not clear.
Former deputy secretary Ricky Serna will serve as acting secretary during search for successor.
SANTA FE – New Mexico Workforce Solutions Secretary Bill McCamley is leaving his position in Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham s cabinet, effective Friday, the governor s office announced.
Santa Fe New Mexican, which obtained an apparent farewell email from McCamley to employees of the department.
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New Mexico s Karen Trujillo: A huge advocate for students and teachers
Tracey Bryan
“New Mexico just lost a huge advocate for kids,” said Michael Chavez, superintendent of Hatch Valley Public Schools.
The enormity of that loss advanced like a black fog across Las Cruces and New Mexico, as news of the tragic death of Las Cruces Public Schools Superintendent Karen Trujillo spread across social media.
Karen loved kids, and she loved teachers. She wanted both to realize their potential and to know that we, as a community, believed in them.
“Karen was truly a shining light in our educational community,” said Dr. Michael Morehead, past chair of The Bridge of Southern New Mexico’s Board of Directors and Dean Emeritus of New Mexico State University s College of Education. “Whether she was running a STEM program at NMSU, coordinating Educators Rising an organization for future teachers or as superintendent of schools. Students and teachers were always first in her though