About Us

RGCDC’s approach is to connect purpose with action to collectively build stronger and healthier communities.

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Vision & Mission

Vision

A strong community built on an abundance of economic and social opportunity where generations prosper.

Mission

Be the trusted and accessible community hub for social and economic entrepreneurship which facilitates self-sufficiency while honoring the people’s voice and culture.

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History

The Rio Grande Community Development Corporation (RGCDC) is a community-based organization started in 1986 to provide a vehicle for public and private resources to serve needs identified by residents and business owners in the South Valley of Bernalillo County.

For thirty years, the RGCDC has been working to help people affect change in their neighborhoods. Focusing to pursue community-wide healthy economic and social development that enriches traditional cultural values and historical uses of the land while supporting the peoples’ voice in development and reducing poverty through entrepreneurial enterprise.

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Governance Board of Directors

Robert Baade

Chair

Director, RFK Charter School

Ruth Aragon

Vice Chair

IT Manager, Sandia National Laboratories

Keith Hartnett

Treasurer

CFO, Admiral Beverage

Shawn L. Berman

Secretary

Associate Dean & Associate professor of Management, UNM Anderson School of Management

Annette Chavez y de la Cruz

Board Member

Governing Board, CNM

Frank Baca

Board Member

Retired Lawyer

Roberta Ricci

Board Member

Director, National Hispanic Cultural Center Foundation

Denise Nava

Board Member

Senior Communications Manager, Albuquerque Community Foundation

Kizito Wijenje

Board Member

Executive Director – Capital Master Plan, Albuquerque Public Schools

Tatiana Falcon

Board Member

Senior Program Manager, Community Health – Presbyterian Healthcare Services

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Staff Members

Josue Olivares

Executive Director

Rio Grande Community Development Corporation

Jayme Chester

Operations Director

Rio Grande Community Development Corporation

Sarah Rulfs

Development Director

Rio Grande Community Development Corporation

Sean Humphrey

Delicious NM Manager

Rio Grande Community Development Corporation

Camille Vasquez

SVEDC Manager

Rio Grande Community Development Corporation

Colleen Buchanan

Executive Assistant

Rio Grande Community Development Corporation

Ramon Dorado

Maintenance Coordinator

Rio Grande Community Development Corporation

Maria Jose Ramos

Color Theory Navigator

Rio Grande Community Development Corporation

on behalf of the

Color Theory Coalition

Jose Luis Sandoval

Client Services Supervisor

Rio Grande Community Development Corporation

Frances Brown

Client Services

Rio Grande Community Development Corporation

Claudia Bañuelos

Receptionist

Rio Grande Community Development Corporation

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Funders & Supporters