US-Mexico border and immigration task force members


Elected Officials

* Jose Rodriguez, County Attorney, El Paso, TX
* Manny Ruiz, Supervisor, Santa Cruz Board of Supervisors, Nogales, AZ
Sharon Bronson, Supervisor, Pima County Board of Supervisors, District 3, Tucson, AZ
Susie Byrd, El Paso City Representative, El Paso, TX
Veronica Escobar, County Commissioner, Precinct 2, El Paso, TX
Eddie Espinoza, Mayor of the Village of Columbus, NM
Trinidad Lopez, Mayor, City of Socorro, Socorro, TX
Marty Moreno, Councilwoman, Sahuarita City Council, Sahaurita, AZ
Anna Perez, County Commissioner, Precinct 1, El Paso, TX
Erika Reyna, Hidalgo County Judge, Hidalgo, TX
R. Carlos Romero, Council Aid, Ward 1, Tucson
Ruben Segura, Former Mayor of Sunland Park, NM
Karin Uhlich, Councilwoman, Ward 3, City of Tucson, AZ

Faith

Mark Adams, Frontera de Cristo, Bi-National Presbyterian Mission – Douglas, AZ/Agua Prieta, Sonora
Donald Bahlinger, S.J., Kino Border Initiative, Nogales, AZ
Arturo Banuelas, St. Pius Catholic Community Church, El Paso, TX
Sean Carroll, S.J., Reverend and Executive Director, Kino Border Initiative, Nogales, AZ
Kathleen Erickson, Sister of Mercy, NM
Wayne Hawkins, Pastor, Iglesia del Pueblo, Las Cruces, NM
Randy Mayer, Reverend, Good Shepherd-Sahuarita, Sahuarita, AZ
Seth Polley, Episcopalian Vicar, Arizona Diocese, Douglas, AZ
Martin Salazar, Pastor, Templo de Alabanza, El Paso, TX
Rick Ufford-Chase, Presbyterian Peace Fellowship: President, National Moderator, New York/Tucson, AZ

Law Enforcement

Greg Allen, Police Chief, El Paso, TX
Kevin Lanahan, Administrative Assistant to the Chief of Police, El Paso, TX
Alberto Melis, Police Chief, Douglas, AZ
Richard Wiles, Sheriff, El Paso County, TX

Community Organizations

Jennifer Allen, Executive Director, Border Action Network, Tucson, AZ
Ann Cass, Executive Director, Proyecto Azteca, San Juan, Texas
Gayle Lawn-Day, Executive Director, Migrant Health Promotion, Weslaco, TX
Michal Elsner, Board Member, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Tucson, AZ
Elizabeth Garcia, Marguerite Casey Foundation, Brownsville, Texas
Fernando Garcia, Executive Director, Border Network for Human Rights, El Paso, TX
Iliana Holguin, Executive Director, Diocesan Migrant & Refugee Services (DMRS), El Paso TX
Jay Johnson-Castro, Border Ambassadors, Del Rio, TX
Ken Kennon, Board Member, Borderlinks, Tucson, AZ
Cecile Lumer, Executive Director, NonProfit Enterprise Center, El Paso, TX
Frank Lopez, No More Deaths, Arizona
Victoria Lopez, Immigrant Rights Advocate, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Florence, AZ
Lindsay N. Marshall, Esq., Executive Director, Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project, Florence, AZ
Delle McCormick, Executive Director, Borderlinks, Tucson, AZ
Sally Meisenhelder, R.N., No More Deaths, Las Cruces, NM
Rogelio Nunez, Director, Proyecto Libertad, Harlingen, Texas
Marco Raposo, Executive Director, Peace and Justice Ministry, El Paso, TX
Sarah Roberts, R.N., Samaritans, Tucson, AZ
Alvaro Sosa, Valley Movement for Human Rights, Brownsville, Texas
Andy Silverman, No More Deaths, Tucson, AZ
Mark Townley, Humane Borders, Tucson, AZ
Juanita Valdez-Cox, Executive Director, La Union del Pueblo Unido (LUPE), San Juan, Texas

Business

Fernando Gonzales, Owner, JanCo Janitorial, Tucson, AZ
Jason LeVecke, CEO Arizona Employers for Immigration Reform & CEO of Carl’s Jr., Phoenix
Eduardo Miranda, Member, Greater Chamber of Commerce, El Paso, TX
Maru Moreno, Owner, NUVO Print & Designs and Member of Chamber of Hispanic Professionals and Entrepreneurs of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Dick & Nan Walden, Vice President and Counsel of Farmers Investment Co. (FICO), Sahuarita, AZ

ATTORNEY AT LAW

Virginia Blackman-Suzueta, Attorney, Bellovin & Associates, Tucson, AZ
Maurice Goldman, State Chair, American Immigration Lawyers Association and Goldman & Goldman, Tucson, AZ
Luis Fernando Parra, Attorney, Private Practice, Nogales, AZ
Peter Raptis, U.S. Federal Public Defender, Tucson, AZ
Briana Stone, Director and Attorney, Paso del Norte Civil Rights Project, El Paso, TX
Inna Parizher, Staff Attorney, Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid, Edinburg, TX

ACADEMICS

Jason Ackleson, Associate Professor, Co-Coordinator Border Security Research Group, New Mexico State University (NMSU) Professor, Las Cruces, NM
Irasema Coronado, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX
Javier Duran, Associate Professor of Spanish and Border Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Zoe Hammer, Professor of Cultural and Regional Studies, Prescott College, Prescott, AZ
Neil Harvey, Associate Professor, Director of Center for Latin American and Border Studies, New Mexico State University (NMSU), Las Cruces, NM
Josiah Heyman, Chair and Professor of Anthropology, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX
Ray Michalowski, Regent’s Professor of Criminal Justice, Graduate Program, Northern Arizona University (NAU) Flagstaff, AZ
Cristina Morales,, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX
Rebecca Orozco, Director, Center for Lifelong Learning, Cochise College, Douglas, AZ
Gina Nuñez, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX
Kathy Staudt, Professor of Political Science, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX

* Co-chairs of the US-Mexico Border and Immigration Task Force