Board of Directors

LETITIA CHAMBERS

Vice-President

Dr. Letitia Chambers is recognized for her accomplishments as the CEO of several corporations/agencies, her expertise as a manager, her contributions to public policy, and her service to educational and non-profit organizations.  Her private sector experience includes founding and serving as CEO for 20 years of a highly successful Washington, DC based consulting firm, Chambers Associates Incorporated, which she sold to a large global consulting firm, Navigant Consulting, where she became a Managing Director.

Most recently, she served as President and CEO of a large museum, where she led a strategic planning effort, followed by major financial and management reforms, as well as significant improvements in facilities.  Since retiring from the heard Museum in 2012, Dr. Chambers has maintained a part time consulting practice as Foothills Associates LLC.

In positions in the government sector, she served as Staff Director of two US Senate Committees in the 1970s, the Senate Committee of Labor and Human Resources and the Senate special Committee on Aging. In 1992, she served as the Chief Budget Advisor to the Clinton/Gore transition, where she led the Budget Policy Group and served on the Economic Policy Team. In 1996, Ambassador Chambers served as the U.S. Representative to the United Nations General Assembly, a presidentially appointed position of ambassadorial rank requiring confirmation by the U.S. Senate. In 2004-2005, she headed the state system of higher education in New Mexico.

She has served on several corporate Boards of Directors, primarily in the financial sector, as well as on Boards of Directors of numerous educational and non-profit organizations.  She has also served as an officer and/or Committee Chair on a number of the boards of directors on which she has served.

Dr. Chambers has a reputation as an accomplished speaker before large audiences, as well as in interacting with smaller groups, across the US, in several foreign countries and at the United Nations.  She appeared on Larry King Live, and several of her speaking engagements were covered by C-SPAN. In addition, she has been interviewed on several television programs and for articles in a number of publications. She also has authored or co-authored numerous articles, monographs, and reports.

Dr. Chambers resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico with her husband, the Honorable Peter P. Smith, former US Congressman (VT).

CLARA DOUGHERTY

I am a native of Northern New Mexico, my family having settled here in 1689 during the re-conquest of the New Spain.  I have been a licensed New Mexico Real Estate Broker since 1980, working the entire time in the Santa Fe marketplace.  In October of 1988 my husband, Wm. David Dougherty, and I started Dougherty Real Estate Co..  After 30 years as a Real Estate Broker Associate, I am proud of the depth of knowledge and information I have accumulated.  As a Broker Associate, my clients find my experience helps them assess quickly and efficiently where they want to be, what they are looking for and how their property relates to the market as a whole.

I specialize in fine residential properties and “just plain hard work.”  Specializing in the listing and selling of fine properties – both residential and land – that offer something extra is my area of expertise.  This might be the incredible view property on the north side, the hard-to-find quintessential Santa Fe style on the Eastside, the classic hacienda in a traditional community like Tesuque, or a special ranch in Northern New Mexico.

I earned my Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from New Mexico State University and a Masters Degree in Business Administration/Finance with a concentration in Real Estate from the University of Arizona.  My community participation has included being the Director of the Santa Fe Association of Realtors, a Member of the Urban Land Institute, a Trustee for the New Mexico Museum Foundation, an Executive Officer for the Spanish Colonial Arts Society, and a Director on the Board of Catholic Social Services, to name a few.

Wm. David Dougherty, the Owner/Broker of Dougherty Real Estate Company, LLC, and I have been married since 1977.  We are avid readers, movie-goers, bird hunters, joggers, hikers and love to travel.  We particularly love to garden and walk with our dogs.

GENE MEDEROS

Born in Cuba and raised in Brooklyn, Gene Mederos obtained his Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in Theatre Arts from the University of Miami. Gene has designed and built sets for theatrical productions and events in Miami, NYC, and Santa Fe. His artwork has been shown in Miami, Tampa, and NYC. Currently, Gene is a filmmaker and animator living and working in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He teaches post production at the Santa Fe Community College and is the Chair of the New Mexico Film Resource, a nonprofit dedicated to creating film jobs for film students in New Mexico.

BRUCE MCKENNA

President

Bruce C. McKenna is an award winning screenwriter and producer. He wrote on four of the ten episodes of HBO’s Emmy Award-winning mini-series Band of Brothers, for which he garnered a WGA Award, a Christopher Award and was a finalist for the Humanitas Prize for his episode, Bastogne. He created, co-wrote and co-executive produced The Pacific, the Emmy Award-winning Miniseries for HBO, Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks on the Pacific Theater of the Second World War. In addition to winning a producing Emmy, McKenna was nominated for his second writing Emmy, was again a finalist for the Humanitas Prize, and garnered a Producer’s Guild Award, a Critic’s Choice Award, as well as the Marine Corp Heritage Foundation Bill Broyles Image Award.