Annette is the institute’s Administrative Assistant. She handles travel arrangements and reimbursements for the staff, purchase requisitions, and the office procurement card. She also keeps a calendar of scheduled meetings for the staff, plus varies other duties.

Annette moved to Las Cruces the summer of 2007 after living in Alaska for 30 years and is sure she will miss the beauty of Alaska’s mountains and ocean. She worked in Sitka at the University of Alaska Southeast in the Business Department as a fiscal technician.

The college in Sitka was built in a World War II airplane hangar just a few feet away from the Pacific Ocean overlooking one of the harbors. There is a fish processing plant on the other side of the harbor where fishermen bring in their catch. Annette recalls daily sightings of eagles, sea lions, and seagulls enjoying the leftovers that the plant tossed into the sea.

Annette is pursuing a degree in business administration and enjoys walking, swimming, cooking, reading, and sewing. She has two grown children who live in Alaska.