Secretary
Ms. Elizabeth Bernal has more than 20 years of expertise in housing and community development and has worked extensively in rural New Mexico, especially on colonias, local government and tribal issues in New Mexico. Currently, Ms. Bernal is employed as a Community and Environmental Services Rural Development Specialist II with the Rural Community Assistance Corporation (RCAC) where she provides training and technical assistance to nonprofit, local, tribal, state and federal agencies. She previously served as the executive director of the South Central Council of Governments, a contract development director for Tierra del Sol Housing Corporation and a technical consultant and executive director for the Anthony Berino Economic Development Corporation.