Governor-elect Susana Martinez announced today that former state Senator Steve Komadina will chair the search committee for cabinet positions in the Health and Human Services Department and the Children, Youth and Families Department. Komadina, an obstetrician and gynecologist, was a strong anti-abortion voice in the Senate.
Other members of the committee include:
- Steve Smotherman, the pastor at Legacy Church.
- Rebecca Dow, the founder of a faith-based not-for-profit in Sierra and the policy chair of the New Mexico Child Care and Education Association.
- Julie Drieke, a former quality manager for CYFD and former staffer for Heather Wilson.
- Jim Hinton, the president and CEO of Presbyterian Healthcare Services
- Steve Martinez, a former administrator at the New Mexico Behavioral Health Institute.
- Kathy McCoy, a state Representative who chose not to seek reelection.
- Barbara Tedrow, the owner of a private childcare center in Farmington.
- Kerry Weems, a former administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and employee of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).