Zia Awardees - 2007
The Zia Award shall be made to New Mexico residents with a UNM degree who have distinguished themselves in any one or more of the following categories: philanthropic endeavors, public office, service to the University, community and volunteer activities, business or professional fields, or who have made a contribution to education.
Monica Armenta, '85 BA
Current: Executive Director, APS Communications
Former: Executive Director, APS Foundation
Former: reporter, anchor, KOB TV news
Steve Bacchus (posthumous), '66 BBA, '68 MBA
New York Life Insurance Agency
UNM Alumni Association Board of Directors
UNM Alumni Letterman
Sandra Begay-Campbell, '87 BSCE
Current: UNM Foundation Board
Current: Principal member of Sandia National Laboratories working with tribal renewable energy throughout US
Former: UNM Regent
Former: Executive Director, American Indian Science and Engineering Society
Brian Burnett, '78 BSCE, '80 MSCE
Professional Engineer
President, Bohannan Huston
Chair, Governor's Blue Ribbon Water Task Force
Past President, UNM Alumni Association Board
Leonard DeLayo, Jr., '71 BAED
Corporate and commercial lawyer in private practice
Past President, Albuquerque Public Schools Board of Education
Charles "Chuck" Wellborn, '63 BA, '66 JD
Current: McCune Charitable Foundation, creating economic development projects in low-income, rural New Mexico
Founding President and CEO, Science & Technology Corporation @UNM (STC@UNM)
Former: shareholder, Modrall Sperling
Former: Vice Chair, UNM Foundation; Anderson Schools of Management Foundation Board