The New Mexico Music Commissioners
The New Mexico Music Commission includes some of the top artists in the music industry like country music star (and New Mexico resident) Randy Travis. All of the members on the Commission have strong ties to New Mexico, and together represent a cross-section of the industry as diverse as our populationcountry, rap, classical, mariachi, folk, and Native American. The full list of commissioners is below.
- Lee Eliot Berk, Chairman
Music Educator - Claude Stephenson, Vice Chairman
State Folk Arts Coordinator/extensive history with NM music/State Folklorist - Melissa Sanchez, Secretary
Co-owner, Emergence Productions, Native American entertainment marketing firm - George Adelo
entertainment attorney and musician - Ben Butler
Guitar Player and Owner, Bandana Realty - Ana Gallegos y Reinhardt
Founder and Director of Warehouse 21 - Tommy Gearhart
New Mexico's resident jazz crooning vocalist - Joy Gutierrez
NM Hispano Entertainers Association - Barbara Hubbard
Music Promoter, member Rock & Roll Hall of Fame - Rick Huff
- Derek Mathews
Founder and Director, Gathering of Nations - Jose Ponce
- Allison Shaw
Publisher/Owner and President, Hyperactive Music Magazine - Dan Stoddard
Vice-President of Tourism Development, Curry County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors - Elizabeth Travis
Manager for Randy Travis - Randy Travis
Actor, Grammy Award-winning country western singer
