Meet Our Team
Staff
Cecilia Rosacker
Executive Director
Cecilia has served as executive director of the Rio Grande Agricultural Land Trust since 2007. Prior to that she volunteered her time for the organization since RGALT’s beginnings in 1997. RGALT was founded at Cecilia’s kitchen table …
Amy Erickson
Conservation Specialist
Amy Erickson grew up in southeast Kansas, where her parents fostered in her a great appreciation for the outdoors. Her interest in wildlife led her to Kansas State University, where she received a Bachelor’s degree in …
Quantina Martine
Water Resource Specialist
Quantina (Quinn) Martine grew up on the Ramah Navajo Reservation in Western New Mexico. Her youth was spent with her grandparents during the summer learning the traditional Navajo language and oral history.
Board Members
Officers
Michael Donovan
President
Michael earned his B.A. with a major in anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley (January, 1963) and his Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Toxicology at West Virginia University Medical School (August, 1980). He taught at Berkeley and held faculty appointments at WVU, …
Will Carter
Vice-President
William A. Carter is a global expert in technology policy and responsible innovation. From 2020-2023 he was Head of AI Policy at Google. Before joining Google, he was the Deputy Director of the Technology Policy Program at CSIS, where his research focused on…
John Leeper
Treasurer
Dr Leeper joined WSP USA Environment & Infrastructure Inc. (WSP) as a Senior Project Manager in 2012. He received his PhD in Civil Engineering from Colorado State University. Among a variety of projects at WSP Dr. Leeper provides technical support to the Santa Clara…
Board Members
Susan Jones
Susan Jones is a longtime city planner and public administrator with more than 25 years of experience serving the City of Albuquerque and Bernalillo County. During her career, she administered zoning and subdivision ordinances, drafted policy, and supported the County...
Mike Hamman
Board member
Mike A. Hamman has more than 40 years of engineering and water resources management experience primarily in New Mexico with a focus on upper Rio Grande basin water projects and issues. He has worked as a registered professional engineer in New Mexico since 1990 and…
John Utton
Board Member
John Utton practices law with Sheehan and Sheehan, P.A. primarily in the areas of water rights, administrative law and water planning; federal and state water rights litigation, including stream system adjudications; land use planning and zoning; and real estate and zoning…
Advisory Board
Matthew McQueen
Advisory Board
Matthew McQueen has been practicing law for over 30 years. His practice focuses on real property, and he specializes in conservation easements. Matthew received his BA from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, where he majored in political science and environmental studies…