The Policy Forum is on Thursday, April 18 from 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. and will feature a candid conversation with Lancing Adams, Acting Secretary, New Mexico Tourism Department. 

Prior to serving as the Acting Cabinet Secretary, Lancing served as the Department’s Tourism Development Director. In this role he managed various grant programs and business development initiatives to support the tourism industry in the state of New Mexico. 

Before returning to the New Mexico Tourism Department in 2020, Lancing served as the Assistant Commissioner of the Arizona Department of Real Estate. He also served as Director of Operations & Finance at an Austin-based design-build company. Additionally, Lancing has served in a variety of executive roles in government including Deputy Director of Operations of the New Mexico Children, Youth & Families Department, and Finance Director for the New Mexico Tourism Department.

Policy Forums provide NMSAE members the opportunity to engage in a roundtable discussion with their association peers and state-level policy makers on topics that impact our associations and members.

This is an in-person meeting. Attendees will receive the meeting location upon registration.