Participant Overview
Martin Chavez
Mayor
City of Albuquerque
Martin Chavez is serving his third term as Albuquerque's Mayor. Mayor Chavez is dedicated to getting the City's financial house in order, beefing-up public safety, and laying plans for long-term economic development.
Albuquerque native Martin J. Chávez earned a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of New Mexico and a Juris Doctorate from Georgetown. He was the founding Director of the Workers’ Compensation Administration in 1986, and from 1989 to 1993 served in the New Mexico State Senate, where he championed legislative initiatives from early voting, ethics reform, to urban forestry and workers compensation.
Mayor Chávez is the first Mayor in the US to sign the GridWise Constitution.