Mr. Larry Allen Former President, CEO, Owner Larry Allen has been involved in the exhibition side of motion pictures since January 1963. He served as President and CEO of Allen Theatres, from 1975 to 2016. His college career was cut short after his father passed when he was 19. Allen Theatres was established by his grandfather in 1912 and consisted of two drive-in screens and two indoor theater screens when his father passed. Larry, with his brother, Lane, built an additional theater complex in Farmington and then expanded the business to Las Cruces in 1982. Allen Theatres, Inc. now encompasses a total of 121 screens in eighteen locations across New Mexico and Colorado. According to Boxoffice Magazine, is now the 39th largest theatre chain in North America. Larry’s business ventures are not all within the movie industry. He has owned other businesses such as TV stations, radio stations, restaurants, a background music company, polling companies, motels and oil rigs. While in Farmington, Mr. Allen was an active member of the Boys and Girls club where he served one term as president, Rotary, National Association of Theatre Managers, and a member of a bank Board of Directors and member of the National Association Theatre Owners. Larry was awarded Business Leader of the Year by the Business Leaders Development Society, Colonel Aide-de-Camp from Lieutenant Governor Walter Bradley, NMSU Honorary Member of the Golden Key International Honor Society and serves as a member of the Aggie Athletic Club. In 2017Allen Theatres was selected as the Outstanding Business in Philanthropy by the Association of Fundraising Processionals New Mexico chapter. Larry received an Honorary Degree from Dona Ana Community College in 2012. Larry and his wife, Diane, have 3 children and several grandchildren. They reside in Las Cruces. Ms. Raquel Bone Client Advisor, JPMorgan Asset Management Raquel Bone serves as a Client Advisor with JPMorgan Global Liquidity; the short-term investment division of J.P. Morgan Asset Management. Services provided include consultation and expertise on high-quality investment products to institutional investors around the globe to help them meet their liquidity investment goals. Raquel began her career in 1994 with Tenneco Energy in Houston, TX as a financial analyst and natural gas trader and transitioned into trading power with Koch Energy in 1996. She joined J.P. Morgan in 1997 in the Product and Relationship Management/Credit Training program where she rotated through various lines of business including Global Syndicated Finance, Commercial Banking and Capital Markets. In 1998, Raquel joined J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc. in the Capital Markets group where she spent 8 years on the Short Term Fixed Income desk working with private and public companies in managing their working capital through short term investment vehicles. In July of 2006, Raquel was offered a Senior Investment Advisor position in Private Wealth Management which was followed by a promotion to a Private Banker role in 2008. In November 2010, Raquel relocated to Irvine, California where she was hired as a Senior Product Manager in Treasury & Securities Services Liquidity Solutions. Raquel holds an MBA and Bachelors of Business Administration degree from New Mexico State University, an MPA from the University of Southern California and six FINRA licenses including Series 7, 9,10, 24 63 and 66. She currently serves on the Foundation Board for New Mexico State University where she has a scholarship endowment in her name given out each semester for a high achieving incoming minority high school student. JPMorgan Chase Business Resource Groups (BRG)/Other Memberships: Co-chair Orange County Black Organization for Leadership Development (BOLD) BRG (2016-2017), Orange County Volunteer Leadership Group (2014-2015 Chair) and The Fellowship Initiative (TFI) Mentor in Los Angeles (current). Raquel has a passion for mentoring, college recruiting, the arts and helping to uplift those who are in need. She formerly served as a board member on a homeless non-profit and a black theatre organization in Houston. In her spare time Raquel enjoys international travel and running; having completed 20 marathons both domestic and international. Mr. Jagdev S. Cheema Senior Vice President and Financial Advisor Jagdev “Jag” Cheema is a financial advisor with Wells Fargo in Las Cruces. Prior to this he was a financial advisor with Raymond James Financial Services, and before that with Cambridge Investment Research. From 1988-2001, he ran Jag Cheema Insurance. Mr. Cheema is a member of the Gerald Thomas Society at NMSU. He is a financial supporter of Athletics, Mechanical Engineering, Arts and Sciences, and the President’s Associates Scholars. In 2011, the Rotary Club of Las Cruces honored Mr. Cheema for his service on the Honor Flight of Southern New Mexico board of directors. Mr. Cheema is a graduate of Texas A&M - Corpus Christi. He is married to Linda Cheema. They have two sons. Mr. Philip W. Cook Chief Financial Officer Philip Cook has over 20 years of financial experience in the oil and gas industry. He is currently the Chief Financial Officer of Primexx Energy Partners, an industry-leading private-equity backed independent exploration and production company focused in the Delaware Basin in West Texas. He previously worked at Samson Resources a privately held independent exploration and production company. Prior to that, he worked as Executive Vice President and CFO of Quicksilver Resources, a publically traded Texas-based natural gas and oil exploration and production company. Before that, Mr. Cook served as CFO for other private energy companies and held various executive positions at Burlington Resources, including serving as the company’s Chief Accounting Officer, before it was acquired by ConocoPhillips. Beyond his service as a NMSU Foundation Board Member, Mr. Cook recently served on the Board of Directors of the Tulsa Area United Way. He also served from 2006 to 2012, as a board member for the Fort Worth Opera Board of Trustees, served from 2005 to 2012 in various director roles and ultimately President of the Alliance for Children, Inc., and as the Director of the Children’s Advocacy Network of Tarrant County whose mission is the well-being of children. Mr. Cook also served on the Fort Worth Board for the Boy Scouts of America from 2009 until 2012 and is an Eagle Scout. Mr. Cook received his Bachelor of Accountancy from NMSU in 1984. He is married to Sandy Janssen Cook (B.Acc. 1982). They have two children and currently reside in Dallas Texas. Mr. John M. Cordova Group Director, Sports Management John Cordova has spent more than thirty-four years in the sports business industry, beginning in the early 1980’s when sports marketing burst onto the scene as the newest trend in breakthrough brand marketing strategy. As a result of a wide variety of sports roles within league, team and sponsor organizations, John has been fortunate to construct one of the more diverse resumes in the business. Originally employed at Texas Instruments (Lubbock, TX), in its fledgling home computer division, John began his sports business career as a member of the Executive Development Program at the Major League Baseball Commissioners Office (New York) in 1983-84. At the Commissioner’s Office he was given the opportunity to experience and excel in many aspects of the “business” of sports ranging from public relations, player records, minor league operations, licensing, corporate sponsorship and television production. At the conclusion of the 1984 MLB season John joined the Miller Brewing Company (Milwaukee, WI) as Coordinator, Sports Marketing. As a part of the Miller Sports Marketing team John managed Miller’s sports marketing efforts with Major League Baseball, the United States Football League and the Major Indoor Soccer League. After a successful stint managing those properties, John was promoted to Manager, Pro Sports Marketing where he directed all of Miller’s pro sports marketing efforts against the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, PBA Tour and Olympics. In 1988, John was recruited by former Major League Baseball Commissioner, Bud Selig, to join the Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club with a vision to “redesign” the club’s marketing efforts in preparation for new Miller Park. John joined the club as a Director, ultimately earning the title of Vice President, Marketing. During his tenure with the Brewers, the club embarked on many new marketing initiatives which included the preliminary planning on Miller Park, as well as the pioneering of the first home plate signage concept in MLB. Since 1994 John has been an integral part of The Coca-Cola Company’s (Atlanta, GA) domestic pro sports marketing efforts. Serving in various roles ranging from Director, Sports Marketing to his current role as Group Director, Sports Management; John has been a key player in the reinvention and continued development of Coca-Cola’s strategic approach to sports business partnerships. A native of Denver, Colorado, John graduated from New Mexico State University (Las Cruces, NM) with a BA in Business Management (1981) and an MBA (1983). John earned a football scholarship to NMSU, played for the Aggies from 1976-79 and was an All-Missouri Valley Conference selection and team captain in his senior year. After his playing career he served as NMSU’s assistant offensive line/strength coach during the 1980 and 1981 football seasons. In 2006, John was inducted into the New Mexico State University College of Business Hall of Fame. He currently serves on the NMSU Foundation Board, and also served on the board of New Mexico State Sports Enterprises, Inc. Mrs. MaryLou Davis Retired Educator MaryLou Davis worked for 15 years in a private school in Phoenix as both a teacher and an administrator. In 1990, she began teaching in an inner city school as lead teacher for staff, and a mentor for student teachers.