Beverlee J. McClure

Dr. McClure is the president and CEO of the New Mexico Association of Commerce and Industry (ACI).
ACI is the statewide business advocate who aggressively lobbies the states legislative, executive, and judicial branches year-round to enact laws and policies that improve the states business climate.
In this capacity, Dr. McClure is working to facilitate positive change in the laws and regulations that govern business and industry.
Previously, Dr. McClure served as the states first cabinet secretary of higher education, a position she held for almost two years.
In this position, she created the department and championed such causes as $100 million endowment in the College Affordability Fund to help with meet the financial needs of low-income students.
Dr. McClure came to the state ten years ago as the president of Clovis Community Col-lege and was the youngest sitting college president in the nation.
While serving as president, she was appointed by Governor Bill Richardson to serve on the State Board of Education that governed K-12 (no longer in existence), and as the vice-chair of the Governors Task Force on Higher Education, and the Chair of the Governors Education Transition Team.
In addition to being a member of the New Mexico Women's Forum and the New Mexico Amigos, she is a founding member and vice-president of the New Mexico Heart Gallery Foundation.
She also serves on the board of New Mexico First.