New Mexico Angels: Receiving an angel investment for your company

Innovators' Forum
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Hot Rocks Second Floor Conference Room
Los Alamos, NM

John J. Chavez is the President of the New Mexico Angels. Since Mr. Chavez has become President, the New Mexico Angels have seen an increase of over 100% in investment in new companies. Additionally, the New Mexico Angels are leading investment deals instead of following the VC's into the deals. Lastly, Mr. Chavez has created the New Mexico Angels technology showcase forums which allows the New Mexico Angels technology partners, LANL, Sandia and UNM, to showcase technology available for licensing to New Mexico Angel members and guests.

John J. Chavez is the also the President of Tafoya and Brainerd Partners LLC, a nationwide business development consulting firm. Mr. Chavez has been an active angel investor since 2003. Prior to creating Tafoya and Brainerd Partners LLC, Mr. Chavez was appointed by New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson as the Cabinet Secretary of the Taxation and Revenue Department. Mr. Chavez served as Cabinet Secretary for six years and as the President of the Federation of Taxation Administrators for one year.


Mr. Chavez received the following degrees from New Mexico State University.
Master of Business Administration
Bachelor of Art in Economics
Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance

What is Innovators' Forum?
Entrepreneurs are the critical force behind innovation and new wealth creation in tech-based economies. Our mission is to provide innovators with a networking opportunity and fresh
insights into the world of start-ups, spin-offs and the management of small technology businesses.

RSVP contact
This event is free so bring your lunch and cookies and drinks will be provided. Register by contacting Kim Sherwood at 505-665-1305, or ksherwood@lanl.gov


Innovators' Forum is sponsored by the Northern New Mexico Connect, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Technology Transfer Division and LANL Community Programs Office.

New Mexico Film Office Announces Winners of New Visions/New Mexico 2009

SANTA FE – NM Film Office Director Lisa Strout and NM Filmmakers Program Director Trish Lopez today announced the eleven winners of the 2009 New Visions/New Mexico Contract Awards. Now in its fourth year, the program annually provides awards to local filmmakers to help fund their original narrative, documentary, animation and experimental films. This year's winners are listed below:

Animation
Frederick Aragon
Coyote Tales: Dark is My Light

Animation Alternate: Kate Brown, "Rosaruby Seeks and Finds"

Documentary

Melinda Hess
Letter from Cloudcroft

Brian Konefsky
Secession: Gene Youngblood
Eric Maddox*
A House Divided

Kate McCunn
Books in Between


Documentary Alternate: Brent Morris, "Flamenco School"

Experimental

Xuan Chen
Out

Robert Drummond
Almas

Experimental Alternate: Ethan Bach, "Retrieving Humanity"

Narrative

David Garcia
The Cuentos Project

Sydney Freeland
Drunktown's Finest

Kara Sachs*
King 4 a Day

Ewen Wright
Validation

Narrative Alternate: Mary Holyoke, "The Donor"

This year the NM Film Office is pleased to continue its relationship with Panavision, a major supplier of cameras and lenses for the film industry world-wide. They will once again provide the use of two motion picture camera packages (HD, 16 mm or 35mm) at no charge to the winners. Those names with asterisks (*) noted will each receive one of the packages.