ACI’s staff has exceptional experience working with and in New Mexico government, giving us the expertise and influence we need to effect positive change in our state policies.
Jason A. Espinoza
President and CEO
Contact: jespinoza@nmaci.org
An Albuquerque native, Jason Espinoza has nearly a decade of experience in government affairs, coalition building and lobbying the New Mexico state Legislature. Previously, he served as ACI's vice president for government affairs, a role in which he advocated for pro-business priorities at the New Mexico legislature. Under his leadership as vice president, ACI moved to a more proactive approach in drafting and supporting pro-business legislation, which in 2015 resulted in the passage of a bill to create independent hearing officers--something that had been a priority of the New Mexico business community for more than a decade. During Jason's tenure at ACI he has helped to block more than 80 anti-business proposals, including over $152 million in tax increases for New Mexico companies, while helping to navigate more than a dozen pro-business proposals through the legislature to become law.
Jason is a member of the New Mexico Legislative Jobs Council, the New Mexico Business Water Task Force, the Governor’s Procurement Reform Task Force Law & Rules Subcommittee, the New Mexico Health Workforce Task Force, and the Business Advisory Group to New Mexico’s One-Stop Business Portal project.
Bridget Condon
Public Policy Coordinator
Contact: bcondon@nmaci.org
Bridget Condon was born and raised in Santa Fe. She graduated magna cum laude at the University of New Mexico, earning a bachelor’s in political science. During her undergraduate work, Bridget gained her first experience in policy-making while interning for then-state Rep. Don Tripp at the capitol. Upon graduation, Bridget joined U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce’s staff and spent two and a half years working on Capitol Hill. She returned to New Mexico in 2015 and continued her work for Congressman Pearce as a field representative where she focused on tribal and natural resource issues. Bridget is currently working toward a master's in public administration from the University of New Mexico, and she serves on the boards of directors of the New Mexico Children’s Foundation and Santa Fe Prom Closet.
Julie L. Gutierrez
Director of Operations and Member Relations
Contact: jgutierrez@nmaci.org
Julie Gutierrez is responsible for all ACI administrative operations, membership development & retention, human resources, events management, finances, and communications. She has been with ACI for more than five years and has formed invaluable relationships with ACI’s members. Originally from Magdalena, N.M., Julie was raised on a cow-calf ranch. Julie has strong entrepreneurial skills which includes a background in sales, construction project management, purchasing, customer service and accounting. In addition, Julie holds a New Mexico real estate license.
Nicole Lucero
Executive Assistant
Contact: nlucero@nmaci.org
Nicole Lucero is an Albuquerque native. She studied political science and history at the University of New Mexico, and during her undergraduate studies, she interned at the New Mexico Association of Commerce and Industry. Upon the completion of her internship, Nicole was invited to begin her career with ACI as the Executive Assistant to the President and CEO. Outside of work, Nicole sits as the co-membership chairwoman on the Albuquerque Alumnae Association of Kappa Kappa Gamma.
Grant Taylor
Director of Communications and Marketing
Contact: gtaylor@nmaci.org
Media may also send requests, questions and more to media@nmaci.org.
A fourth-generation New Mexican, Grant Taylor grew up in Artesia, where his large family has worked in farming and the oil fields of southeastern New Mexico since the early 1920s.
Grant came to ACI in March 2016 from the Hobbs Chamber of Commerce in Hobbs, N.M., where he had a distinguished five-year tenure as the chamber executive. He is the 2016 recipient of the Ethical Young Leadership Award, a category of the New Mexico Ethics in Business Awards, presented by the Samaritan Counseling Center of Albuquerque. He was recognized in 2015 by the business-news outlet Albuquerque Business First as one of New Mexico's Top CEOs and in 2014 as one of New Mexico's top young professionals in its 40 Under Forty list. In 2011, Grant was named Outstanding Young Man of Hobbs as part of the Hobbs Jaycees' annual Community Awards.
Grant and his wife, Megan, have two children -- Liam, 9, and Mabel, 3.