Staff

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.

Allison K. Smith

Interim President

Allison Smith has been involved with the legislative process in New Mexico for the last twenty-four years. She began her affiliation with the Legislature in 1994 as staff for the New Mexico State Senate and has experience working for the leadership of the House of Representatives, Senate and working for a lobbying firm. She started her own government relations business in 2006. In 2013, Allison founded a Legislative Tracking and Reporting business catering to lobbying professionals.

Graduating from the Swiss Hotel Association School, Les Roches in 1991, Allison then worked in Zimbabwe, Africa as a restaurant manager until her return to the United States in 1993. She completed her Master’s of Science degree at New Mexico State University in 2005 in the Hotel, Restaurant, Tourism Management program. At NMSU she combined her proficiency in hospitality and tourism with her experience with the state legislature by writing her thesis on Tourism Policy Development.

Allison has served as board chair for the New Mexico Association of Commerce and Industry, and has been active on many of ACI’s policy committees. She is the incoming president for the Mesilla Valley Rotary Club, is a member of the New Mexico Amigos – New Mexico’s Goodwill Ambassadors and is the current president of the board of Mesilla Valley Hospice. Allison has also served as board president of Jardin de los Niños, a day care and preschool for homeless and near homeless children in Las Cruces, and on the advisory council for the Roadrunner Food Bank of Southern NM.

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.

Nicole Lucero

Office & Special Projects Coordinator

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.

Rebeca Alderete Baca

Policy Fellow

Contact: ralderetebaca@nmaci.org

Rebeca Alderete Baca was born and raised in Albuquerque. She is a third-generation daughter of the Bueno Foods Baca family. After receiving a BA from University of Chicago and an MFA from Columbia University, she now lives in Albuquerque and seeks to investigate the future of small business in New Mexico.

Janae Amparan