Board Members
BOARD MEMBERSAlexis Brown
Alexis is a Santa Fe native who is committed to the arts and to her community. She became involved with Littleglobe when her close friend, Chrissie Orr, invited her to participate in Memory Lines. Memory Lines was an important turning point in her life, giving her a means to see the artist within her, to communicate with people in a new, deeper way, and more fully realize that despite our differences we all yearn for the same things in life. Alexis brings to the board her experience working with and on boards and in fund raising and communications.
I am from the desert, where the vast and ever-changing sky opens my soul
I am from friends and family, who with me break bread and create beauty
I am from empathy, a place of connection, understanding, safety, sharing
(inspired by Chrissie Orr's El Otro Lado exhibition)
Exilda Trujillo de Martínez
Exilda is a native of Española, NM, with a heritage that spans 400 years of ancestry in the area. She graduated from Loretto Academy in Santa Fe. Exilda obtained her BA in Education from the College of Santa Fe in 1972. She then began teaching at the middle school level with the Santa Fe Public Schools, and eventually served as principal of Alameda Middle School for the last six years of her 25 year educational career. Exilda then served as a bill analyst for the House Education Committee, New Mexico State Legislature from 1999 through 2006. Exilda was a City of Santa Fe Children & Youth Commissioner for 12 years. She has been an active member of the La Sociedad Folklorica, an organization dedicated to the preservation of the Spanish culture, for 38 years. Presently she is also a board trustee for St. Michael’s High School. She is secretary/board member for First Serve NM, a tennis-tutoring program for 100 children in the Santa Fe area. Exilda and her husband, Ramón, have six children and seven grandchildren.
Flor de María Oliva
Flor, originally from Guatemala, has lived in the U.S. for over 30 years–23 in Santa Fe. Among Flor’s passions are education and the Spanish language. Flor believes in the promotion of creativity among people of all ages and is a Littleglobe board member because of the organization’s depth and scope of activities in New Mexico, and its ability to bring together people from all walks of life.
Gregory Ridgley
GREGORY RIDGLEY is the Deputy Chief Counsel for the New Mexico Office of the State Engineer, where he coordinates the work of the hydrographic survey staff and Special Assistant Attorneys General of the OSE Litigation and Adjudication Program. During his 12 years at the OSE, he has worked with Indian Pueblos and Nations, federal agencies, local governments, acequias, and private individuals to resolve water right claims through negotiation or litigation. He received his BA from Harvard University in 1984, and his JD from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 1992.
Julia Salazar
JULIA SALAZAR is from Pecos and Santa Fe, New Mexico and was educated in the Pecos public schools, the School of Restaurant Business Management in Lexington Kentucky, and at Santa Fe Community College. Julia is an advocate for children’s well-being. She worked for NM state government in children’s nutritional development until her retirement in 2008. She is a member of Catholic Daughters and a board member of Union Protectiva Femenina. Julia and her family participated in Santa Fe’s 400th birthday celebration project as well as Littleglobe’s Lines & Circle Project. Julia enjoys travel, history, gardening, and, most importantly, working outdoors assisting with the preservation of our forests.
Michelle Roos
Michelle's diverse professional background includes corporate advertising, marketing, business development, website design, teaching, and fundraising. The common thread in all of these endeavors has been her affinity for sharing information. During her 15-year tenure in the field of development, raising funds for various organizations, Roos has led successful efforts in fundraising with individuals, foundations & corporations, as well as government agencies. She has expertise in securing funds for projects and from funders in the United States as well as abroad. Her focus now is on growing Gateway to Grants – a company that she founded in 2008– which offers grant writing training and management services. Roos holds a B.A. from Boston College.
Stacy Kinsley
Stacy Kinsley began her career in the cheese business in New York with a boutique French firm. She relocated to Wisconsin a few years later and became a partner in the DCI Cheese Company. She led management of the legal, accounting, human resources, IT and operations departments and was an integral part of DCI’s rapid growth and eventual sale to a venture capital firm. Stacy, her husband Andy and their two children moved to Santa Fe in 2009 in search of blue skies, plenty of sunshine, and an awakened quality of life (post corporate numbness). She founded Yogihiker in 2010 by combining two passions--guiding like-minded clients on hikes in the Santa Fe area and practicing yoga at the top of the trail. Stacy is a graduate of Fairfield University and earned her MBA at the University of Wisconsin.