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Dossier · Who's Who
Rob Black
New Mexico's Economic Development Cabinet Secretary, whose department signed the project's MOU and who administers the $75 million state desalination fund created by HB 137.
At a glance
- Current role
- Cabinet Secretary, NM Economic Development Dept (NMEDD)
- Category
- Appointed official
- Jurisdiction
- State of New Mexico
- Verification
- confirmed — Two independent accounts agree
- In the record
- 0 sources · 1 connections · 0 dated entries
- Record id
- PJP53
Key facts
- 2025-02-25Was Secretary-Designate of the Economic Development Department when the MOU was signed on February 25, 2025; the department is the MOU's signatory agency.
- 2025-02-25Named in the Governor's February 25, 2025 BorderPlex press release.
- Administers the $75 million state desalination fund created by HB 137, the Strategic Water Supply Act.
The record
NM EDD Cabinet Secretary (Sec-Designate at the Feb 25 2025 MOU); EDD is the MOU signatory agency. ALSO administers the HB 137 Strategic Water Supply Act's $75M state desalination fund — state money backstopping the project's water
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