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Vanessa Alarid

Owner and sole lobbyist, Alarid Consulting · Registered lobbyist, BorderPlex Digital Assets · +2 more below

verification: caveated

A registered lobbyist for BorderPlex Digital Assets and for Yucca Growth Infrastructure, the air-permit applicant, who joined the board of MVEDA, the regional agency that helped land the project, in April 2026.

Conflicts of interest · 1

Lobbyist on both sides — Vanessa Alarid (BorderPlex + MVEDA)

Flagged entanglements involving this party. Characterization on disclosed facts — see the full ledger and each party’s right of reply.

At a glance

Current roles: Owner and sole lobbyist, Alarid Consulting
Registered lobbyist, BorderPlex Digital Assets2025-01-20–present^[5],[8]
Registered lobbyist, Yucca Growth Infrastructure, LLC (YGI)2026-01-01–present^[8]
Board member, Mesilla Valley Economic Development Association (MVEDA)2026-04–present
Category: Lobbyist
Jurisdiction: State of New Mexico
Verification: caveated — True with a stated limit on it
In the record: 8 sources · 5 connections · 1 dated entries
Record id: PJP121

Key facts

2025-01-20The Secretary of State's registry lists Alarid as BorderPlex Digital Assets' lobbyist from January 20, 2025, eight months before the county's bond vote.^[5],[8]
2026-01-01Yucca Growth Infrastructure's 2026 roster lists Alarid from January 1, 2026, one of five lobbyists on it and one of two marked “Authorized: Yes”; the other is Roberto A. Ramirez.^[8]
2026-09-21Named, with Jennifer Bradfute, as a lobbyist for Yucca Growth Infrastructure in a September 21, 2026 email to the Legislative Finance Committee reported by The New Mexican.^[6]
2026-04Joined the MVEDA board in April 2026, during the air-permit comment period.
The 2026 client list runs to more than twenty entities, among them Chevron USA and Hilcorp San Juan.^[8]
A Bernalillo County ethics matter concerned a $5,000 in-kind contribution from Alarid to Commissioner Charlene Pyskoty, who later voted to appoint Moe Maestas to the Senate.^[4]

The record

A New Mexico lobbyist whose client roster lists BorderPlex Digital Assets — and who, in April 2026 during the air-permit comment period, joined the board of MVEDA, the regional agency that helped land Project Jupiter in Santa Teresa.

Her registration date for BorderPlex, which this record had flagged as unconfirmed: Searchlight New Mexico's September 2026 timeline of the project dates it to January 20, 2025 — eight months before the county's bond vote, and a month before the Governor signed the memorandum of understanding.

Relationships · 5

Member of

Mesilla Valley Economic Development Association (MVEDA)

Lobbyist for· 2

Contributed to

Michael Padilla

Married to

Sen. Antonio 'Moe' Maestas

In the timeline · 1

Sep 21, 2026The lobbyists, by name

Dated entries in the record that involve this party. Appearing here is not an allegation — it means the graph draws an edge from this dossier to that event.

Claims involving them · 3

When BorderPlex was formed is in dispute, and this record is not resolving itcaveated

Seven lobbyists, five registered employers: who is paid to advance the project in Santa Feprimary-source

BorderPlex's political gifts, reported twice: by its lobbyist and by the recipientsprimary-source

Sources · 8

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