
Luna County Budget and Procurement Director Joanne Hethcox joined officials from Chaves, Sandoval, Santa Fe, and Taos counties who completed 60 approved classes, 18 hours of assessment and a supervised capstone project to earn the designation.
Hethcox is now one of only 12 people in the state who have completed this prestigious designation.
Hethcox also has earned the first two tiers of certified public official and certified public supervisor designations of the New Mexico Certified Public Manager program.
NM EDGE, which stands for Education Designed to Generate Excellence in the public sector, is a nationally accredited program administered by New Mexico State University’s Cooperative Extension Service.