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OFRA was created as a state agency by the New Mexico legislature in 2022. The Family Representation and Advocacy Act calls for an agency director as well as a 13-person commission.

Leadership

Executive Director's Photo

“The heart of justice is truth telling.”
Bell Hooks

Beth Gillia, JD, MA

Executive Director

Beth A. Gillia, JD, MA

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
Margaret Mead

Farra Fong, LCSW

Deputy Director

Lisa Fitting, JD, MBA, Administrative Services Division Director

“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.”
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Lisa Fitting, JD, MBA

Deputy Director

Leslie Jones, JD, Legal Services Division Director

“In every conceivable manner, the family is a link to our past, bridge to our future.”
Alex Haley

Leslie Jones, JD

Legal Services Division Director

Stacie Ortiz, MSW, Interdisciplinary Services Division Director

“Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.”
Rumi

Stacie Ortiz, LCSW

Interdisciplinary Services Division Director

Senior Management

Vicente Ortiz, Chief Financial Officer

“We all have possibilities we don’t know about. We can do things we don’t even dream we can do.” 

Dale Carnegie

Vicente Ortiz

Chief Financial Officer

Alison Pauk, JD, Sr. Attorney/CIP Director, AOC

“Those who work for the good are as those who do the good.”

-Danny Thomas

Tim Struck

Chief Information Officer

Chynna 2026

“Be messy and complicated and afraid and show up anyways.”

-Glennon Doyle

Chynna Comer

Human Resources Manager