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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

Beth A. Gillia, JD, MA

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

Beth Gillia, JD, MA

OFRA Executive
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, MSW

Interdisciplinary Services Division 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

Administrative Services Division Director

Theresa Benavidez, Chief Financial Officer

“Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.”
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Theresa Benavidez

Chief Financial Officer

Chris Sparno, Chief Information Officer

“If you can visualize it, if you can dream it, there’s some way to do it.”
Walt Disney

Chris Sparno

Chief Information Officer