Board of Trustees

The governing body of the Village of Los Ranchos is composed of four trustees elected by the voters to four year staggered terms. Our current Board of Trustees is composed of Mary Homan, Tim McDonough, Don Lopez and Pablo Rael. All of our hard working board members are committed to making the Village a better place to live and work.

Regular Trustee meetings are held at Village Hall on the 2nd Wednesday of each month. Special Meetings are called as needed. Agendas for the meetings are available from the Village Clerk and will be posted on this site. The board has a long history of encouraging public participation through a public comment period scheduled for every meeting. It is necessary, however, to register with the Village Clerk, Annabelle Silvas prior to the meeting if you would like to speak.

A Little About Our Board Members

Mary Homan, Trustee

Mary Homan, one of our newly elected Trustees, is both a resident and a business owner in Los Ranchos.

Mary has been very actively involved in the community since she became a resident six years ago. Some of those involvements are serving on the Planning and Zoning Commission, both as vice-chair and secretary;the 2010 Master Plan Committee; MainStreet, Inc.; Los Ranchos Neighborhood Association and the Chamber of Commerce.

"As reinforced by the 2010 Master Plan survey results and by my door-to-door meetings with the Village residents, I know the importance of retaining our rural atmosphere, open space, and independence as a Village. I know the importance of revitalizing our business district, improving our traffic and law enforcement, protecting our groundwater, and providing proper sewer and drainage systems. And I know the importance of making the needed improvements to our community through grants and State/Federal funding, avoiding further taxation of property owners."

email: info@losranchosnm.gov

Tim McDonough, Trustee

Tim McDonough, a long time Village resident, ran for Trustee in order that he could give back to the community.

Tim brings with him professional experiences including 15 years of municipal engineering consultant work in the areas of water utilities, community planning, and Water Resource Management; 5 years experience as a New Mexico municipal manager, directing the operations of a town of 6,000.

Tim's community involvement includes Neighborhood Association Board; Soccer Club President and League Commissioner; Advisory Board Member for Alameda Community Center; President of Taylor Middle School Parent Organization; 1990 Village Comprehensive Plan participant; and Village Senior/Community Center Comittee Chairman.

About his involvement Tim says "Through my involvement in the community I have gained a wealth of insight into what my neighbors value and what detracts from their quality of life."

email: info@losranchosnm.gov

Donald Lopez, Trustee

Donald T. (Don) Lopez, is a long term resident of the Village of Los Ranchos and past Trustee. Don is a registered Professional Engineer (PE), and worked for the State and Federal Government, the US Air Force and is presently a consulting Civil Engineer, with over 34 years of total engineering and management experience. He has recently worked on the Big I Reconstruction Project here in Albuquerque and the Flood Control Projects in Los Alamos that resulted from the Cerro Grande Fire.

He has lived most of his life in the Los Ranchos area of the Albuquerque North Valley. He attended Los Ranchos Elementary, Taft Junior High, Valley High School, New Mexico State University (BSCE), the University of New Mexico (MSCE) and post graduate study at the University of California at Berkeley. Don recently retired as the Assistant State Engineer of New Mexico and retired in 2000 as a Colonel after 32 years of service in the United States Air Force and Air Force Reserve.

Don offers many years of practical engineering and management experience to benefit our community. Serving as a past Trustee from 1992 to 2000, he maintained excellent contact with Village Residents, strongly supported village business owners and worked hard to make improvements to the village business community. He spent a great deal of time to ensure the upgrade of village infrastructure particularly the Rio Grande Blvd. Resurfacing project. He feels his experience and unique perspective will promote progress, common sense solutions, and enable the village to provide the best and most qualified government for the citizens of the Village of Los Ranchos. One of his highest priorities will be to ensure a continuous funding stream and the planning and construction of badly needed sewers in critical areas of the village and he will work very hard to protect our groundwater resources.

email: info@losranchosnm.gov

Pablo R. Rael, Trustee

Pablo Rael and his wife have lived in the Village of Los Ranchos for over 34 years and have raised 4 children here. They love it here. They have a big investment here and believe in giving back to the community for the many blessings they have received.

Over the years Pablo has served on numerous committees in the Village including the Master Plan Committee, Los Ranchos 2000 Committee, Community Center Committee and the Mayor's Citizens Advisory Committee. He was also the Village representative on the Middle Rio Grande Council of Government Public Input Committee and participated in the City of Albuquerque FOCUS 2050 Forum.

Pablo has a BSBA degree from the University of Albuquerque. For the past 19 years he has served on the Board of Directors for a $200 million Credit Union. Twelve of those years he served as Chairman. He also served several years on the St. Pius X School Board as Chairman. After retiring from US West, Pablo started a utility locating business, which he still owns and manages.

Pablo's focus on the Board of Trustees will be to help the business community thrive while at the same time mitigate any concerns of residents. He believes this should be a prime concern of any municipal government because you need both to have a viable community. Pablo believes strongly that his business background as well as his involvement in numerous organizations qualifies him to represent all members of the Village. Residents and business alike.

email:  info@losranchosnm.gov