Board Meetings
Board meetings occur on a quarterly basis and are open to the public. The next meeting is scheduled for Friday, August 2, 2024 at 1:00 MDT. Meetings are conducted via zoom at this link.
Board of Directors
Barbara Tweed
President
Barbara resides in Ft Worth, Tx and has been a returning guest of Taos, NM since 1985 when her husband showed her the beauty of the New Mexico sky. Her love for the state and its many wonders of history and culture made it easy to become involved with the Not Forgotten Outreach organization that was organized in 2011 by her son, Don Peters and his partner and founder of NFO, Kym Sanchez.
Throughout the organization’s development, Barbara has been a financial contributor and a hands-on worker on all properties and in all stages. She has held the offices of Treasurer, Secretary, and now President. Since becoming involved with NFO, she has seen the organization go from raised bed gardening close to the men’s shelter on Albright St. to the purchase and reconstruction of the Respite Center on Valverde Common and the Finca on Paseo del Pueblo Norte.
Being the parent of a wounded warrior has been a journey that has allowed her to be supportive to other parents and family members of those returning with physical disabilities as well as the unseen injuries of military conflicts. This has allowed her to interact and encourage not only family members to seek available resources but veterans as well.
Her association with TXAVF has allowed her to be involved with active shooter training, ADA requirements of public spaces as well as other public venue resources. She has been involved with service organizations throughout the years while living in the countries of Indonesia, Argentina and the U.S. She and her husband are faithful Christians and their hobbies include cultural and historical traveling, birding, golf, mentoring, and their 12 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren.
Kristi Blake – Treasurer
Denali Wilson
Secretary
Denali is an attorney based in her hometown of Las Cruces, New Mexico. As a lawyer, she practices story-based advocacy for those serving life and long prison sentences for crimes committed when they were children. Outside of her legal work, Denali is a visual artist and an amateur circus performer.
Tobias Duncan
Born and raised in San Cristobal , Tobias is a lifelong parciante on the San Cristobal Ditch. He spent a tour in the United States Air Force working on advanced guidance systems, and then went on to study theater at NMSU when he clearly should have been focusing on agriculture (I mean who does that? It’s a famous Ag school!). A furniture maker by trade, Tobias has a wide blue collar skill set. Since the pandemic, his focus has been on regenerative grazing and he has been using New Mexico Department of Agriculture’s Healthy Soils Program to restore fallow fields in the San Cristobal valley through cover cropping and rotational grazing. The eventual goal of this is to have a communal herd that is rotated through over 30 private properties.
Tobias is an active member of Alianza Agri-Cultura de Taos, the San Cristobal Ditch Association and a volunteer firefighter with the San Cristobal Fire Department.
Cliff Johnson
Cliff is a retired attorney who practiced law in Taos for over 40 years, including a short stint as the assistant District Attorney for Taos Countye Taos Volunteer Fire Department (1875-76) and a discharged Navy veteran (Vietnam era, 1968-1970).
He now enjoys life with his wife, two children, and five grandchildren. His hobbies have included fly tying and fly fishing; competitive handgun shooting (set an NRA National Record, 1981; won an NRA National Championship, 1981), hunting, and camping with family. Cliff currently enjoys cooking and camping with wife as much as possible.
Peter Blake
Peter was born in Santa Fe and raised in Taos and in Taos Ski Valley. He grew up in the family ski business and worked every position in the Ski Valley throughout his early life. He served in the National Guard and built a home near Arroyo Seco in 1975, which he and his wife now call home.
After spending time away from New Mexico, Peter returned to The Taos Area and Northern New Mexico almost a decade ago. He has spent most of that time as a ski instructor, real estate agent, and teacher of horsemanship.
Peter enjoys helping the community and has been involved in many non-profits since his return to Taos. He is especially grateful to serve those that have served our country. He is a staunch believer that those who have served in our armed forces are what has kept our freedom as Americans.
Peter is happy to live in Northern New Mexico, enjoy his large family, and do the things that he loves.