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DON CHALMERS
University of New Mexico Representative
of the Board of Trustees
Don L. Chalmers, a Tulsa native, moved to New Mexico fifteen years ago. Don attended Tulane University where he was a Sigma Chi. He earned a B.S. degree in Marketing from Oklahoma State University in 1970, and did graduate work on his MBA.
Don owns auto dealerships in Rio Rancho, Santa Fe and Albuquerque and is very active in those communities. He is currently Vice President of the University of New Mexico Board of Regents and current Chair of Finance and Facilities committee. His community involvements are in one of four areas: education, healthcare, economic development and community service. His past board memberships in education include: University of New Mexico Foundation; College of Santa Fe Board of Trustees; Explora Science and Children’s Museum; 4-H Foundation; Junior Achievement; and the New Mexico Commission on Higher Education, where he was appointed by Governor Bill Richardson in 2003. Don Chalmers Ford also gives several FFA college scholarships annually as well as a UNM Presidential Scholarship. He was appointed to the UNM Board of Regents in December 2005.
Don has also been on a number of health care boards, economic development boards, and community service boards, as well as promoting vocational service within the automobile industry.
One of Mr. Chalmers’ many honors include Don Chalmers Ford winning the President’s Award from Ford Motor Company, the most prestigious customer loyalty and customer service dealer award obtainable from Ford Motor Company, for the past eleven of twelve years.
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