Executive Committee – Each member agency of ADDCP has one vote on any Association business. The Association is governed by a seven-member Executive Committee that is elected by the membership at the Annual meeting. The officers are President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, Past President and two At-Large members.
Executive Director
Jim Copeland
Jim has been working with people with IDD his entire life. His paternal uncle had an intellectual disability as the result of an undiagnosed fever at 9 months of age. He began working in 1975 in state institutions in Arkansas. His work has taken him to six different states. He has been in New Mexico since 2001. He began his work in New Mexico at the Los Lunas Community Program. He has served on the ACQ. He served as the Chair of the ICC. He served as the Executive Director of Alta Mira Specialized Family Services for 14 years. He served as the Director of the Developmental Disabilities Supports Division (DDSD) for two plus years. Jim has a close personal connection to New Mexico IDD services through his brother-in-law who was served in New Mexico in the DD Waiver until his death in 2008.
President
Angelique Tafoya
Angelique is the Executive Director at Alta Mira Specialized Family Services Inc. supports individuals with intellectual/developmental risks, delays or disabilities and their families to optimize quality of life. Since 1985.
Vice President
Treasurer
Secretary
Past President
At-Large
At-Large
