Stacey Barchenger Arizona Republic Gov. Katie Hobbs on Thursday announced her slate of appointees to the Arizona-Mexico Commission, an economic and cultural development group whose previous board of directors Hobbs summarily dismissed six months ago. [...]
Members that bring new experience to the commission include Donna Valdés, executive director of a cultural group supporting Mexican and Indigenous artists called Xico; Yimin Wang, vice provost for global affairs at Northern Arizona University; Ayensa Millan, an immigrant from Puerto Peñasco whose Phoenix law firm helps international businesses move to the United States; and Javier Duran, a professor of border studies at the University of Arizona's Center for Latin American Studies.
"I think the most important role is to serve as an advisory commission to the governor where we can really dig deep into policy," Millan said, identifying trade, infrastructure, economic development and workforce issues as top priorities.
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