Melanie Majors has an extensive public relations and communication background with more than 25 years in the industry. Majors was a print reporter for seven years and later was an assistant assignment editor and a producer for KOB-TV 4. She has vast experience in strategic planning, crisis management, employee management, as well as the research, writing and distribution of news releases; writing and producing news promotions; public service announcements and advertising sales commercials.

Her past clients have included the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Trade and Development Agency and the U.S. Department of Commerce as well as Devon Energy Corporation, Forest City Covington NM LLC, Lovelace Health Systems, New Mexico State Engineer, Albuquerque Police Officers Association, and the New Mexico State Fair. For these and other clients, Majors had specialized in speech writing, planned media, writing and distributing news releases, advertising and other media relations.

Melanie Majors is the recipient of numerous awards from the New Mexico Press Association, New Mexico Press Women, the Associated Press Managing Editors and the New Mexico Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America, which honored her with the Vista Award, in April 2008.

Lieutenant Eric F. Garcia has served with the New Mexico State Police for 14 years. Beginning as a patrolman in Santa Rosa, New Mexico, his tour has taken him to Las Vegas, Espanola and, currently, he is serving his second tour in Santa Fe.

Lt. Garcia has served in the Uniform Bureau, Governor’s Executive Protection Detail, Training and Recruiting, and now Office of the Chief as the public information officer. The public information officer serves as the conduit to all media-related responsibilities associated with the New Mexico State Police. He is the lead instructor for the State Police driving program and teaches Critical Incident Management, Incident Command System, Instructor Developer and DWI recognition at the State Police Academy. He is a graduate of the International Association of Chief’s of Police, Leadership in Police Organization course.