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Business Council<br />

Members<br />

as of January 1, 2012<br />

The Business Council comprises New Mexico business leaders<br />

who together contribute more than $200,000 annually in<br />

financial support and in-kind services to benefit the <strong>Museum</strong> of<br />

New Mexico’s museums, monuments and Office of Archaeological<br />

Studies. Connecting art, culture and commerce, the<br />

Business Council provides members with valuable networking<br />

opportunities at our museums and other cultural venues.<br />

CHAirMAn’s COunCil<br />

$10,000 AnD ABOvE<br />

Buffalo Thunder<br />

Resort & Casino<br />

Garcia Automotive Group<br />

Hutton Broadcasting<br />

La Fonda on the Plaza<br />

Neutrogena Corporation<br />

The Santa Fe New Mexican<br />

nATiOnAl COunCil<br />

$5,000 TO $9,999<br />

American General Media<br />

Century Bank<br />

Comcast Spotlight<br />

Encantado, An Auberge Resort<br />

Heritage Hotels & Resorts<br />

Los Alamos National Bank<br />

New Mexico Business Weekly<br />

Reynolds Insurance<br />

Santa Fe Trust<br />

SOFA WEST<br />

Thornburg<br />

Investment Management<br />

Western Art and Architecture<br />

GOvErnOr’s COunCil<br />

$2,500 TO $4,999<br />

Adobo Catering<br />

Bishop’s Lodge<br />

Ranch Resort and Spa<br />

Catron, Catron & Pottow<br />

Eight Modern<br />

Eldorado Hotel and Spa<br />

Hilton Santa Fe<br />

Hotel Santa Fe<br />

Inn of the Governors<br />

Los Poblanos Inn and<br />

Historic Cultural Center<br />

Rosewood Inn of the Anasazi<br />

Sotheby’s International Realty,<br />

Ashley Margetson<br />

Storyteller Theatres<br />

The Essential Guide<br />

The Zenchilada.com<br />

rEGEnTs’ COunCil<br />

$1,500 TO $2,499<br />

Albuquerque Journal North<br />

AlphaGraphics<br />

Andrew Neighbour<br />

Photography<br />

Asian Adobe<br />

Blue Rain Gallery<br />

Canyon Road Flowers<br />

Careers First<br />

Casa Cuma B&B<br />

CB Richard Ellis /<br />

Crow Holdings<br />

Chalmers Capitol Ford<br />

Cisneros Design<br />

Classic Party Rentals<br />

CPC Solutions<br />

Dana Waldon Photography<br />

David Richard<br />

Contemporary, LLC l<br />

Dougherty Real Estate Co.<br />

El Rey Inn<br />

Galpert/Ortega Group<br />

of Wells Fargo Advisors<br />

Get Printing<br />

GF Contemporary<br />

Hatcher & Tebo, P.A.<br />

Inn at Santa Fe<br />

Inn on the Alameda<br />

Invisible City Designs<br />

JLH Media l<br />

Knitworks, LLC<br />

Kyla Thompson<br />

Public Relations<br />

Lamplighter Inn<br />

Local Flavor Magazine<br />

Marja Custom Catering<br />

Marshall Plan<br />

Nedra Matteucci Galleries<br />

Old Santa Fe Inn<br />

Paper Tiger<br />

Paul Thompson & Associates /<br />

Santa Fe Valet<br />

Peas ‘n’ Pod Catering, Inc.<br />

PHOTO COURTESY DEBORAH FRITZ<br />

Deborah Fritz<br />

and GF Contemporary<br />

Building Community through Business and Art<br />

Los Alamos native Deborah Fritz moved to Santa Fe in 1997 with<br />

an art history degree from the University of New Mexico and<br />

dreams of being a sculptor. Instead, she found success in the art<br />

of being a gallery director.<br />

In February 2001, Fritz opened Giaccobe-Fritz Fine Art on Canyon<br />

Road, in partnership with her sister, Kimberly Giacobbe. In 2009,<br />

she opened another gallery, GF Contemporary, across the street.<br />

Together, the galleries represent a unique continuum of art, from<br />

traditional representational paintings, sculpture and graphics to<br />

more contemporary expressions in various media.<br />

“I pinch myself every day that I get to do what I love,” Fritz says.<br />

Fritz’s passion for art includes membership in the <strong>Museum</strong><br />

of New Mexico <strong>Foundation</strong> Business Council. An individual<br />

museum member since 2006, she took advantage of a special<br />

offer to members of the Santa Fe Art Gallery Association, where<br />

she serves as vice president, to join the Business Council. A<br />

New Mexico <strong>Museum</strong> of Art devotee and member of Friends of<br />

Contemporary Art, Fritz saw the Business Council as a way to<br />

support the museum on a professional level.<br />

“<strong>Museum</strong> Director Mary Kershaw’s energy and excitement and<br />

the new directions she’s taking the museum in are really exciting,”<br />

she says.<br />

Fritz not only increased her annual membership contribution to<br />

join the Business Council, she volunteered to serve on the group’s<br />

steering committee. In this role, Fritz now encourages other business<br />

owners to join and participate in the cultural community.<br />

“I say to my colleagues and competitors, ‘I think that part<br />

of the success of my business is my involvement in the community,’”<br />

she says. “The Business Council connects you to others<br />

who you may work with down the road, but the number one<br />

benefit is to support our community and our heritage. If you<br />

love this community, there’s no better way to support it than<br />

through the museums.”<br />

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