Board of Directors

Joshua is currently the Chief of Projects and Integration for the United States Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration. In this role he is responsible for the strategic direction and modernization of the NNSA Information Technology Infrastructure and the everyday maintenance and management of activities that support NNSAs mission across the globe. This role has required him to closely collaborate with internal and external teams, including contractors, National Labs, and federal leadership across multiple agencies, to coordinate efforts and ensure successful delivery of the IT strategy in alignment with the Office of the Chief Information Officer and the NNSA strategic mission. He has also had the opportunity to create and implement project management governance and policy that has allowed for the improvement and growth of the project management best practices within the agency and created new relationships with other agencies that see the benefit to the practices now in place within NNSA.

Prior to joining NNSA, Joshua was the Director of Strategic Initiatives for the US Department of Energy National Training Center. This role gave him the opportunity to develop and grow a department that utilized a mix of strategy and project management best practices to help the organization move its mission forward while at the same time working on projects and programs internally and at the national level that advanced the mission of the Department of Energy.

Previously, he was the first Development Operations Manager at the National Training Center. In this capacity, he was responsible for local and national projects that served the mission of the Department of Energy. He specialized in bringing project management best practices to the structure and daily operations of the information technology division within the organization.

He has served as an IT consultant since 2005 throughout New Mexico. He worked to help modernize the music library, performance facilities, and computer labs with state-of-the-art technology at New Mexico State University during 2007 - 2008. From 2008 to early 2019, his IT expertise were applied to the UNM School of Law, College of Education, and IT Academic Technologies division where he worked with 30,000+ users supporting over 3,500 online courses both domestically and abroad.

Joshua has served as PMIRGC's Director of Communications and was awarded the 2018 Director of the year award. In his prior role as VP of Marketing, he actively sought out new partnerships with organizations to bring added value to PMIRGC membership.  He continues to actively recruit new members to our wonderful chapter.

Lynn Galica has extensive experience in health care delivery in the areas of nursing, hospital management, managed care, and healthcare software solutions This experience includes military nursing, health care consulting and project management experience during her tenure with the US Army, CSC, Perot Systems and Dell Healthcare.  Assignments included national managed care organizations such as Kaiser Permanente California, Harvard Pilgrim Health Plans and Blue Cross Blue Shield organizations.

Currently Lynn is with CommonSpirit Healthcare successfully managing multi-phased projects in clinical areas including Pharmacy, Nursing, and ACA regulatory requirements. Lynn holds a BSN in Nursing, MA in Health Services Management and has been a PMP since 2005.

Lynn lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico with her husband Tom and two very spoiled Bull Mastiffs, Luna and Stella.  She enjoys reading, travel and Tom’s great cooking in her free time

Marie has been working in the financial and accounting field for over 30 years. She started as the office manager for a car dealership and from there was the bookkeeper for her and her husband’s dairy farm for 18 years. After moving to New Mexico, Marie  worked as an office manager / bookkeeper for a small company and then worked for a research company where she gained her PMP and worked in project management and administration, including finance. Marie has worked as a bookkeeper for a small company in Albuquerque, which she has retired from now in 2023. She is also very involved in church activities where she utilizes her PMP skills.

John Hernandez is the Founder and CEO of Dash2 Labs – a firm developing custom-built digital twin technology in the project management, manufacturing, and operations domains. Prior to founding Dash2 Labs, John held various leadership positions managing multi-million dollar programs involving nuclear weapon modernization production, and unmanned aerial system production and global operations. He also served in the U.S. Navy as a pilot, systems engineer, and program manager. John is the recipient of multiple U.S. Navy innovation awards and earned a U.S. patent for novel military technology development. 

John holds certifications as both a Project Management Professional and Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. He has also earned advanced degrees in Physics, Systems Engineering, Aeronautics, and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Melanie spent the early part of her career on the west coast working at software startup companies in engineering, operations, and project management. She returned to her hometown of Albuquerque to work in the private sector, then in academia at the University of New Mexico, and has now ventured into the government arena taking on a Project Manager role for the Department of Energy National Training Center on Kirtland Air Force Base. She works on projects that help to support the mission of delivering and facilitating health, safety, safeguards, security, and protective force training for Department of Energy and National Nuclear Security Administration Federal and contractor employees.  

 
Melanie is a University of New Mexico alumni and is currently pursuing a Master of Science Degree in Project Management through the newly accredited MSPM program at Anderson School of Management.  She earned her PMP certification in December of 2020 and has been a member of PMI since 2016.  Melanie began volunteer service with the Rio Grande Chapter as Director of Programs, then served for 5 years as VP of Programs.  She is now taking on a brand-new role to the chapter, VP of Concierge Services, where she functions as the liaison for chapter visitors, members, and other board of director members, and assists in facilitating access to the chapter’s offerings, resources, and programs. 

Breanne is the Senior Project Manager for the United States Department of Energy National Training Center located on Kirtland Airforce Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She is responsible for technology projects and strategic initiatives that support the mission of the organization. She works with several business areas to create policies and procedures that further the organization to successful achievement of its objectives. Prior to this position, she was responsible for establishing a program to support the Learning Management System for the Department of Energy and its 250,000 users.

Prior to coming to the Department of Energy, her talents were utilized at Verizon Wireless where she was responsible for technology distribution to support the New Mexico market and interacting with stakeholders to ensure a great experience to that end. She demonstrated exceptional customer service during her time with the company that ranked her number 1 in the district and number 4 in the territory. 

Her experiences in these positions helped her to realize her passion for project management and that is what started her journey to grow in the field. Breanne has recently earned her Master’s Degree in Project Management from the University of Southern California and the honor of joining the Phi Kappa Phi USC Chapter for being in the top 10% of her class. Along with her academic accomplishments, Breanne obtained her Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) and is currently working on studying for her PMP.

Avery is responsible for the overall management and leadership of the volunteer program. He oversees the recruitment, training, and placement of volunteers, ensuring they are effectively utilized to support the organization's mission.