Cameron Marx

New Mexico is still without a permanent director for its Office of Broadband Access and Expansion following the departure of former acting director Drew Lovelace. Lovelace, who had served as acting director since September 2023, left the department on May 30, and seemed set to return to his prior position as the department’s operations manager. Instead, it appears that Lovelace has left the OBAE altogether, and no one has been appointed to take his place.  In the interim, Department of Information Technology Cabinet Secretary Manny Barreras is serving as the office’s acting director.