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The Team
Selena Connealy, PhD
Selena Connealy, PhD is the Associate Director for the NM EPSCoR State Office. In that role, she is the co-Principal Investigator for the NSF-funded NM SMART Grid Center, a $24 million research project to modernize the electricity grid and develop a diverse and highly-qualified workforce. Dr. Connealy began her education career as a middle school teacher in Texas and was a Project Associate at the Council of Chief State School Officers in Washington, DC. For the past twenty years, she has worked at the intersection of formal and informal education, supporting educators and learners at the NM Museum of Natural History and Science, NM State Parks, and UNM, and advocating for systemic change through the NM Partnership for Mathematics and Science Education.
Brittney Van Der Werff
Brittney Van Der Werff earned her undergraduate degree in Psychology from Northern Arizona University, and her master’s from the University of Michigan's School for Natural Resources and the Environment. She is passionate about effective communication, equity, and conservation behavior
Theresa Cardenas
Theresa Cardenas, a native New Mexican, is the founder and CEO of Noble Renewables Group LLC, a sustainability leadership consultancy firm to facilitate social and environmental change for a more sustainable world by offering strategic planning, coalition building, facilitation, civic engagement, environmental policy advocacy, and community education. She has expertise in policy action at the local, state, and federal level in clean air, water management, climate change, and electricity transition. Theresa earned her undergraduate degree from the University of New Mexico, and her masters in Sustainability degree from Arizona State University. She is passionate about the arts and humanities as a voice for equity and social change.
