Broadband Day
at the Roundhouse
​2026

FEBRUARY 12, 2026 - 9AM-NOON

​​Check out information tables, learn about broadband programs and initiatives, and connect with broadband leaders, advocates and lawmakers from across the state. Explore how broadband affects all aspects of our life in New Mexico and learn more about statewide efforts to "Connect New Mexico," including OBAE funding opportunities such as Connect New Mexico Pilot, Student Connect, Community Connect, GWEP, Broadband, Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) and initiatives statewide to expand digital access and opportunities for all New Mexicans.

LOCATION:
​The New Mexico State Capitol
490 Old Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe, NM 87501

SCHEDULE:
9am-12noon
Information Tables in the East and West Wings
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​10am-11am
Press Conference & Presentations in the Rotunda

• Gov. Lujan Grisham, New Mexico
• Sen. Michael Padilla, Senate Majority Whip
• Jeff Lopez, Director, Office of Broadband Access and Expansion
• Sarita Nair, Cabinet Secretary Department of Workforce Solutions
• Margaret Merrill, Owner, Oso Internet Solutions
• Mitch Hibbard, Chief Operating Officer, Penasco Valley Telephone Cooperative
• Sonia Nez, Manager, Navajo Nation Broadband Office
• Nubia Tarazona, Interim Superintendent, Gadsden Independent School District
• ​Natalie Runyan, Office of Broadband Access and Expansion​ ​

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9am-Noon
Information Tables in the East and West Wings include:

1. Office of Broadband Access and Expansion (OBAE)
2. Broadband Workforce Training Opportunities/BICSI
3. NM Department of Workforce Solutions (DWS)
4. OBAE Mapping and Data, RESPEC, EDAC
5. Digital Opportunity Working Group
   and New Mexico State Library
6. DiverseIT & TechUp New Mexico
   (device distribution project)
7. Tribal Working Group
8. Navajo Nation Broadband Office
9. Mescalero Apache Telecom Inc. (MATI)
10. JNET and Jemez Pueblo​ Tribal Network
11. SFIS Pueblo Education Network (PEN)
12. New Mexico Broadband Summit and Vida Mejor
13. Department of Information Technology (DoIT)
14. Office of Senator Ben Ray Luján
15. New Mexico Exchange Carrier Group (NMECC)
16. SFCC Broadband and Pre-Apprenticeship Pilot with DWS (BECA SAEF2 Grant Apprenticeship Expansion Grant Awardee)
17. New Mexico Fiber Network
18. AARP, OATS
19. ACLU
20. New Mexico Department of Homeland Security & Emergency Management
21. New Mexico Rural Electric Cooperatives​
22. Accessible New Mexico​

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