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Mrs. Friedt is the Director of Planning & Engineering for AMAFCA. She attended the University of New Mexico and received a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering and is a PE in New Mexico and a Certified Floodplain Manager. Mrs. Friedt has 20 years of experience working the private and public sector with a majority of the that time emphasized on storm water engineering.

Mr. Romero is currently the Drainage Engineer for AMAFCA. He obtained a bachelor’s and master’s degree in civil engineering from the University of New Mexico and is a PE in New Mexico and a Certified Floodplain Manager. Mr. Romero has nearly 10 years of experience working in drainage and stormwater management with a large focus on hydrologic and hydraulic modeling.

Karen Rogers is the Senior Manager for the Validation and Qualification Sciences Group. This group is a significant contributor to Sandia’s Nuclear Deterrence Mission by providing large-scale thermal and mechanical test environments, diagnostics, and data fusion to support the validation and qualification requirements of weapon systems in addition to serving a broader community ranging from Strategic Partnerships to Small Business Administration programs. Karen brings 17 years of management experience to this role including leadership positions in Missile Warning/Missile Defense satellite system architecture development, Nuclear Detonation Detection modeling and analysis, and Proliferation Detection R&D.

H. Scott Halliday has worked at Navajo Technical University (NTU) for 21 years building capacity to provide equitable educational and research opportunities for not only NTU and other Tribal Colleges but also mainstream universities across the United States. Mr. Halliday’s efforts have resulted in an ever-expanding, cutting edge, ultra-modern, Advanced Manufacturing (AM) research facility providing NTU and partners access to research equipment to achieve breakthrough high level metal AM research.

Adriane Tenequer is the Materials Testing Lab Coordinator at NTU, where she manages the daily operations of the Materials Testing and Material Characteristics lab. Adriane earned her Master of Engineering in Industrial Engineering from NMSU and a Bachelor of Science, Industrial Engineering from NTU.

Fernando Moreu is an Associate Professor at the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering (CCEE) at UNM. He holds courtesy appointments in the Departments of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Computer Science. He is the founder and director of the Smart Management of Infrastructure Laboratory (SMILab). Prof. Moreu’s research interests include structural dynamics and control, structural health monitoring (SHM), wireless smart sensor networks, cyber-physical systems, computer vision, augmented reality, unmanned aerial systems, bridge engineering, and aerospace operations. Prof. Moreu received his MS and PhD degrees in structural engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2005 and 2015, respectively). Prof. Moreu is a registered PE since 2010. Prof. Moreu is the current Secretary of the ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI) Technical Committee in SHM and Control (SHMC) (2023-2026) and the current secretary of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Technical Division of Dynamics of Civil Structures (2023-2025).

As co-anchor of Action 7 News Live at 5:00pm, 6:00pm, and 10:00pm, Shelly brings you the day's big stories alongside co-anchor Doug Fernandez.

Some memorable highlights of Shelly's career include covering the aftermath of the September 11th terrorist attacks from Manhattan, running with the Olympic Torch for the 2002 Winter Olympics, and covering Florida's hurricane season of 2004. She's active in our community and is currently serving on the board of directors for the New Mexico Coalition for Literacy.

Dennis Romero is the New Mexico Environment Department Construction Programs Bureau Chief. He is a licensed civil engineer in New Mexico, as well as a certified Level 4 Water Operator and Level 4 Wastewater Operator. Dennis earned a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of New Mexico, an M.S. in Geochemistry from New Mexico Tech, and has four classes to complete to graduate with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University. He has worked for Los Alamos National Labs, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Public Regulation Commission and the City of Gallup. Past job titles have been Hydrologist, Project Engineer, Engineering Manager, Hydraulic Engineer and Utilities Director.

Randall is a graduate of Washburn University School of Law and is the Managing Attorney of Van Vleck Law, LLC, and is associated with NM Local Government Law, LLC, a law group that focuses its practice on local government matters and clients. Randy was formerly the General Counsel to the New Mexico Municipal League where he advised municipalities, their officials, and employees on various statutory and constitutional issues. Randy's public service includes employment as an Assistant District Attorney, the Deputy Chief Counsel to the Disciplinary Board of the New Mexico Supreme Court, Assistant Attorney General and as a City Attorney. He is a frequent speaker and panelist at seminars throughout New Mexico and the United States.