The Office of the Secretary is responsible for departmental organization, staffing, budgeting and policies that enforce the laws and regulations which the department administers.

Communications Director
Marissa Stone Bardino

MARISSA STONE BARDINO became Communications Director for the New Mexico Environment Department in 2006. She worked as a Public Information Officer for Governor Richardson’s Investment Partnership at the New Mexico Department of Transportation prior to working at NMED. Marissa also worked as a reporter at The Santa Fe New Mexican for nearly five years where she covered the northern region and eight northern tribes.

She is a member of the Good Neighbor Environmental Board, an independent federal committee that advises the President and Congress on good neighbor practices along the U.S. border with Mexico.

Marissa holds a bachelor’s degree in English literature from Florida International University in Miami, Fla. Marissa is a native of Chimayó with family ties in New Mexico dating back generations. Marissa was born in Los Alamos, N.M.