2015 District Representative Candidates’ Biographies

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District 1 (approximately from I-25 to mile post 2):
Ed Majka and his wife Marjorie have been New Mexico residents for 17 years and lived in Placitas since 2007. Currently retired; enjoys Golf, Travel and New Mexico and is also VP of ES-CA, and Chair of ES-CA Political Legal Committee. BSBA degree, Niagara University, NY; US Army Officer; Former President of $75mm Hazardous Waste Company; Board Member of Recycling Company; Officer of Waste Management Inc.; Environmental and Real Estate Consultant; former New Mexico Real Estate Associate Broker. Prior to moving to NM, due to Military and Corporate assignments, has resided in NY, AL, MS, TX, OH, CT, MA and NJ. Lives on Sky Mountain Road.
District 2 (approximately from mile post 3 to mile post 4):
Chris Daul and his wife Ginny have lived in Placitas for three and one-half years. He Has served as the District 2 Representative on the ES-CA Board for the past two years and served as secretary and communications chair. He is Involved in many groups and activities in the area, including being a volunteer in the Sandoval County Fire Department, ; the Placitas Recycling Association, and playing in the local band Rock Zone.
Chris previously worked in NJ State government as an attorney with both the Department of Environmental Protection and with the State Senate, and continues to provide consulting services to his previous company in NJ, advising on environmental, land use, transportation and solid waste matters. He also works part time as an EMT in Albuquerque.
District 3 (approximately from mile post 4 to mile post 6):
Jerry Saxton and his wife Janice is a long time Placitas resident and he became members of ES-CA shortly after it started in 2011 and is the ES-CA membership chair. I have been a Placitas Resident since 2001 when I moved to Ranchos de Placitas. Interests have always included environmental issues and the political activities required to preserve our unique and remarkable community. Is the President of Board of Rebuilding Together Sandoval County, a charity that repairs homes for poverty level homeowners at no cost to the home-owner. Is the Democratic Party of Sandoval County Ward A Chair for Ward A that includes the north east Sandoval County including Placitas, Bernalillo, Algodones, and 6 Pueblos.
Retired from Geophysical Services Inc. after 23 years, became a geophysical software consultant to Halliburton Geophysical Services for several years. Has a BA in Mathematics and Psychology, MS in Mathematics, and Doctoral work in Mathematics, Computer Science, and Geophysics.
District 4 (approximately everything east of mile post 6):
Tony Hull has been member of ES-CA from its start and has served two terms District 4 Representative. Recognizing how special Placitas is he acquired property in 2005, moved here is 2009. Is active in the community, including developing 10 exhibits at the Placitas Public Library on the History of Placitas in the 1960s and 1970s, and serving on the Library programs board. Has helped found Resilient Placitas, and Placitas Wild. The latter is concerned with rational and humane approaches to coexisting with wildlife, including the free range or wild horses. Has a broad concern for our fragile ecosystem, forces like pipelines and mines which create risks to our safety and way of life, and to political forces which may or may not recognize what we on the East Side value about our way of life.
As Adjunct Professor of Physics and Astronomy at UNM, he brings a scientific background to some of the local situations (pipelines, mining, light pollution, etc.) that affect our current and future quality of life. His career included work for NASA and industry, including directing the team that built the mirror suite for the James Webb Space Telescope, NASA’s sequel to Hubble, currently NASA’s largest astrophysics project (launching in 2018).

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