
Will work to complete Tommy Nelson’s projects
Genevieve Jackson is back on the McKinley County Board of Commissioners.
The retired educator and administrator who has spent most of her life in the county had already served as one of three commissioners for two terms before she stepped aside for two years, as is required by state statute.
Then, late last year, a vacancy for the seat was created by the death of Commissioner Tommy Nelson. So Jackson said “[I] threw my scarf into the ring” and applied to fill the opening. Then, New Mexico’s governor chose her.
Jackson, a retired educator and administrator both with the Navajo Nation and Gallup-McKinley County Schools District...