Santa Fe resident James G. Vaughan was the only recipient for the 2021 Life Member Award from the American Chamber of Commerce Executives. Vaughan moved to Santa Fe in 2014 after working as CEO of the Greater Waco (Texas) Chamber of Commerce from 2004-12. He also was CEO of the Chattanooga (Tenn.) Area Chamber of Commerce for 12 years in the 1980s and 1990s. Vaughan is the 63rd Life Member over a span of about 40 years. Vaughan is the past president of the Friends of the Wheelwright Museum in Santa Fe. He has a bachelor’s degree in business from Florida State University.

Randy Grissom is the new chairman of the St. Vincent Hospital Foundation, with Gregory Edwards serving as vice chairman, Randy Hibben as treasurer and Rebecca Estrada as secretary. Outgoing Chairwoman Mary Macukas and Phillip Goldstone will serve on the executive committee. Grissom retired as president of Santa Fe Community College in 2017. Edwards is chairman of CASS Holdings LLC. Hibben is a retired chairman and CEO of Lake Forest Bank & Trust Co. in Lake Forest, Ill., and serves as president of the board for Santa Fe Habitat for Humanity. Estrada is the community outreach specialist for higher education and workforce at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Ed Gonzalez has joined True Health New Mexico’s provider services team as a network contract specialist. In a 30-year customer service career, Gonzalez worked eight years at Blue Cross Blue Shield New Mexico. He attended the College of Southern Nevada and DeVry University.



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