Who We Are
OFRA was created as a state agency by the New Mexico legislature in 2022. The Family Representation and Advocacy Act calls for an agency director as well as a 13-person commission.
Leadership
“The heart of justice is truth telling.”
Bell Hooks
Beth Gillia, JD, MA
OFRA Executive
Director
“In every conceivable manner, the family is a link to our past, bridge to our future.”
Alex Haley
Leslie Jones, JD
Legal Services Division Director
“Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.”
Rumi
Stacie Ortiz, MSW
Interdisciplinary Services Division Director
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.”
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Lisa Fitting, JD, MBA
Administrative Services Division Director
“Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.”
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Theresa Benavidez
Chief Financial Officer
“If you can visualize it, if you can dream it, there’s some way to do it.”
Walt Disney
Chris Sparno
Chief Information Officer