Jason Espinoza, president of the New Mexico Association of Commerce and Industry (ACI), will be the featured speaker at the May meeting of the MVEDA Business in the Borderplex Forum. ACI is New Mexico’s statewide business advocate. ACI gives businesses a voice to shape policies and make New Mexico a better place to do business by proactively advocating for positive change in the laws and regulations that govern business and industry.
The meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 2, 2017 from 11:30 AM until 1:00 PM at the Hotel Encanto de Las Cruces, 705 S. Telshor. The meeting will begin with a hot entree buffet and a brief update by MVEDA staff.
Previously, Jason served as ACI’s chief lobbyist as vice president for government affairs. As president, Jason has led ACI to more proactively champion policy, such as drafting and supporting pro-business legislation. This new approach has resulted in successful legislation to expand single sales factor apportionment for corporate headquarters in New Mexico, to create independent hearing officers for the state Taxation and Revenue Department, and to provide relief and predictability to businesses’ unemployment insurance rates. During the 2016 legislative session, ACI helped to block more than 24 anti-business proposals, including more than $452 million in tax increases for New Mexico companies, while helping to navigate more than a dozen pro-business proposals through the Legislature to become law.
Jason is a member of the New Mexico Legislative Jobs Council, the New Mexico Business Water Task Force, and the Business Advisory Group to New Mexico’s One-Stop Business Portal project.
Advance registration is $25.00 per person, payable by major credit card via the secure PayPal portal on the registration form. Payment at the door with cash, check or credit card is $30.00 per person. Due to space constraints reservations are required. Registration closes on Thursday, April 28.
