Pamelya P. Herndon

Pamelya Herndon is a former Deputy Cabinet Secretary and General Counsel in New Mexico State government. She received her Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Howard University in Washington, DC and her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Texas School of Law.
Ms. Herndon has an impressive professional career that includes serving as a senior litigation attorney with the Internal Revenue Service and as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of New Mexico. She is licensed to practice law in the states of Colorado and New Mexico, and before the United States Tax Court and United States Supreme Court. She is also a Certified Public Accountant licensed in the State of Texas.

Ms. Herndon has taught courses at the University of New Mexico Law School and most recently served as counsel with the Ahr Law Offices in Albuquerque. She has helped train paralegals and legal secretaries at Brookline College.

Ms. Herndon has worked to help an array of women of all races and ethnic backgrounds achieve their full economic and personal potential. She is a long time member of the National Council of Negro Women and sits as a member of the Board of Directors of Emerge New Mexico. Pamelya Herndon serves as the 1st Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of US New Mexico Federal Credit Union and President of the Board of the Con Alma Health Foundation. She is a strong advocate of the New Mexico Youth Entrepreneurship program where she helped a young woman of mixed heritage achieve her goal of writing a winning business plan for a future business. Ms. Herndon has been a leader in Emerging Young Leaders, a program spearheaded by the international Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. The program focuses on improving the social and educational stature of girls. On some Sunday mornings, Ms. Herndon can be heard as the Southwest Gospel Diva hosting the Train to Glory radio program on KUNM.

Ms. Herndon says she is humbled by her selection and is excited about the new challenges that await her. In addition to her focus on developing economic and educational programs for girls and women, Ms. Herndon will continue to carry out the core mission of the Law Center that includes eliminating gender bias, discrimination and harassment; lifting women and their families out of poverty; and ensuring that all women have full control over their reproductive lives through access to comprehensive reproductive health services and information.
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