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# Jeffrey Lopez Appointed as New Mexico Broadband Director
- URL: https://broadbandbreakfast.com/jeffrey-lopez-appointed-as-new-mexico-broadband-director/
- Published: 2025-06-24T16:02:39.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-11T05:51:15.000Z
- Description: Former senior policy advisor to Sen. Ben Ray Luján steps into state role at critical time
- Author: Cameron Marx
- Tags: Briefs, Jeffrey Lopez, Michelle Lujan Grisham, New Mexico Office of Broadband Access, New Mexico, Ben Ray Luján, Tom Udall, BEAD, Drew Lovelace, Aquiles "Alex" Trujillo, #with-siderail

June 24, 2025 – New Mexico Governor **Michelle Lujan Grisham**, D-N.M., [has appointed](https://www.governor.state.nm.us/2025/06/23/governor-announces-new-broadband-office-leadership-jeffrey-lopez-named-director/?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com) **Jeffrey Lopez** to serve as Director of the New Mexico Office of Broadband Access and Expansion.

Lopez [previously worked](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jbondslopez/?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com) as a senior policy advisor and state staff to Sen. **Ben Ray Luján**, D-N.M., and as a senior policy advisor and legislative assistant for former Sen. **Tom Udall**, D-N.M., according to his LinkedIn profile.

Grisham expressed high praise for Lopez.

[![CTA Image](https://storage.ghost.io/c/29/97/29976d9d-89ea-4c77-8c0b-0e8a0eafed35/content/images/2025/06/bead_event_base_graphic-1.png)](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/speeding-bead-summit) 

***FROM SPEEDING BEAD SUMMIT**  
***Panel 1: How Are States Thinking About Reasonable Costs Now?**  
***Panel 2: Finding the State Versus Federal Balance in BEAD**  
***Panel 3: Reacting to the New BEAD NOFO Guidance**  
***Panel 4: Building, Maintaining and Adopting Digital Workforce Skills**

[All Videos from Speeding BEAD Summit ](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/speeding-bead-summit) 

“Jeffrey possesses the perfect combination of federal policy knowledge, broadband program prowess, and familiarity with New Mexico communities that our state needs to maximize the historic broadband investments underway,” Grisham said. “His leadership will help ensure every New Mexican has access to reliable, high-speed internet, from our rural communities to our tribal nations.”

According to the governor’s press release, issued Monday, Lopez “worked directly on legislation that created the federal Broadband Equity Access and Deployment Act.” 

His appointment comes at a critical time for the state, [which dismissed its last broadband director](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/new-mexico-still-searching-for-new-broadband-director/), **Drew Lovelace**, [after he failed to push through](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/new-mexicos-70-million-starlink-plan-not-in-state-budget/) a $70 million proposal to expand high-speed internet access to New Mexican residents via Starlink.

Grisham also appointed **Aquiles “Alex” Trujillo** to serve as deputy director. Trujillo’s and Lopez’s appointments are both effective immediately.