361 | How New Mexico is Supporting Clean Tech Startups with Rebecca Puck Stair

For four decades, Rebecca “Puck” Stair has built teams to tackle complex, high-profile, high-dollar projects. In 2023, she came to the New Mexico state energy office after two decades in the New Mexico film industry, where she worked as a producer and location manager on over a hundred films, television shows, commercials and other media projects, including podcasts and conferences for the Franciscan monk Father Richard Rohr. In 2020, she ran for NM Senate, and subsequently served as a policy analyst for our House of Representatives Consumer & Public Affairs Committee. For two years, Stair served as president of New Mexico’s largest film crew union, IATSE Local 480. Stair graduated Cum Laude from Amherst College with a BA in English Literature, and completed some graduate study in linguistics at Georgetown University. Between championing clean-energy projects for the state, she rides horses, skis, races triathlons, and other questionable activities that require helmets.

This episode is sponsored by the coaching company of the host, Paul Zelizer. Consider a Strategy Session if you can use support growing your impact business.

Resources mentioned in this episode include:

• New Mexico Clean Energy site

• Atomic 66 site

• Rep. Andrea Romero Awarepreneurs interview

• Michael Poffenberger Awarepreneurs interview

• Kristy Drutman Awarepreneurs interview

• NMClimate newsletter

• New Mexico’s Community Solar program

• New Mexico’s Energy Transition Act

• Paul's Strategy Sessions

• Pitch an Awarepreneurs episode