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1 candidate selected for public interview to serve as LFC director
SANTA FE — Charles Sallee — a budget expert and longtime member of the Legislative Finance Committee staff — is a finalist to succeed David Abbey, who retired as LFC director earlier this year.
Sallee, the interim director, is the lone remaining candidate to lead the staff. Lawmakers who serve on the Legislative Finance Committee met in closed session last week to interview candidates.
Sallee will next be formally interviewed in a public meeting at 10 a.m. Thursday in the state Capitol. Members of the public are invited to send interview questions to LFC@nmlegis.gov by 5 p.m. Tuesday.
Sallee has served as the LFC’s deputy director for budget development and fiscal analysis, rising through the LFC ranks since 2005. A native of Las Cruces, he has a bachelor’s degree from New Mexico State University and a master’s from Texas State University.
At the outset of a national search, lawmakers said they expected the job — which includes leading a staff of economists, researchers and analysts — to pay $105,000 to $202,600 a year.
