Two new members were elected to the Board of Directors of Protection and Advocacy System earlier this year.

Karl McKibben is the Chairperson of the People First Self-Determination Task Force, and has provided testimony in support of consumer-directed services to legislative committees and state agency advisory committees. Karl receives services and supports from a community-based provider agency in Albuquerque.

Larry Holland is retired from a career with the Bureau of Land Management. He is a double-amputee who provides disability awareness programs to public school students and at ENMU-Roswell. He is a past president of the Roswell Kiwanis Club and serves on the Board of Directors of Tobosa Developmental Services, the DD provider agency in the Roswell area.