Who We Are
OFRA was created as a state agency by the New Mexico legislature in 2022. The Family Representation and Advocacy Act calls for an agency director as well as a 13-person commission.
Leadership
“The heart of justice is truth telling.”
Bell Hooks
Beth Gillia, JD, MA
OFRA Executive
Director
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
Margaret Mead
Farra Fong, LMSW
OFRA Deputy
Director
“In every conceivable manner, the family is a link to our past, bridge to our future.”
Alex Haley
Leslie Jones, JD
Legal Services Division Director
“Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.”
Rumi
Stacie Ortiz, MSW
Interdisciplinary Services Division Director
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.”
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Lisa Fitting, JD, MBA
Administrative Services Division Director
“Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Lovey Howell
Chief Financial Officer
“Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less”
-C.S. Lewis
Chris Sparno
Chief Information Officer