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Director of Economic Development
Cara joined UNM Rainforest Innovations as a Student Office Assistant in May 2006 and is currently the Director of Economic Development. Cara has an M.B.A. with a concentration in Marketing from UNM’s Anderson School of Management and bachelor’s degrees in Psychology and Sociology from the University of New Mexico.