Mark

Mark Lautman

CONTACT INFORMATION

Address
7601 Jefferson St NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87109

Mr. Lautman has over 30 years of experience as a professional economic developer. He has designed and managed four economic development programs that procured more than 80 corporate locations, accounting for more than 15,000 new jobs, 6 million ft. of industrial space, and $11 billion in new investment.

Mr. Lautman is former Chairman of the New Mexico Economic Development Commission, 2000-2010. Most recently, Mr. Lautman was Vice President of Economic Development of Mesa del Sol where his business unit was responsible for recruiting Albuquerque Studios, Schott Solar, Fidelity Investments and several others businesses. Mr. Lautman’s previous New Mexico economic development assignments include Santa Teresa, Rio Rancho and Grants.

Mr. Lautman’s recent consulting projects include Spaceport America, Artesia Chamber of Commerce, San Juan County, Cibola County, Rio Rancho Economic Development Corporation, Oklahoma City, and Vermillion, SD. Mr. Lautman currently leads the New Mexico Legislature’s Interim Jobs Council and is consulting with Sandoval County in the development of a comprehensive economic/workforce development program. In addition, Mr. Lautman’s consulting business, Lautman Economic Architecture, LLC, works with community leaders to transform community economies and elevate the professional practice of economic and workforce development.

Mr. Lautman is the author of “When the Boomers Bail: a Community Economic Survival Guide.” He is a founding director of the Community Economics Lab, a private not-for-profit think tank that innovates new approaches for economic development in labor and capital constrained economies. Mr. Lautman is a 1971 graduate of the University of New Mexico in Economics, Architecture and Geography, and a former Peace Corps volunteer.