Rick Homans (NMSA Executive Director)
Secretary Taxation and Revenue Department, State of New Mexico
Rick Homans was appointed by Governor Bill Richardson on March 31, 2008 to be the Secretary of the New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department.He previously served Governor Richardson as Secretary of the state's Economic Development Department from 2003 through 2007. Homans served as the first chairman of the New Mexico Spaceport Authority from 2005-2007.

Homans previously lived in Albuquerque where he was president of the Starlight Media Group, the publisher of numerous city magazines, visitor guides and the New Mexico Business Weekly. He was the chairman of the Albuquerque Convention Visitors Bureau, Vice-Chairman of the Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce, and co-founder of the Albuquerque Children's Museum. Homans is a graduate of Leadership New Mexico.