Espiritu to address club

Mike Espiritu, president of the Roswell-Chaves County Economic Development Corp., will be featured speaker at this week’s Rotary Club meeting. The meeting begins at noon at the Roswell Civic Center.

Espiritu

Espiritu, who has been president of the corporation since October 2019, said: “I am fueled by the passion for creating better economic and community development opportunities for people, businesses, and communities, which provides stronger educational and training programs for a superior workforce, enhance local governmental programs, and create the environment for a better quality of life for all citizens.”

Before moving to Roswell, Espiritu served as F-16 assistant site manager and safety, health and environmental manager at AECOM, Holloman Air Force Base. Prior to that, he was president and CEO of the Otero County Economic Development Council and the Alamogordo Chamber of Commerce

He served in the Air Force for more than 27 years, retiring in 2001 as command chief master sergeant of the 49th Fighter Wing.

Espiritu serves on the Eastern New Mexico Medical Center Board of Directors, as vice-chair of the Roswell City Airport Advisory Commission, and on the Eastern Area Workforce Development Board of Directors.