Board Members

Rebeca Romero Rainey, President

Rebeca Romero Rainey is a 1993 graduate of Taos High School.  She graduated from Wellesley College in Boston Massachusetts in 1997.    At that time she returned home to Taos to work at Centinel Bank.  In 1999 she was promoted to President and CEO of the bank. 

At age 22 she became the youngest bank president in the nation.  Stories about her appeared in numerous publications to include Fortune magazine and the front page of the Wall Street Journal. 

Rebeca serves on numerous local and state level boards.  She has received the Governor’s award for outstanding NM women.  In 2003 Hispanic business magazine named her one of the 80 most elite Hispanic women business leaders, and the US Banker magazine ranked her as one of the 50 most powerful women in banking.  Today Rebeca holds the title of Board Chair and CEO of the bank.  She and her husband John have two daughters, both born with the midwives of the Northern New Mexico Midwifery Center.

 

Marcy Andrew, Secretary

Marcy came to Taos in 1994 from New York via South Dakota, Oregon, West Africa and Alaska.  She found her home here as well as her calling to be a midwife.  She did her apprenticeship at the Northern New Mexico Midwifery Center and has been practicing as a midwife and teaching apprentices there since 2001.  She has also worked as a teacher’s aid at the local Waldorf- inspired school, has been a foster parent to several children and has worked as a midwife in the Philippines.  She loves to create art and to spend her days off in the mountains and is currently in the process of adopting a baby from Guatemala.

 

Kathy Alcon

Kathy is a registered Physical Therapist.  She received her degree from the University of Central Kansas.  She is licensed in three states, New Mexico, Illinois, and Arkansas.  She owns and operates Morning Light Physical Therapy for Women.  She has 26 years experience in a variety of settings including hospital, home health, nursing home and extensively in out patient orthopedics.

  In the last 7 years she has specialized in the area of women’s health.  She created specific protocols for common problems that face women:  fibromyalgia, osteoperosis, urinary incontinence, pelvic floordysfunction, post-mastectomy/breast reconstruction, obstetrics, diabetes, and the needs of the female athlete.  She also works with PMS, menopause, and painful menstruation.  She uses a holistic approach to treatment, working to achieve balance between the mind, body and spirit. 

Kathy believes education and prevention are the key to health and wellness.  She has been quoted to say, “If I treat a person, I help them today, but if I teach that person I help them for their lifetime.  She provides traditional modalities and exercise but offers many extras such as weight loss programs, stress management/relaxation, soul retrieval, and guided imagery.

Kathy recently returned to her home state of New Mexico to fulfill her dream of creating Morning Light, a safe place where women can come to heal.  She devides her time between patient care and lecturing in the area of health and wellness.  In her free time Kathy enjoys gardening, reading, and hiking.  She volunteers her time to many causes promoting women and children.