Who We Are
El Paso resident since 1963, graduated from UTEP, retired video production specialist at local tv stations, Martin Recording, Inc. El Paso Natural Gas and the El Paso Independent School District.
Rebeca Ramos is a program administrator at the University of Texas at El Paso. In 2009, Rebeca became the founding Executive Director of Alliance of Border Collaboratives ("ABC"). ABC has the mission to improve outcomes for health disparities populations. Rebeca is also the founder of the longest running HIV/Substance Prevention Program in Mexico, "Programa Compañeros". She has many years of experience in governmental and non-profit service.
Collin King has a passion for social justice and education. Collin currently volunteers with National Model United Nations as a member of conference staff, and has volunteered with this organization since 2014 bringing a rigorous educational simulation to more than 2,000 international students each year. Collin earned his Bachelor of Arts in Government from New Mexico State University in 2012. Collin currently serves as the store manager for the NMSU Bookstore.
Rev. Dr. Pamela Rowley is the current El Paso District Superintendent. Her prior appointments have included Senior pastor of St. John’s UMC in Albuquerque, NM, University UMC, Las Cruces, NM; St. Paul’s UMC, El Paso, Texas; and Associate pastor of St. Paul UMC, Abilene, Texas; and St. Luke’s UMC, Highland Ranch, Colorado. Dr. Rowley has served in many leadership positions in the New Mexico Conference, including the El Paso District Committee on Ordained Ministry. She serves currently as the Chair of the Conference Board of Ordained Ministry, member of the Executive Committee, the Chair of the Order of Elders, and a member of the Council on Finance and Administration. The ordained clergy of the New Mexico Conference elected her as a delegate to the upcoming General and Jurisdictional Conferences of the UMC. The Certified Lay Ministry (CLM) was started with Pam’s leadership and grew to be one of the largest, if not the largest number of CLMs of an annual conference. One of the joys of ministry for Pam is having the opportunity to work with the laity. Rev. Rowley received a Doctor of Ministry degree from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Austin, Texas in 2018; the Master of Theology degree from Fuller Theological Seminary in 2003 and fulfilled UMC coursework through Iliff School of Theology in Denver, Colorado. Pam has been married to R. Douglas Rowley, MD since February 4, 1995. Together they have three children: Carolyn, Sean, and Lyndsay. The couple enjoys reading, walks, music, traveling, cooking, their puppy Bella, and watching “the news.”
Dr. Cynthia Renteria is a historian, educator, and community organizer. Cynthia was born and raised in the borderland of El Paso, Texas. She grew up in the Val Verde neighborhood in South East Central El Paso. Listening to her grandfather’s stories from an early age, she learned the importance of history, civic participation, and organizing in Mexican-American and working communities.