Last semester, Vickie took a course at New Mexico State University called "The Governors' Course."  It was a course in social policy, taught by former New Mexico governor Garrey Carruthers, and present governor Bill Richardson.  Garrey Carruthers, on the left, is now the Dean of the College of Business at NMSU, and has led the school to new heights of excellence and social impact.  He is an active Rotarian.  Presently governor of New Mexico, Bill Richardson was America's UN Ambassador and Secretary of Energy.  Vickie greatly enjoyed and benefited from their course.  Governor Richardson has an approach to listening to his constituents that is worthy of emulation by others:  Anyone can call his office, and the next time the governor comes to your town, you can schedule 4 minutes with him, and talk about anything you want to.  This is timed to the second, so that everybody has an equal opportunity, and is a way to voice grievances, offer information, and make suggestions directly to the governor, face-to-face across the table.  Brent, who practices international business law and business immigration law, took this opportunity last year, and made a suggestion to Governor Richardson about improving New Mexico's volume of international trade.