Board of Directors

Our Team

Board of Directors

key initiatives of the association

Our value

Unlock true potential of clean energy in New Mexico Community

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Collective Expertise

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Collective Expertise

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Janet Lee-Sheriff

Ms. Sheriff presently owns and operates a communications and public relations company focused primarily on the uranium and nuclear industries. She served as the Chief Communications Officer for enCore Energy Corp. having managed their brand and communications from a micro-cap company to a leading uranium producer in the United States. She is the also the President and Director of Group 11 Technologies.

Group 11 Technologies is a private company focused on the development of non-invasive and environmentally friendly precious metals extraction. Prior to co-founding Group 11, Ms. Sheriff led the world’s first on-site test of a solvent which replaced cyanide in the gold extraction process, resulting in the formation of Group 11.  She was responsible for creating the SRU® (the Secondary Recovery Unit) which replaced the smelter process in the test process.  Ms. Sheriff also established and presently owns the Yukon Mint®, which has created green gold coins with indigenous art to celebrate the local communities and artists. With a strong commitment to social responsibility and community engagement she has successfully negotiated and implemented socio-economic and exploration agreements with indigenous governments plus implemented numerous innovative programs, including the award-winning Elders-in-Residence Program, to ensure community involvement in corporate projects.  She is responsible for developing the Yukon Mine Training Association, focused on aboriginal training, raising $20+ mm for training initiatives. She also is a co-founder of the Clean Energy Association of New Mexico and the enCore Energy Education Society.

Ms. Sheriff previously served as Chief Executive Officer of Golden Predator Mining Corp and President of Tigris Uranium (now enCore Energy Corp.). and is a graduate of Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada. She is a dual Canadian and US citizen and a recipient of the Queen’s Jubilee Commemorative Medal awarded for outstanding achievements by Canadians.

Mark Pelizza, MSc, CPG

Mr. Pelizza has spent 45 years in the uranium industry with project experience including the Alta Mesa, Benavides, Kingsville Dome, Longoria, Palangana, Rosita, West Cole and the Vasquez projects, all in Texas.

He was also responsible for the permitting and licensing of the Church Rock, Crownpoint, and Unit 1 projects in New Mexico and the North Platte project in Wyoming. Currently, Mr. Pelizza is the Principal of M.S. Pelizza & Associates LLC, where he represents extractive industry clients. He previously served as Sr. Vice President of Health, Safety and Environmental Affairs with Uranium Resources, Inc. He has also previously worked with Union Carbide Corp. Mr. Pelizza received his B.S. in Geology from Fort Lewis College and his M.S. in Geological Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines. He is a licensed Professional Geoscientist in Texas and a Certified Professional Geologist with the American Institute of Professional Geologists. He is the Past Chairman of the Texas Mining and Reclamation Association and the Past Chairman of the Uranium Producers of America.

Benjamin Russ, PhD

Dr. Russ is a Senior Director for Grants Environmental Engineering, responsible for technology and business development in support of expanding the domestic supply chain for critical and energy related materials. Dr. Russ has previously developed industrially relevant demonstrations for rare earth elements (REE) processing and separations technologies, radioisotope production processes, and large scale thermochemical hydrogen production processes. Additionally, Dr. Russ has supported high energy density laser-matter interaction studies and systems development in support of the National Ignition Facility experiments, as well as materials development for electronic field emission applications. Dr. Russ is also a lecturer in the Chemical and NanoEngineering Department at the University of California, San Diego.