Community Service

NM AIDS Services
Chairman of Board of Directors, 2008-2015
Board of Directors, 2005-2015
Treasurer, 2006-2008
Executive Committee, 2006-2015
Marketing & Development Committee, 2005-2015
Finance & Human Resources Committee, 2005-2015
Governance Committee, 2009-2015

Creative Albuquerque
Board President, 2011-2012
Vice President, 2010-2011
Chair, Organizational Development, 2010
Chair, Advocacy Committee, 2010-2011

Friends For The Public Library
Board Member, 2003-2010
Board President, 2006-2010

Albuquerque Convention & Visitors Bureau
Board Member, 2008-2012

ABQ Art Business Association
Board Member, 2013-2015
Board Member, 2003-2012

Albuquerque Regional Economic Alliance
Board Member, 2009-2012

Commissioner, Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court Nominating Commission, 2008

County Commissioner Deanna Archuleta Campaign Committee
Treasurer, 2004-2009

County Commissioner Maggie Hart Stebbins Campaign Committee
Treasurer, 2009-2020

Second Judicial District Judge Shannon Bacon
Campaign Committee
Fundraising & Compliance
2010

Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce
Member, 2001-2012

International Downtown Association
Member, 2001-2012

Quality of Life Initiative Campaign Committee
Member, 2006

NM Arts & Crafts Fair Advisory Committee
2005-2008

Teach & Learn Cable Education Network
Vice Chair, 2000-2001

Resume & Experience

Morris Strategies for NM LLC Principal
2012-Current

Downtown Action Team, Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer
2007-2012

Downtown Action Team, Vice President
2005-2007

Downtown Action Team, Public Relations Manager
2001-2005

Mayor Jim Baca, City of Albuquerque, Chief Communications Officer/Spokesman for Mayor/Senior Advisor
1999-2001

Mayor Jim Baca, City of Albuquerque, Assistant to the Mayor for Legislative Affairs
1998-1999

Albuquerque Journal, Editorial Assistant/Freelance Writer/In-House Newsletter Editor
1992-1997

NM Legislative Council Service, Intern
1997

University of New Mexico Professor Fred Harris Study Abroad Program, Costa Rica
1996

Brian B. Morris

Brian Morris has over 30 years of experience in New Mexico’s government, non-profit, media, and business communities. Morris Strategies For New Mexico has helped his clients succeed over the past 13 years with winning strategies. Brian has led the efforts for many successful political campaigns in New Mexico, including judicial, legislative, and county offices. He helped lead the recruitment and placement of over 5,550 volunteers to fill over 8,000 staffing positions over 12 days for the National Senior Games held in Albuquerque in 2019. And, he’s helped many non-profit, private, and governmental entities on their communications strategies.

Brian has specialized in judicial elections in New Mexico, helping win many successful judicial elections at all levels from statewide Supreme Court races to local metropolitan court races. He has a deep knowledge of the Judicial Code of Conduct and the mechanisms of public financing. In addition, he has managed all operations of several successful State Senate, State Representative, and county office races, overseeing strategy, messaging, budget, compliance, staffing, media outreach, volunteer engagement, advertising placement, and all other components of running a campaign.

Prior to operating Morris Strategies for New Mexico in 2012, Brian had an extensive career in the non-profit and governmental sector. He served as Chief Communications Officer for the City of Albuquerque and spokesman for Mayor Jim Baca, where he had oversight of all media and public relations for the entire city government as well as handling media for the Mayor. In addition to serving as a Senior Advisor to the Mayor, Brian also served in the roles as Deputy Communications Director and Assistant to the Mayor for Legislative Affairs. In addition to working daily with the national and local print and electronic media, Brian oversaw the Mayor’s involvement in the 2000 Census and was the Mayor’s liaison to the State Highway and Transportation Department on the Big-I reconstruction project, the biggest highway department project in the state’s history.

Following the completion of Mayor Baca’s term in office, Brian spent the following decade in the non-profit sector working for the Downtown Action Team, a non-profit dedicated to the revitalization of Downtown Albuquerque. He served as Executive Director for the organization, working with private business and property owners, government officials, non-profit service providers, and residents.

Brian has served on many non-profit boards of directors, including as President of Creative Albuquerque, President of Friends for the Public Library and Chairman of New Mexico AIDS/HIV Services. He also sat on the boards of the Albuquerque Convention & Visitors Bureau, the Albuquerque Regional Economic Alliance, the Albuquerque Art Business Alliance, and the NM Arts & Crafts Fair Advisory Committee.

Brian attended the University of New Mexico where he majored in Political Science and was active in student government and served two terms as president of the College Democrats. He interned for the Legislative Council Service in Santa Fe and participated in the Professor Fred Harris Study Abroad Program in Costa Rica. While attending college, Brian also worked for five years at the state’s largest newspaper, the Albuquerque Journal, where he was a copy runner, freelance writer, and served as editor for the in-house newsletter.

Brian is a recipient of the New Mexico Business Weekly’s (now ABQ Business First) 2011 Power Brokers award and is also a member of the New Mexico Business Weekly's 40 Under 40 2008-2009 class, which recognized 40 individuals annually under the age of 40 for their professional achievements, leadership and community involvement.

Brian is a New Mexico native, born in Albuquerque. He grew up in his younger years in Milan, NM, which is about an hour-and-a-half west of Albuquerque. His family moved to Albuquerque while he was in middle school, and he attended McKinley Middle School and Del Norte High School. He currently lives in Albuquerque’s beautiful North Valley.

In his free time, Brian enjoys traveling our beautiful state, weightlifting at the gym, going to thrift and antique stores across New Mexico to discover unique finds, and collecting art from New Mexico’s many wonderful artists.

Contact Brian:

2011 Power Broker Recipient,
NM Business Weekly

2008 40 Under 40 Recipient,
NM Business Weekly

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Brian B. Morris