Sen. Daniel A. Ivey-Soto

Senator Daniel A. Ivey-Soto (NM-15) served as President of  the National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators between 2019 and 2021. Prior to his election on December 5th, 2019 he served in the NHCSL leadership as West Region Chair and member of the Executive Committee.

In his state legislature, Sen. Ivey-Soto serves as Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Senate Indian, Rural & Cultural Affairs Committee; Interim Member in the Investments & Pensions Oversight Committee and the New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Committee; as well as Advisor for the Courts, Corrections & Justice Committee. He is previous member of the Advisory Board to the United States Election Assistance Commission and previously served two terms as Chair of the Elections; Redistricting Policy Standing Committee of the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL).

Sen. Ivey-Soto previously served as Associate Deputy Secretary of State of New Mexico for Elections, Ethics & Legal and was the New Mexico State Elections Director. He was also a prosecutor and has more than a decade of experience in criminal defense.

Sen. Ivey-Soto's first career was in education, as a teacher for grades sixth through twelfth, department chair and teachers union vice president and political action chair.

In addition to his classroom experience, Daniel served as a Congressional Hispanic Caucus Graduate Fellow in the office of Senator Edward Kennedy and was the education policy staff lead on the creation of the Hispanic Serving Institution designation for universities.

He is a life member of NALEO and a former Vice-Chair of MARCHA, an international Latino advocacy organization.