Faculty

Mark E. Fesmire

Mark Fesmire is a graduate of New Mexico State University where he received B.S. degrees in geological and civil engineering. He is currently licensed to practice petroleum engineering in the states of New Mexico, Texas and Michigan. He also holds a J.D. from Texas Tech University School of Law, where he received the Richard W. Hemingway Scholarship in oil and gas law.

Since 2004, Fesmire has served as chairman of the New Mexico Oil Conservation Commission, director of the New Mexico Oil Conservation Division and State Petroleum Engineer. As director of the division, he has regulatory responsibility for all production and environmental activities of the oil, gas and geothermal industries in New Mexico.

Prior to taking this position, he was chief of the New Mexico Hydrographic Survey in the Office of the State Engineer for about five years. Before that, he practiced oil and gas law and general law in Texas for six years, after having spent 12 years as a petroleum engineer in Texas and New Mexico. He is currently licensed to practice law in Texas and New Mexico.