Meet Our Team

Kellie Mixon is President and CEO of New Mexico Mutual, the state’s largest workers’ compensation insurance provider. Ms. Mixon has been with the company for 29 years, serving in several senior leadership roles during her tenure. She holds a Bachelor of Accountancy degree from New Mexico State University. As CEO, she is advancing the company’s legacy of innovation and service excellence benefiting policyholders, workers, and agent partners. 

The Los Alamos native was recognized as a 2019 Woman of Influence by Albuquerque Business First. She is a graduate of Leadership New Mexico and serves on the Board of Directors of Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce, New Mexico Chamber of Commerce, Economic Forum of Albuquerque, Girl Scouts of New Mexico Trails, and Capra Bank. She also serves as a member of the Executive Committee of the American Association of State Compensation Insurance Funds (AASCIF).

Mr. Girlamo brings 25 years of diverse insurance experience to the board. As vice president of claims at New Mexico Mutual, he oversees the company’s claims, provider relations and risk & safety management operations. Mr. Girlamo holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Western Connecticut State University.

Ms. Nunley is a retired public accounting partner with more than 35 years of accounting experience. Before retiring to open her own accounting and business consulting firm, she held executive leadership positions in the Albuquerque offices of Moss Adams LLP, Grant Thornton LLP and Arthur Andersen & Co. Ms. Nunley served public and private clients in a broad range of industries, and her clients included businesses with operations throughout Europe and Asia. She was named the inaugural Woman to Watch—Experienced Leader by the New Mexico Society of CPAs and the American Institute of CPAs, and was also inducted into the University of New Mexico’s Anderson Schools of Management Hall of Fame for outstanding alumni. Besides serving on our board of directors, Ms. Nunley is an independent member of the Goldwater Bank board. She holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University

Mr. Taylor is a retired insurance professional whose work helped define the high standards that guide today’s practice of insurance in New Mexico. He began his 45-year career with Foundation Reserve Insurance Company, a local firm that offered fire and casualty coverage along with other business lines. Mr. Taylor was serving as Foundation Reserve’s vice president when it was acquired by New Mexico Mutual in 1997, and he stayed on to lend his underwriting expertise to the young and growing company. At New Mexico Mutual he came to wear many hats, serving at different times as underwriting manager, accountant and marketer. While working in marketing and sales, he used his extensive agency relations knowledge to help grow the company’s business with its independent agency partners. Mr. Taylor received a Distinguished Service Award from the Independent Insurance Agents of New Mexico in 2019, the only time this award has been presented. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from New Mexico Highlands University and also played golf for the university, winning the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference’s golf championship in 1978.

Jeremiah provides legal counsel to the Board of Directors and is responsible for managing the company’s Corporate Governance department. His responsibilities include general legal counsel, compliance, internal audit, and legislative and regulatory relations. Before joining New Mexico Mutual, Jeremiah had a diverse legal practice with experience in both the public and private sectors, providing general counsel to boards and commissions, advising on public policy and legislation, and representing clients in commercial litigation. Jeremiah holds a Juris Doctor degree from Brigham Young University’s J. Reuben Clark Law School and a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of New Mexico.

Gina Hickman oversees New Mexico Mutual’s financial operations and strategy, as well as its risk management, investment and treasury functions. She’s also responsible for all of the company’s compliance, reporting and banking activities. Gina has more than 30 years of experience in finance and accounting, including 20 years of service in CFO and executive leadership roles. Before joining New Mexico Mutual, she served for 12 years as deputy director of finance and administration for the New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority.  Hickman, a CPA, earned her Bachelor of Accountancy degree at New Mexico State University. She is a member of the Government Finance Officers Association and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Ms. Luera joined Integrion Group in 2015 as business development manager and became the company’s director of operations in 2016. Her marketing and business development expertise spans more than 20 years, most of which have been spent in the insurance industry. Before joining Integrion Group, Ms. Luera was with Mutual Insurance Company of Arizona (MICA), a medical professional liability insurance provider. She helped transform MICA into a regional carrier serving clients in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada and Utah. Ms. Luera holds a master’s degree from Thunderbird School of Global Management and a bachelor’s degree in business administration from James Madison University.

Mr. Bailey has more than seven years of New Mexico case management experience, with expertise in complex/catastrophic as well as general injury cases. His current work is supported by an exceptionally broad, 45-year nursing career spent in emergency medicine, Life Flight rescue, surgery and post-anesthesia recovery, ICU/CCU, orthopedics, infusion, rehabilitation and nursing management. Mr. Bailey earned his associate’s degree in nursing from Amarillo College.

Ms. Place-McInturff began her insurance career with our company, joining us as an administrative assistant in 2005 and working her way up to her current position. She handled self-insured clients and complex claims as a workers’ compensation specialist before accepting her management position in 2019. As manager, Ms. Place-McInturff oversees 11 workers’ compensation adjusters and our administrative team. She also serves as a client and vendor liaison and continues to adjust selected complex claims. She holds a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from New Mexico State University.