Joseph J. Carraro is a former American politician. He represented District 26 in the New Mexico State Senate from 1985 to 1989. After the 1990 redistricting of the New Mexico Legislature, his neighborhood was in another district. He was elected to represent the 23rd district in 1993, and served in that capacity until 2009. He was formerly a member of the Republican party until he became an independent in 2008.[3]
Joseph Carraro was born in New York City, New York State, in 1944.[4] He attended the University of New Mexico, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree and an MBA.[5] and Post-Masters of Management degree at the Robert O. Anderson School of Business/University of New Mexico and a PhD with dissertation at LaCrosse University.[6][7]
Before becoming a stockbroker he attended The New York Institute of Finance, and attended the University of Scranton.
He worked as a financial analyst and stock broker at Merrill Lynch from 1970 to 1974.[8]
Senator
Senator Carraro is a former member of the New Mexico Senate, beginning in 1985 and ending representing the 26th district from 1985 to 1989. After redistricting, he was elected Senator for the 23rd district in 1993, and served in that capacity until 2009. Formerly a Republican he became an independent in 2008.
Named as “National Outstanding Legislator of the Year,” in 1988; “White Hat” award for work with Developmental Disabilities; "Bronzed Statue" at NIH Cancer Center at UNM for sponsoring funding to build the Cancer Center.[9]
As Senator he became Executive Committee Member of the National Energy Council that determines Energy policy, and attended the MacGuire Energy Institute at Southern Methodist University, with energy ministers from around the world.
He was the Chairman of a multi-billion dollar oversight committee overseeing investment and distribution of $16B in state funds and Chairman of the Trade and Transportation Committee of the National Council of State Governments.
After 9/11, Senator Carraro was designated as one of the Senators from the States by President Bush to meet with Governor Tom Ridge to help formulate the establishment of the Department of Homeland Security to include all the various departments and divisions under one umbrella authority.[10]
Career
Carraro is a US Army Vietnam-era Veteran and worked at Merrill Lynch as a financial analyst and stock broker from 1970 to 1974, and owned Italian restaurants from 1975 to 1995.[11]
Carraro then became a professor teaching graduate school courses in Organizational/Human Behavior and Professional Ethics the last two requirements for the MBA program to scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory and business leaders representing businesses on both sides of the border with Mexico. He was Past President of the Executive Management Association of New Mexico and Founder of “Project Share” Homeless Feeding Project.[12][13]
In 1997, he founded "Carraro and Associates" an International Business Consulting Firm and in 2015 became a screenwriter in LA and playwright/director in NYC with his plays “MENtality,” “Conversations With An Average Joe,” and “THE CLASS”.[14]
Philanthropy
In the great Venezuelan disaster with upwards of 40,000 killed, Senator Carraro headed up a disaster trauma relief team he assembled from the United States that arrived with medical doctors and supplies assessing the damage and helping those who were displaced; bringing water purification units and sleeping tents and cots and toilet facilities. He involved Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico to determine any radioactive activity included in the debris field, receiving a commendation from President Chavez gave Senator Carraro a commendation for his humanitarian effort on behalf of the people of Venezuela.[15]
Carraro then received bi-partisan recommendation with Jack Kemp and Senator Pete Domenici and others to be US Ambassador to Venezuela prior to discontinuation of relations.[16]
Senator Carraro then received a “Katrina” Resolution and Commendation from the Louisiana Legislature SR21 for his relief efforts to provide assistance to the state of Louisiana in its hour of greatest need during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. He traveled to Baton Rouge, Louisiana to confer with the Governor and members of the Senate and the office of emergency preparedness to offer his influence with the energy producing members of the Energy Council on which he serves and arranged with the government of Venezuela for the delivery of fuel via tanker to supply the ravaged Southeast Louisiana to operate pumps and locks preventing further flooding; and to provide medical airborne hospital units to the devastated areas. He also mopped floors in the trauma unit at LSU in Baton Rouge working with nurse practitioner niece and helped with Angel Flight providing private planes to take displaced residents to their families across the country and then being placed in charge of first responder triage.[17]
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