Terry Brunner is Interim Director of the Metropolitan Redevelopment Agency and Chief of Staff for the City of Albuquerque. Brunner has been Director of the Metropolitan Redevelopment Agency (MRA) since 2022. In 2024, he was also appointed to the position of Chief of Staff, and continues to serve as MRA’s Interim Director. Mr. Brunner is the former CEO of Pivotal New Mexico, served as President Barack Obama’s appointee in the position of New Mexico State Director for USDA Rural Development, and served as New Mexico U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman’s longest-serving State Director and 2006 campaign manager. As a Policy Analyst at the Santa Fe County Commission, he helped create the County’s Health Policy and Planning Commission and the County Open Space, Land, Parks and Trails Advisory Commission and assisted County Commissioner Javier Gonzales during his time as the Vice President of the National Association of Counties. He holds a B.A. from the University of Arizona and a M.A. in Latin American Studies from the University of New Mexico.