Remembering Portales Mayor Sharon King

Sharon King, Dec. 23, 1953 - March 1, 2018

Mayor Sharon King (BUS 95, AA 91) passed away on March 1, 2018 after battling cancer for several years. King was Portales’ first female mayor, elected in 2010 and reelected in 2014. Prior to becoming mayor, she was executive director of the Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce, as well as ENMU’s grant coordinator and executive secretary to the ENMU president for five years.