Meet Our Board of Directors

Mr. Beltran, the vice president of Project Management at Consolidated Nuclear Security, oversees project execution at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. In this role, he manages a project portfolio of over 150 projects with a total project cost exceeding $3.5B.  Prior to his current position at Consolidated Nuclear Security, Beltran served as the deputy principal associate director of Project Management at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). There, he managed a similar portfolio of projects.  Before his tenure at LLNL, Beltran was the Director of Pantex Project Management.  Beltran’s project management expertise extends to leading projects at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico and the Hanford Site in Washington State. His leadership encompasses risk management, strategic planning, subcontract management, and transitional leadership.

Beltran’s extensive experience across U.S. Department of Energy and NNSA sites has involved applying some of the most demanding technical requirements in the industry to large-scale, one-of-a-kind engineering and construction projects. These projects support national plutonium and uranium strategy initiatives.  Beltran’s background includes serving as a former U.S. Army Aviation officer. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from   Eastern Washington University.

Beltran is the President of the Board of Directors for STEAMing Ahead for Success a nonprofit organization that brings Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) resources and acumen to youth in Southwest New Mexico communities where he was raised.

Beltran and his wife Mary have actively been involved in volunteering in the communities in which they have lived.  They have two grown children. 

Ms. Wyant has more than 40 years of experience providing training, coaching, and program design assistance to educators at multiple levels. An experienced project manager and an engaging professional developer/facilitator possessing outstanding interpersonal and communication skills. She has designed comprehensive state-wide programs and facilitated trainings for groups ranging from 12 to over 1200 participants. Areas of expertise include leadership development, mentoring, systems improvement, and the design of family literacy programs emphasizing community engagement. As a director of a family literacy center in Massachusetts, she was instrumental in securing state funding for a 5-year, $2.5 million grant to double the size of the family literacy program and expand to neighboring districts. Ms. Wyant is a successful grant writer of both large and small-scale projects ranging from $5,000 to $5 million. Most recently she was a project developer and program manager and, working as a contractor for Solution Tree and Knowledge Delivery Systems, she wrote and secured a $5 million, 3-year grant with the New Mexico Public Education Department for state-wide professional development for all educators. She has worked as a Principal Consultant for McREL International located in Denver where she managed a $1.5 million grant to publish eight research documents on successful programs and policies in supporting underserved students of poverty and color. She led a team of 42 researchers and writers in the development of these reports. Her experience as teacher and elementary principal have led her to design teacher and principal mentoring programs at the state and national levels (e.g., National Association of Elementary School Principals – NAESP PALS Program; Pennsylvania Inspired Leadership Initiative; New Jersey Leaders to Leaders Program; and Edison Learning’s Principal Mentoring Program). She has completed doctoral work and research at Lehigh University in Organizational Leadership focusing on the relationship of mentoring and novice school principals’ development of key leadership skills. Ms. Wyant holds a B.A. and a M.Ed. from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana and a C.A.S. in Administration, Planning, and Social Policy from Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Ms. Abeyta serves as CFO of STEAMing Ahead for Success. She is well versed in the guidelines set by the New Mexico Public Education Department. She has over 20 years’ experience as an accounting/finance manager; provided independent consulting to various organizations in marketing management, training & development, and advertising; former Vice President of Human Resources, IT, Bank Secrecy Regulatory Compliance and served as the financial analyst for all business loans. Prior to AmBank she served as manager in Risk Management Services for Bank of America impacting over $1M in account recovery, Career Counselor and Coordinator at NMSU, college instructor for GMAT and GRE courses and instructed high school students during summer Upward Bound courses. She holds a B.A. and an MBA from NMSU. She is married to Ruben Abeyta and they have four beautiful daughters Zoe, Hannah, Sophia and Ava.