Stephanie Schardin Clarke was appointed by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham to serve as Secretary of Taxation and Revenue in January 2019. She has over 20 years’ experience in State and local government in New Mexico. She previously served as Deputy Cabinet Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration, Director of the State Board of Finance, Santa Fe County Finance Director, and as an economist for both the Department of Finance and Administration and the Legislative Finance Committee. She earned a Master’s in Economics from the University of New Mexico and a Bachelor’s in Economics from the George Washington University. Ms. Schardin Clarke was raised in Fargo, ND and is the proud mother of two sons.
In July 2023, Secretary Schardin Clarke was elected to serve as Chairperson of the Multistate Tax Commission. She also serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Federation of Tax Administrators, and as a member of the New Mexico Edge Certified Public Manager Program Advisory Board.
As Secretary of Taxation and Revenue for the State of New Mexico, I am committed to ensuring that the Department fairly, consistently, and accurately enforces the State’s tax code and motor vehicle laws. We work proudly each day to serve all customers with integrity, fairness, consistency, respect, accuracy, and timeliness. While we must firmly enforce the tax code and motor vehicle code to the letter of the law, we can do so in a manner that embodies excellent customer service. We’re working hard each day to recruit and retain an exceptional staff to make that customer service goal possible. Our customers include every single individual and business filing taxes in the State of New Mexico, all New Mexico local governments, tribes and political subdivisions, all State agencies, and all tax practitioners.
