SANTA FE, N.M. / BRAZOS COUNTY, Texas (FOX 44) - A Texas A&M University alumni is now leading New Mexico’s Office of Military Base Planning and Support. Colonel Megan A. Cornett is a retired U.S. Air Force officer with experience in government relations. She most recently served as Albuquerque operations officer for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, and also has extensive experience in civil and commercial airfield management at Kirtland Air Forse Base, as well as locations in North Dakota, Louisiana, Texas, Alabama, Florida, Oklahoma, Idaho, Korea, and Washington, D.C. Colonel Cornett holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Texas A&M University, and a Master of Public Administration from the University of Oklahoma as well as Air University at Maxwell Air Force Base. She served as a legislative fellow with Georgetown University’s Government Affairs Institute and supported Congressional legislative initiatives for the Air Force. New Mexico's Office of Military Base Planning and Support is a liaison between the state and the federal congressional delegation on military planning and support issues. It also supports base representatives and communities around military bases with access, infrastructure operations, planning, and logistic concerns. The office is administratively attached to the New Mexico Economic Development Department (EDD), which provides budgeting, legal, and human resources support. Colonel Cornett assumed her duties on January 6. She replaces Richard Glover, who resigned at the end of 2024.