Biography

Janice J. Lucero was appointed to the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City’s Denver Branch Board of Directors in 2022.

Ms. Lucero is president and chief executive officer of Motor Vehicle Division (MVD) Express, a private company that has offered Motor Vehicle Division services throughout New Mexico since 1994 and Montana since 2017. Ms. Lucero has owned the company since its inception in 1994. MVD Express employs more than 200 people and has processed more than five million drivers licenses, titles, and vehicle registrations to citizens in New Mexico and Montana. MVD Express staff engage over 400,000 consumers a year in their customer service centers. Ms. Lucero spent 15 years in the education field before starting MVD Express.

Ms. Lucero was named one of New Mexico’s “Top 25 Women in Business” by New Mexico Woman Magazine from 2004 to 2008, a 2010 “Top CEO” by New Mexico Business Weekly, the New Mexico Small Business Person of the Year in 2011 and was a 2013 Woman of Influence by New Mexico Business First.

Ms. Lucero is a 19-year member of Vistage International Organization of CEOs and has sat on the boards of the Albuquerque Youth Symphony Program, the Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce, and United Way of Central New Mexico. She has served on the Roadrunner Food Bank board of directors for over 11 years holding a variety of positions including treasurer, vice chair, chair, and currently as immediate past chair. Ms. Lucero has also served on the Presbyterian Central New Mexico board of trustees since 2016 and is currently vice chair.

Ms. Lucero earned a bachelor’s degree in education and a master’s degree in special education from the University of New Mexico.

Learn more about Ms. Lucero in TEN Magazine.