CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR, SILVER CITY IN 2025
Simon Wheaton-Smith for Mayor of Silver CitySimon Wheaton-Smith
Silver City relevant experience includes:
Assistant to the Director of Public Works, Silver City.
Worked on CDBG grants, and all divisions of Public Works.
Town Clerk Silver City 2006.
Town Councilor Silver City District 3 beginning in 2007 for 2 terms.
Mayor Pro Tem Silver City.
Commissioner, and Chair of the Planning And Zoning Commission.
Was ex-officio member of the Museum Town Board.
Was ex-officio member of the Corre Caminos Board.
Court Appointed Special Advocate early 2000s as a volunteer.
Court Appointed Mediator Magistrate Court early 2000s as a volunteer.
Other volunteer work in Grant County.
Member American Institute of Parliamentarians.
National Association of Parliamentarians CEU course 18 credits, enrolled.
Wrote the COVID Weekly Report in the Grant County Beat for 18 months
Supervisory, Managerial, Labor Relations, and Staff experience includes:
Chief Programmer, Thomas Cook (IBM 360 and 370 systems).
Manager, Computer System And Programming Dept, Thomas Cook.
Manager, Systems Support, Greyhound (nine IBM and GE mainframes).
Senior Staff Engineer, ITT Courier.
Assistant Chief Pilot, Director Flight Standards, PM Air. Aug 8, 1985
B737 Pilot and collateral duty Manager Crew Scheduling, America West Airlines.
Federal Aviation Administration, Operations Inspector.
Federal Executive Board Mediator FAA collateral duty..
Court Appointed Mediator Magistrate Court,
Court Appointed Special Advocate 6th district court.
Regional Award – Commitment to Safety (FAA).
Former licensed Legal Document Preparer, Private Investigator.
Supervisory, Managerial, Labor, Staff experience. Worked in AZ, NM, NY, Australia, UK
Awards and recognitions:
National award winner Mission Possible from FAA Associate Administrator
Letter of Commendation FAA: Blood Borne Pathogen program, May 25 199 5
National “Visionary Award”, FAA, Commendation 5/30/97
FEB “extraordinarily effective mediator” January 27, 2004
Director of Flight Standards recognition as a mediator, February 9, 200
National Point of Contact: AFL-CIO PASS: Alternate Dispute Resolution
National Point of Contact: AFL-CIO PASS: Security (FAA/TSA liaison), January 22, 2004
TSA Letter of Appreciation, March 29, 2005
Commitment to Safety Award, FAA Western Pacific, August 17, 2005
AFL-CIO PASS Commitment to People award, April 11, 2006
Ordinance 1140 Sanitation, sponsor, February 12, 2008
NM DPS Professional Lecturer: Bloodborne Pathogens, March 4, 2009
Ordinance 1168 Silver City Code of Ordinances, sponsor, September 14, 2010
MBCS, CITP British Computer Society awarded Lifetime status after 50 years. 2023
As a Councilor I always listened to people, followed up, and got back to them with answers.
My great grandfather, a miner, moved here around 1895, and I am 4th generation here.
