Rennette Apodaca

Albuquerque Public Schools Chief Financial Officer

Rennette Apodaca
Chief Financial Officer

Finances at APS

Rennette Apodaca oversees finances at Albuquerque Public School District, including:

Biography

Rennette Apodaca, who heads the APS Finance Department, runs point on the district’s $2.25 billion budget, which in 2025 featured a collaboration with both the finance department and key members of the district’s academics team.

Apodaca has earned a bachelor’s degree in Accountancy and holds a master’s degree in Public Administration from New Mexico State University. She is a certified public procurement officer and earned a Certificate of Education Finance from the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy.

Her experience in procurement includes stints as executive director of the Procurement, Accounts Payable and Business Systems departments for APS; director of purchasing, risk management and materials management at New Mexico State University; purchasing manager for Dona Ana County; and purchasing supervisor for a federal NASA contractor. She teaches public sector-related courses for New Mexico Edge that includes Public Sector Procurement, Contract Administration, Negotiation Skills and Procurement Administration.

Apodaca has presented professional programs at numerous procurement conferences, including the National Institute of Governmental Procurement; National Association of Educational Procurement; Kansas City Regional Procurement Exposition; San Antonito Public Procurement Association; and Rocky Mountain Governmental Purchasing Association.

She has served as President of New Mexico Public Procurement Association and represents APS on the State of New Mexico Risk Management Advisory Board.

Rennette Apodaca