ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Mike Canfield is the first tribal member to serve as board chairman for a business advocacy group that covers New Mexico's largest metropolitan area.

Canfield is a member of Laguna Pueblo and will lead the Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce.

As CEO of Indian Pueblos Marketing, Canfield previously led an ambitious effort to reshape the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center with $70 million in new development. He also headed the Laguna Industries manufacturing operation.

He tells the Albuquerque Journal that as the chamber's board chairman, he wants to give a voice to a per...