b'2023 WPMA State ReportNEW MEXICO Petroleum Marketers Association ReportThe Land of Enchantmentagain provided beautiful weather for the 2023 annual convention and golf tournament. With a complete field of 84 golfers, the competition was fun and exciting as always. With a score of 17 under par, our first-place winners were Michael Zapach, Ed DeBruyn, Don Kodl and Mark Zapach. Our second-place winners with a score of 13 under par were James Marker, Dan Delozier, Ryan Geise and Nick Herbert. With a score of 10 under par, our 3rd place winners were Tom Bunting, KimLeland GouldGonzales, Nicholas Wagner, and Clint Hampton. The NMPMA closest to the hole winners were Rodney Reyn-Executive Director olds, Vu Nguyen, Steve Ruhl and Mark Zapach. After the tournament lunch was provided and many great raffle prizes were given away. Thanks to all our sponsors and raffle prize donors.The return of the "NMPMA Steak Out" was a great hit along with the evenings entertainmentDewayne Hill from Americas Got Talent. He wowed the crowd early on the convention floor with great magic tricks along with his comical style presentation. Once the crowd sat down for dinnerDewayne\'s performance was ex-tremely funny and entertaining. First Place TeamDuring the General Session, presentations were given by the Republican leader House of Representatives and the President and CEO of the New Mexico Chamber of Commerce.Representative Ryan Lane (Repub-lican Leader House of Representa-tives) gave an update on potential changes in our legislature for the 2024 elections, with his thoughts on how the Republican and Democratic leaders are working together for a more balanced and civil legislative process. If this is any indication on how our 2023 session ended, Ryan is on the right track to develop a more balanced process.Second Place TeamRob Black (President and CEO of New Mexico Chamber of Com-merce) gave a state of the State update on new companies moving to New Mexico and existing com-panies that are expanding, the anticipated job growth within the state, and which sectors had strong results in 2022-2023. There seems to be a strong pattern developing in the tech sector due to the base of national laboratories in the state: the Sandia National Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.Third Place Team30 www.wpma.com / Fall 2023'