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2026
Steering committee
Startup Week is planned by volunteers from organizations already doing this work year round. Each one brings its own programming and its own network.
Nicole Aguilar
Director
Mike Loya Center for Innovation and Commerce
Emily Gomez
Program Marketing & Event Coordinator
Medical Center of the Americas Foundation
Nancy Lowery
Senior Director of Innovation
Medical Center of the Americas Foundation
Ingrid Macias
Extension Agent, Community & Economic Development
Prairie View A&M University Extension
David Marek
GDG Lead
GDG El Paso
Sandra Arlette Morales
Director of The League of Business; Editor in Chief
The Real Entrepreneurs Magazine
Stephanie Schilling
Executive Director
Sun Cruces Angels
Briana Silva
Business Services Coordinator
City of El Paso Economic & International Development, Business One-Stop Shop
Mirella Tamayo
Assistant Director
City of El Paso Economic & International Development, Business One-Stop Shop
Elizabeth Terrazas
President and CEO
Better Business Bureau
Andrew Vergara
Innovation & Venture Support Associate
Pioneers 21
Interested in joining?
The committee brings on organizers from new organizations each year. Email emily@mcamericas.org and say what you would want to run.