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 About Us 

The Borderplex Alliance is an award-winning economic development and policy advocacy organization. We are independent, non-partisan, and private sector-led. Our mission is to bring jobs, hope, and opportunity to the Borderplex region.

 Executive Profiles 

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 Jon Barela 

Chief Executive Officer

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 Natalie Littlefield 

Senior Vice President of Strategy
& Business Development

 Bio 

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 Isaac Rodriguez 

Economic Development
and Strategic Analyst

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 Marcos Delgado 

Executive Vice President

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 Denise Avila 

Director of
Strategic Initiatives

 Bio 

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 Sandra Sides 

Office Manager and 

Administrative Assistant

 Bio 

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 Arturo Wiener 

Senior Vice President of
Finance

 Bio 

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 Christian Diaz 

Vice President of Economic Development

 Bio 

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 Monica Fernandez 

Staff Accountant

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 Bio 

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 John A. Meza 

Vice President of Communications
& Government Affairs

 Bio 

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 Juan Rodriguez 

Economic Development
Analyst

 Board of directors 

 Chair 

 Chairman Emeritus 

Julio Chiu

Cd. Juárez

SEISA

Woody Hunt

El Paso 

Hunt Companies

 co-Chairs 

David Osborn

El Paso

WestStar Bank

Tom Hutchinson

Southern New Mexico

La Posta Group, Inc.

 Board of directors 

Juan Carlos Bermúdez

Cd. Juárez

Parque Industrial Antonio J. Bermúdez

Jed Fanning

Southern New Mexico

Citizens Bank of Las Cruces

John Hummer

Southern New Mexico

Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine

Crystal Long

El Paso

GECU

William P. Sanders

El Paso

Sanders Partners

Salomon Noble

Cd. Juárez

Intermex

Richard Castro

El Paso

Castro Enterprises

Benito Fernandez

Cd. Juárez

Sistema Axis SA de CV / Controladora Kanimi SAPI de CV, and Ferfarms SAPI de CV

Josh Hunt

El Paso

Hunt Companies

Ryan McGrath

El Paso

Wells Fargo

Michael Silvas

El Paso

Ysleta del Sur Pueblo

Ken Van Winkle

Southern New Mexico

New Mexico State University

Alejandra de la Vega Foster

Cd. Juárez

Grupo de la Vega

Paul L. Foster

El Paso

Franklin Mountain Management

Stanley Jobe

El Paso

Jobe Products

Don Margo

El Paso

HUB International

Kelly Tomblin

El Paso

El Paso Electric 

Gene Wolf

El Paso

Kemp Smith

Curtis Dinan

El Paso

ONEGas

John Balliew

El  Paso

El Paso Water

Royal Jones

Southern New Mexico

Mesilla Valley Transportation

Raymond Palacios

El Paso

Bravo Chevrolet Cadillac

Tracy Yellen

El Paso

Paso del Norte Health Foundation

 council of advisors 

Scott Adkins

El Paso

PyroCom, Inc. 

Will Brown

El Paso

Sonny Brown Associates

Lisa Evans

El Paso

Texas Mutual

Brad Kuykendall

El Paso

Western Technical College

John Harris

Southern New Mexico

Memorial Medical Center

Alejandro Limon

El Paso

Texas Gas Service

Miguel Servando Martinez

El Paso

Schneider Electric

Kristi Marcum

El Paso

Bank of America / Merrill Lynch

Ceci Miles Mulvihill

El Paso

RMPersonnel

VJ Smith

El Paso

Marathon Petroleum

Benjamin Arriola

El Paso

Southwest University

Craig Buchanan

Southern New Mexico

US Bank

Laura M. Conniff

Southern New Mexico

Steinborn & Associates Real Estate

Miguel A. Fernandez 

Cd. Juárez

Plan Estrategico

John Hjalmquist

El Paso

Pizza Properties

Dan Longoria

El Paso/Southern New Mexico

The Mattress Firm

Eugenio "Pacelli" Mesta

El Paso

Exigo Architecture

Carlos Murguia

Cd. Juárez

REXMED

Jorge Ruiz

Cd. Juárez

Baker McKenzie Abogados

Andrea Tawney

El Paso

Texas Tech University Health Science Center

John Balliew

El Paso

El Paso Water

Bill Burton

El Paso

Mithoff Burton Partners

Ross Dahman

El Paso

Huntleigh Technologies

Art Garza

El Paso

Las Palmas Del Sol Healthcare

Amy Hussmann

El Paso

Paso del Norte Hotel

Nancy Lowery

El Paso

Medical Center of the Americas Foundation

Michael Morales

El Paso

Raiz Federal Credit Union

Madhi Nair

El Paso

Esperanto Development

Judy Wendt

El Paso

CK Mills Properties

Hector Villegas

El Paso

PNC Bank

Chris Clepper

Las Cruces

Nusenda Credit Union

Lydia Cisneros

El Paso

ADP

Dale Dekker

Southern New Mexico

Dekker/Perich/Sabatini

Kimball Hakes

Southern New Mexico

Hakes Brother

Melanie Jones

El Paso

Stewart Title

Alan Malooly

El Paso

Amberlee Financial

Monica Moreno

El Paso

The Job Connection

G. Paul Porras

El Paso

The Garick Group

JD Salinas

El Paso

AT&T

Angela Rosales

El Paso

SUNDT

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