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Partners & Team

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Matthew C. and

Catherine A. Reedy

Charitable Fund

San Antonio Office of the Mayor

City of San Antonio Planning Department
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2023 Sponsors

Lead Partners

Program Partners

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SA Smart Steering Committee

 

Dr. Cliff Zintgraff, SAMSAT, Founder & Chair

Natasha Wilkerson, Vivify STEM, Founder & Co-Chair

Rocio Guenther, Office of Mayor Ron Nirenberg

Chris Ryerson, Planning Department, City of San Antonio

Joel Rodriguez, Education Service Center-Region 20

Matt Reedy, San Antonio Tech Industry Veteran

Emily Royall, Innovation Department, City of San Antonio

Steffi Ockenfels

Gavin Nichols, San Antonio Area Foundation

Defranco Sarabia, SA Smart Alum

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SA Smart K-12 Advisory Board


Tracy Jordan, John Jay Science and Engineering Academy

Araceli Levet, Ball Academy

Michellea Millis, BrownSTEM

Tracy Thomas, Krueger School of Applied Technologies

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2023 JUDGES

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Tremell Brown

Deputy CEO, VIA Metropolitan Transit

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Christopher Chadwell

Director, Automotive Propulsion Systems Department, Southwest Research Institute

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Matt Reedy

San Antonio Technology Veteran

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Mari Zavala

Director of Partnerships, Geekdom

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PAST JUDGES

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2022

Donovan Burton,, Vice President, Water Resources and Government Relations, San Antonio Water System

Robert R. Puente, J.D., President/CEO, San Antonio Water System
Matt Reedy, San Antonio Technology Veteran
Dr. Davida Smyth, Associate Professor, Texas A&M University-San Antonio

Phillip Hernandez, Chief Operating Officer, Geekdom

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2021

Erik Azulay,, President, ACIR Foundation Executive Director, Nexus Startup Incubator, US Embassy, Delhi, India

Eduardo Bravo, Co-Founder and CFO, Irys
Minverva Defee, Climate Program Manager, City of San Antonio, Office of Sustainability
Mitch Hagney, CEO, LocalSprout

Songhee Han, Educational Data Scientist and UT Connect Fellow, The University of Texas at Austin

Arisa Larios, Registered Dietician, Community Nutrition Division, Metro Health Department, City of San Antonio

Andi Littlejohn, Chief of the EPIcenter Energy Incubator and Accelerator
Dr. Simi MehtaCEO, IMPRI-Impact Policy and Research Institute, Delhi, India
Dr. Divya Rajput, India Lead, Texas Global, The University of Texas at Austin; President, Association of Women in Business

Matt ReedyCTO, Addiction Resource Systems, Inc.
Glenn RobinsonInterim Director, Global Programs and Innovation, Texas Global, The University of Texas at Austin

Liz ThompsonChief of Advisory Services, EPIcenter

Charles WoodinCEO, Geekdom

 

2020

Heather Angel-Chandler, Founder and CEO, The IMG Studio

Itai Dadon, Global Head of Smart Cities, Itron

Brian Dillard, Chief Innovation Officer, City of San Antonio

Eva Mendoza, CIO, SAISD; and representing the Digital Inclusion Alliance of San Antonio

Matt Reedy, Data and Analytics Leader, USAA

Dr. Rudy Reyna, Chair, Alamo STEM Ecosystem, Board Member, SAMSAT

Councilwoman Dr. Adriana Rocha Garcia, City Council District 4, San Antonio

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2019

Brian Dillard, Chief Innovation Officer, City of San Antonio

David Monroe, Founder and Chairman, San Antonio Museum of Science and Technology

Ravae Shaeffer, Strategic Partnerships and Innovation, Education Service Center-Region 20

Chris Wilcut, Climate Program Manager, City of San Antonio

Natasha Wilkerson, STEM Project Director, Communities in Schools of San Antonio

Charles Woodin, CEO, Geekdom

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2018

 

Yvonne Addison, StandardAero

Jose De La Cruz, Chief Innovation Officer, City of San Antonio

David Monroe, Founder and Chairman, SAMSAT

Hitish Nathani, Chief Innovator Alamo Colleges District

Kristina Tomasetti, Strategic Innovation Director, USAA

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