Partners & Team

Matthew C. and

Catherine A. Reedy

Charitable Fund

San Antonio Office of the Mayor

2021 Sponsors

Lead Partners

Program Partners

SA Smart Steering Committee

Dr. Cliff Zintgraff, SAMSAT, Chair

Natasha Wilkerson, Communities in Schools-San Antonio, Co-Chair

Rocio Guenther, Office of Mayor Ron Nirenberg

Chris Ryerson, Planning Department, City of San Antonio

Dr. Rudy Reyna, San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

Education Service Center-Region 20

Matt Reedy, San Antonio Tech Industry Veteran

Emily Royall, Innovation Department, City of San Antonio

Eddie Johnson, Innovation Department, City of San Antonio

Leslie Chasnoff, Geekdom

Steffi Ockenfels, CPS Energy

Naomi Woods

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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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2021 JUDGES

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Erik Azulay,
President, ACIR Foundation

Executive Director, Nexus Startup Incubator at the American Center, 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 Mehta
CEO, 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 Reedy
CTO, Addiction Resource Systems, Inc.

Glenn Robinson
Interim Director, Global Programs and Innovation, Texas Global, The University of Texas at Austin
 

Liz Thompson
Chief of Advisory Services, EPIcenter
 

Charles Woodin
CEO, Geekdom

PAST JUDGES

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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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