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ORGANIZATION

Board of Directors

FY September 1, 2023 – August 31, 2024

Stephen Feinberg

Founding Chair 
Dorsar Investments 
 
Donald R. Margo III

Chair 
HUB International 
 
Agustin Montes

Treasurer 
Sunflower Bank
 
Kristi Marcum

Secretary 
Bank of America / Merrill Lynch 

 

Kate Barber 
Community Volunteer 
 
Jack Chapman 

WestStar Bank

Courtney Elam 

Executive / Artistic Director 
 
Peggy Feinberg 
Community Volunteer 

Leonard Goodman, III 

Goodman Financial Group
 
Beth Hahn 
Community Volunteer 

Romaree Herbert

Community Volunteer 

Madhi Nair

Esperanto Developments
 
Tania Schwartz 

Community Volunteer 

Giselle Smith-Johnson

WestStar Bank
 
DeeDee Spier 

Community Volunteer 

Anthony Tomasheski

Boys & Girls Clubs of El Paso

Gene Wolf

Kemp Smith LLP
 
Ruben Guerra

Honorary Member 
Guerra Investment Advisors
 
Cita Sanders

Honorary Member 
Community Volunteer
 
Ellen Weinstein

Honorary Member 
Artistic Director Emerita,
National Dance Institute

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DONATE NOW!

Please make your donation online by clicking the button or by mailing your donation to:

Kids Excel El Paso  |  P.O. Box 920144  |  El Paso, Texas 79902

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Staff Members

Courtney Elam

Executive / Artistic Director 
 
Ismar Melchor

Music Director


 

 ADMINISTRATION 
 
Erik Baray

Associate Director

Development
 
Barbara Bustamante

Associate Director

Programs

David Sierra

Business Manager

 TEACHING ARTISTS 

 

Faith Brasher
Brenda Delgado
Freddie Edwards
Nancy Garcia
Luis Gonzalez
Romanti Mata
Siggy McCollum
Ilse Perez
Sylvia Quiroz
Laura Scally
Simoné Velasquez

 

 MUSICIANS 

 

Noe Cardenas
Cesar Garza
Paulina Ortiz
Pablo Prieto
Hector Rodriguez
Hennah Rodriguez

INFORMATION FOR FUNDERS

For more information about the organization, please contact Erik Baray at (915)351-6999.

Friends & Partners FY23/24

 $20,000 and Above 

 

  • Cesle & Mamie Dues Foundation

  • Woody & Gayle Hunt Family Foundation

  • Wilma D. Moleen Foundation

  • Nike, Inc.

  • SLF Foundation

 $5,000 - $9,999 

 

  • Bodman Charitable Fund

  • J.B. Margaret Blaugrund Foundation

  • El Paso Community Foundation

  • GECU Foundation

  • Hightower Foundation

  • JER Custom Homes

  • Pedersen Family Foundation

  • Shiloff Family Foundation

  • Southwest University

  • Southwire

  • Stern Foundation

 $10,000 - $19,999 

 

  • Cardwell Foundation

  • Electric Company Charitable Foundation – El Paso Electric

  • Find Your Light Foundation

  • Hervey Foundation

  • HUB International

  • James Avery

  • Museum & Cultural Affairs Department (MCAD) – City of El Paso

  • Sanders Foundation

  • Texas Commission on the Arts (TCA)

  • United Way of El Paso County

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OUR SPONSORS

This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

JOIN OUR TEAM

EMPLOYMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS

Kids Excel El Paso is seeking employment candidates to participate in our annual Teacher Training Residency (August 2024).

Teaching Artists and Pianists
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