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ORGANIZATION

Board of Directors

FY September 1, 2024 – August 31, 2025

Stephen Feinberg

Founding Chair 
Dorsar Investments 
 
Donald R. Margo III

Chair 
HUB International 
 
Agustin Montes

Treasurer 
Sunflower Bank
 
Kristi Marcum

Secretary 
Merrill Lynch 

 

Kate Barber 
Community Volunteer 
 
Jack Chapman 

WestStar Bank

Courtney Elam 

Artistic Director 
 
Peggy Feinberg 
Community Volunteer 

Leonard Goodman, III 

Goodman Financial Group
 
Beth Hahn 
Community Volunteer 

Madhi Nair

HRX Plus
 
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

Artistic Director 
 
Ismar Melchor

Music Director


 

 ADMINISTRATION 
 
Erik Baray

Interim Executive Director
 

David Sierra

Business Manager

 TEACHING ARTISTS 

 

Devine Arispe
Brenda Delgado
Freddie Edwards
Nancy Garcia
Mailin Pedregon
Laura Scally
Simoné Velasquez
 

 MUSICIANS 

 

Noe Cardenas
Paulina Ortiz
Pablo Prieto

INFORMATION FOR FUNDERS

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

Annual Supporters
FY24/25

 $20,000 and Above 

 

  • Cesle & Mamie Dues Foundation

  • Feinberg Foundation

  • Woody & Gayle Hunt Family Foundation

  • Wilma D. Moleen Foundation

  • Nike, Inc.

  • SLF Foundation

 $10,000 - $19,999 

 

  • Cardwell Foundation

  • Electric Company Charitable Foundation

  • Guerra Investment Advisors

  • Find Your Light Foundation

  • Hervey Foundation

  • HUB International

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

  • Sanders Foundation

  • Texas Commission on the Arts (TCA)

 $5,000 - $9,999 

 

  • Bodman Charitable Fund

  • J.B. Margaret Blaugrund Foundation

  • El Paso Community Foundation

  • GECU Foundation

  • Hightower Foundation

  • Shiloff Family Foundation

  • Southwest University

  • Stern Foundation

  • Zia Homes

 Up to $4,999 

  • Flo Networks

  • Freeport McMoRan

  • Kemp Smith LLP

  • Lovett Family Law

  • MIMCO, Inc.

  • Nusenda Credit Union

  • Rave Marketing

  • Rocky Mountain Mortgage

  • Texas Gas Service

  • Sarah Farms

  • Sunflower Bank

  • WestStar Bank

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OUR SPONSORS

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

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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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© 2024 by KIDS EXCEL EL PASO

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