Willie Ng, Mpa

The Texas Association of Business is the Texas State Chamber, representing companies of every size and industry. TAB works in a bipartisan manner to vigorously protect Texas pro-business climate, delivering solutions to the challenges affecting Texas employers. TAB proudly serves as the state designated affiliate to the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and the US Chamber of Commerce (USCOC).

The Bexar County Family Justice Center offers survivors and their children a single, safe location to receive comprehensive crisis services. By working together in one location, the multi-disciplinary team of agencies help support a victim’s transition from a life of crisis and “just surviving” to a life that is safe, stable, and hope-filled. The center provides free, confidential services including crisis intervention, protective order application assistance, adult counseling, child therapy, basic needs assistance and other services so that survivors become self-reliant and violence-free. If the services needed are not available onsite, staff work with our offsite community partners so that any referrals are warm, smooth and trauma-informed. As one of the primary referral sources for domestic/intimate partner violence in Bexar County, BCFJC serves approximately 4,000 families each year. That number skyrocketed to more than 5,000 in 2020 and is on track to exceed 6,000 in 2021.

The San Antonio Education Partnership (SAEP) was established in 1989 by a group of San Antonio city leaders. Mayor Henry Cisneros gathered an integral group of education innovators representing the City of San Antonio, leaders of the local colleges and universities, superintendents of the local school districts, Communities Organized for Public Services (COPS), and Metro Alliance. This group worked together to create an organization that gave and continues to give at-risk students the tools to successfully navigate the process of applying and enrolling in postsecondary studies. Nearly 30 years later, SAEP has become a pillar organization in creating a “college-going culture” within the San Antonio community, providing key services for students to reach their college and career goals. The collaborative primary goal is to increase education attainment in the San Antonio community which will improve the city’s economic vitality. We have three programs that we utilize to achieve our goal of helping students reach their higher education goals. Cafecollege is a walk-in resource center for students or parents to speak 1-on-1 to an advisor. We have our Road to Success program that places an SAEP advisor is 27 partner high schools to advise within the high school. Lastly, we have our Upgrade program that aims to assist the adult population who have attended college and have some college credit(s) but have not yet completed thier degree.

At the Maestro Entrepreneur Center (MEC), we are revolutionizing how to grow the next generation of successful entrepreneurs. The MEC is a collaboration partnership with the Maestro Leadership Foundation and the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce’s Hispanic Leadership Development Foundation, a 501(C)(3). The MEC brings together, in one creative learning environment, leaders of today’s most successful small businesses to mentor and grow tomorrow’s small business entrepreneurs. It is a 24,200 ± SF facility located in a federally designated HUBZone area in Westside San Antonio.