top 30 under 30
Neyha Segal
February, 2014
Giovanni Silva
Assistant Director of Market Analysis, The BioMedical Institute of the Americas Neyha Segal has lived, studied and worked all over the world from Nigeria, to Sydney, to London—and now following her latest opportunity as a new member of the MCA’s BioMedical Institute, she has come to El Paso. Since moving here she has become involved in the El Paso Pro-Musica Board of Directors and joined the incoming class of the Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership El Paso class. She has a Masters of Business Administration in Healthcare Policy and Management from Brandeis University and a Masters of International Health from Boston University School of Public Health. Looking ahead, her mission is to reinvent the Paso Del Norte region as a formidable innovator and competitor in the world of biomedicine.
Operations & Marketing Assistant, The Fountains at Farah/Vendor & Live Art Coordinator, Neon Desert Music Festival (Splendid Sun Productions) With a worldwide education being a graduate of the Laboratory Institute of Merchandising (LIM College) in New York City, and a student of the Lorenzo di Medici School in Florence, Italy, Giovanni Silva currently balances as the Operations and Marketing Assistant for The Fountains at Farah and works as the Vendor and Live Art Coordinator for the Neon Desert Music Festival (Splendid Sun Productions). Being one of the instrumental people who helped launch the inaugural Neon Desert and one of the first people to be hired for the Fountains at Farah Project, Silva’s mission is to be a part of the cultural advancement in El Paso. He also has entrepreneurial ambitions to launch his own clothing line.
Daniel Veale
Ruben Vogt
Director of Marketing & Promotions, UTEP Athletics
Director of Public Policy, El Paso County Court Since 2011 Ruben Vogt has
degree
served as the Director of Public
in Corporate Communications and Public Affairs from SMU
Policy for County Judge Veronica Escobar. In his current position, Vogt
and a Masters of Business Administration with a Management
overseas major county initiatives concerning healthcare, efficiency,
Concentration from UTEP, Daniel Veale is using his education to
and more. He attended UTEP and attained a Bachelor’s degree in
cultivate UTEP’s growing athletic department. With a background
Political Science and English/American Literature. While there he
in collegiate sports as the SMU Diving Team Captain, Veale has the
helped found CYnergy (Civic.Youth.Energy), a program of the Center
experience and passion his job requires. As the Director in charge
for Civic Engagement, which is dedicated to empowering high school
of promoting UTEP’s 16 different NCAA Division I sports teams to
students. On top of all of this Vogt has engaged himself in numerous
a local, national, and international fan-base Veale has tried to bring
research projects all over the world from Costa Rica, to Egypt, Tunisia,
a fresh vibe to his department, while keeping with the honored
France, Jordan Israel, and even Washington D.C. and is dedicated to
With
traditions of UTEP’s Athletics alive.
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making big waves to renew pride in the city he loves.
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