BizPitch Judges
2024 Judges
Tammy Merwin
Tammy Merwin, a native of San Angelo and former Angelo State University student, is a multi-talented entrepreneur with a passion for networking and marketing. Tammy has had a diverse career that includes creating and managing Vivid Pop Events, a successful balloon design and arrangements shop which she later sold. Currently, she owns and manages West Texas Funk, a 9-piece party band serving clients across Texas. In addition to her business ventures, Tammy is also a Demand Generations Program Manager for TCP Software, where she applies her marketing expertise to drive growth and success. Throughout her career, Tammy has remained committed to delivering exceptional service to her clients and building lasting relationships within her network.
Andi Markee
Andi Markee is co-owner and Media Director of Media Advantage, a full-service advertising agency headquartered in San Angelo, Texas that is trusted by name-brand clients nationwide. Andi’s expertise has streamlined successful national campaigns for some well-known clients. Andi’s career started in live events for San Angelo, Abilene, Midland, and Odessa in which she created over 40 successful events generating tons of fun and millions of dollars in revenue. She was promoted to Market President and Chief Revenue Officer for Townsquare Media San Angelo, making her the youngest female to earn that role in the third-largest media company in the nation. Andi then took on the challenge at a national tech organization TimeClock Plus, in a high-level role to market the brand for strategic partnerships. Andi is an alumnus of the 20 Under 40 class of 2018 and 2020 Leadership San Angelo Graduate. She is currently serving on the Board of Directors for Downtown San Angelo, Inc, Board of Directors for the San Angelo Chamber of Commerce, United Way Community Impact Council, Economic Development Advisory Council, and the San Angelo NAACP Buffalo Solider Memorial Core Team.
Leonard “Lenny” Christo
Leonard “Lenny” Christo is the Goodfellow Air Force Base service contracts manager supporting the Department of Defense Fire Academy and multi-service intelligence technical training. The base is responsible for training more than 14,000 firefighting and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance warriors annually for the United States Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Space Force, Coast Guard and other government agencies and allied nations. Lenny is the former Superintendent of the San Angelo Stock Show and Rodeo Junior Robotics competition, Prior President of the Leadership San Angelo Alumni Association, and 2015 20-under-40 selectee. Lenny served in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Korea as an Intelligence Officer for the United States Air Force culminating a 10-year military career as the Counter-Terrorism Team Lead, South Asia Division for Pacific Command. Lenny is a husband, father, multi-sport endurance athlete, Brazilian Jui-Jitsu competitor, and a graduate of Angelo State University.
Bailey Dominguez
Bailey graduated from Angelo State University in 2019 with a bachelor’s in accounting and in 2022 with a Master of Accountancy. She has obtained over 5 years of public accounting experience and in June of 2023, obtained her CPA license. She works at the largest accounting firm in San Angelo, Armstrong Backus & Co LLP, as a Tax Supervisor. Bailey enjoys being involved in the community and currently serves on the Board for the San Angelo Ballet, holds a chair position in Junior League of San Angelo for the Children’s Literacy Project, and is a member of San Angelo Chamber of Commerce Young Professionals.
Zach Balderas
Zach Balderas is the Assistant Vice President of Commercial Lending at First Financial Bank, First Financial is a community bank with 80 locations serving the financial needs of customers across Texas. Zach is a San Angelo native and a graduate of Angelo State University. In addition to work, Zach is a proud member of Young Professionals of San Angelo, The Chamber of Commerce, and Leadership San Angelo. Zach currently serves on multiple boards and is an avid supporter of ASU. Zach’s goal in his career is to provide exceptional customer service while building long lasting relationships.