MinerAlert
MinerAlert
Executives and community leaders help Hunt College students plan their careers, prepare for interviews and build professional relationships.
Program dates
Feb. 3–April 28, 2027
Six in-person sessions
Time
11:30 a.m.–2 p.m.
Wednesdays
Location
El Paso Natural Gas Conference Center (EPNGCC)
2051 Wiggins Road
UTEP campus, across from the Library
Introduce the program, the participants and the work ahead.
Connect personal strengths and emotional awareness with professional goals.
Practice explaining your value and building professional relationships.
Connect career research, résumé content and professional positioning.
Prepare for interviews and make a clear, informed request.
Bring the work together in a final presentation.
Spring 2027 mentor in residence
CEO
Workforce Solutions Borderplex
2026 mentor in residence
Chairman
Sanders\Wingo
Hunt Business alumnus, businessman and philanthropist whose partnership helped establish the program.
The inaugural program brought juniors, seniors and graduate students together with executives and community leaders for structured career preparation.
Students worked on career goals, interview preparation, executive research and professional follow-up. The program emphasized turning interviews into conversations, identifying people who can connect them with opportunities and developing a five-year career strategy.
Relationships, communication and trust were treated as part of long-term career development. Students considered how to maintain professional connections over time.
A panel and networking session gave students access to leaders in health care, finance, entrepreneurship, public service, nonprofit work, economic development and higher education.
Conversations covered leadership decisions, career changes, setbacks and interviews. Wingo described the program’s long-term success in terms of students returning to help future participants.
The inaugural cohort report outlined plans to expand the Career Plan into a microcredential recognizing completion of the professional and leadership development experience. It also announced Melendez as mentor in residence for spring 2027.
Read the 2026 program storyThe inaugural cohort included leaders from business, public service and higher education.
PyroCom Systems
President and CEO
Tecma Transportation Services
President
El Paso Community Foundation
Executive Vice President
Strategic Wealth Management
Partner and Director of Risk Management & Insurance Planning
Business Consultant
UTEP
Vice President for Business Affairs
GamwellTech
Chief Security Officer
Del Sol Medical Center
CEO
Pizza Properties
President and CEO
HUB International
Assistant Vice President
GECU
Executive Vice President and Chief Lending Officer
Workforce Solutions Borderplex
CEO
Crown Wealth Strategies
President of Business Development
Nusenda Credit Union
Market President, Southern NM & West TX
Project Bravo
Executive Director
FirstLight Federal Credit Union
CEO
El Paso County Judge
Avanta Residential
President
Las Palmas Medical Center
Chief Operating Officer
Business Consultant and Former Interim City Manager
Sanders\Wingo
Chairman