Dallas Innovation Alliance

Leadership

Jennifer Sanders, Executive Director and Co-Founder, Dallas Innovation AllianceJennifer Sanders is Cofounder and Executive Director of the Dallas Innovation Alliance (DIA) a 501c3 public-private partnership dedicated to supporting the design and exe…

Jennifer Sanders

Executive Director and Co-Founder

Jennifer Sanders is Cofounder and Executive Director of the Dallas Innovation Alliance (DIA) a 501c3 public-private partnership dedicated to supporting the design and execution of a smart cities plan for Dallas. She brings expertise across a broad array of industries including energy, technology, economic development, nonprofit and finance, serving in functions including communications, stakeholder relations, change management and operations. She is active with numerous civic organizations, serving as a Past President of the Mayor’s Star Council, Boards of Mastercard’s CityPossible, the Suicide & Crisis Center of North Texas, Better Block, Digital Texas, Southwestern Medical District Master Plan, among others. She graduated from the University of Virginia.

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Trey Bowles is a serial entrepreneur, social capitalist, and educator. He co-founded the Dallas Entrepreneur Center (The DEC), a central location for entrepreneurs to learn how to start, build, and grow businesses through training, education, mentorship, promotion, and capital investment. Under his leadership, the DEC launched a public-private partnership called the Dallas Innovation Alliance to help design, develop, and launch a Smart Cities solution in Dallas. In an effort to get more young professionals engaged in the City of Dallas, Bowles cofounded The Mayor’s Star Council with Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings to find culturally diverse and civically minded emerging leaders that wanted to embrace and engage the city today rather than just inherit it in twenty years. Trey also serves as an Adjunct Professor at Southern Methodist University where he built and launched an entrepreneurship program in the Arts Entrepreneurship and Arts Management department in the Meadows School of the Arts.Trey Bowles, Co-Founder, Dallas Innovation AllianceCEO, Dallas Entrepreneur CenterTrey.Bowles@DallasInnovationAlliance.com@TreyBowlesEA: Kelsey@dallasinnovationalliance.com

Trey Bowles

Cofounder and Chairman

Trey Bowles is a serial entrepreneur, social capitalist, and educator. He co-founded the Dallas Entrepreneur Center (The DEC), a central location for entrepreneurs to learn how to start, build, and grow businesses through training, education, mentorship, promotion, and capital investment. In an effort to get more young professionals engaged in the City of Dallas, Bowles cofounded The Mayor’s Star Council with Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings to find culturally diverse and civically minded emerging leaders that wanted to embrace and engage the city today rather than just inherit it in twenty years. Trey also serves as an Adjunct Professor at Southern Methodist University where he built and launched an entrepreneurship program in the Arts Entrepreneurship and Arts Management department in the Meadows School of the Arts.

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EA: Kelsey@dallasinnovationalliance.com

Karmenly Alegria

Business Process Specialist

Karmenly Alegria recently joined DIA as a Business Process Specialist. She is analytical, data-driven, and an enthusiast of refining and implementing processes to help meet and achieve operational needs. Karmenly's experience involves supporting various software applications, reporting, and project management. She holds a BBA in Information Systems from The University of Texas at San Antonio and is a graduate student in UTSA's Master of Science in Data Analytics program.

karmenly@dallasinnovationalliance.com

Sofia Cifuentes

Digital Inclusion Program Coordinator

Sofia Cifuentes started as our Digital Inclusion Program Coordinator a few weeks ago! She is a dynamic, resourceful, driven leader with a demonstrated history of changing the culture within higher education and the non-profit industry. She holds a psychology degree and is pursuing a graduate degree in Science in Information Technology at Dallas Baptist University. Sofia has a proven track record of student outreach, program development and implementation, and Event coordination. She will be one of your new contact points for inquiries regarding our Mobile Learning Lab. 

Sofia@DallasInnovationAlliance.com