Davin Lopez, MVEDA President & CEO, joined the organization in February 2009. Prior to joining MVEDA, he served as Vice President of the New Mexico Partnership, the private economic development business attraction arm of the State of New Mexico which he joined at its inception in September 2003.
Davin spent five years in corporate real estate with two of the largest Real Estate Investment Trusts in the U.S., General Growth Properties (GGP) and the Macerich Company (MACE), where he held roles as Director of New Business Development and Strategic Planning. He also spent two years in private business consulting advising smaller, high growth companies on their strategic initiatives and growth plans.
Davin is a member of several national associations including the International Asset Management Council and the International Economic Development Council. He is also a board member and advisor to the New Mexico Partnership, Arrowhead Center at NMSU, the Las Cruces Greater Chamber of Commerce, and the Bridge of Southern New Mexico. Davin holds an MBA from Yale University and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of California, San Diego.
Brian Garcia, MVEDA Vice President, Business Development, received his Bachelor’s degree and MBA from New Mexico State University. Besides performing a wide variety of custom research, Brian develops custom proposal packets and operating cost comparisons for prospective companies. He is an affiliate member of the State Data Center’s Business & Industry Data Center Program.
JessicaLyn Robles, MVEDA Director of Business Development, is our most recent addition to the team. 
She earned her MBA and Bachelor’s from New Mexico State University. She comes to us from Farm Bureau Financial Services where she served as a commercial focused agent throughout Doña Ana and Otero Counties. With over 20 years of customer service management, client retention, and business operations focus, she will be expanding the Business Retention and Expansion program to better address the needs of existing businesses throughout Doña Ana County.
Bret Buchanan, MVEDA Business Development Specialist, joined the MVEDA staff in March of 2022. He graduated from New Mexico State University (NMSU) in May of 2022 with a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Business while minoring in Business Administration. While in college, Bret has previously been very involved within the agriculture industry and worked as an intern on a congressional campaign.
Carlos Parra, MVEDA Marketing Director, with a degree in Advertising Art, Carlos brings years of experience over many different mediums of marketing. Carlos has helped local and national business grow online organically for over 20 years and is bringing these techniques to Economic Development. When Carlos isn’t obsessing about algorithms and content, he’s always happy to discuss the influences of video games and comics in today’s culture.
Les Baldock, MVEDA Vice President, Operations, is a native New Mexican. Following a successful career in small business, Les relocated to Las Cruces in 1993. He spent 5-years with the Greater Las Cruces Chamber of Commerce as Director of Business Services and joined the MVEDA staff in June, 2000. He is a board member of the Bridge of Southern New Mexico and a member of the New Mexico Industrial Development Executives (NMIDEA).
Eldelisa Nava, MVEDA Director of Operations, joined the organization in May 2021. Prior to MVEDA, she worked as a Sales/Catering Manager for Heritage Hotels & Resorts and the Director of the Las Cruces Hispanic Chamber of Commerce respectively. She brings to the organization 25+ years of experience working with non-profits, streamlining business processes, providing customer service, and project management.
