Gateway Technical College business resource specialist Thalia Mendez has been selected to serve on the Wisconsin Business Innovation Association board of directors.

Mendez, based out of Gateway’s SC Johnson integrated Manufacturing and Engineering Technology Center in Sturtevant, will serve as secretary for the WBIA 2017 board. Mendez oversees activities for Gateway’s Launch Box Resource Center.

The WBIA is a driving force in the professional development of entrepreneurial program managers.

WIBA is a 501(c) 3 non-profit corporation founded in 1998. WBIA meets quarterly at incubators and co-working spaces throughout Wisconsin and Illinois. The WBIA provides entrepreneurial programs and economic development professionals with information, education, policy recommendations, advocacy and networking resources that assist start-up companies.