Marco Lopez is a business leader, former government official, and public servant who is passionate about helping others succeed. He is the CEO of Intermestic Partners, a business advisory firm that provides strategic business development and policy direction to both international and domestic organizations.

Marco has a proven track record of success in both the public and private sectors. He served as Mayor of Nogales, Arizona, at the age of 22, and was re-elected by an overwhelming majority. He also served as Chief of Staff at the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), where he helped lead an organization with a $13+ billion budget and 60,000 employees.

In business, Marco founded Intermestic Partners in 2011. He has also served as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and as Senior Advisor to the Chairman of Grupo Carso and The Carlos Slim Foundation. He has also advised presidential campaigns on topics of border security and safety, border trade and commerce, and economic development.

Marco is a passionate advocate for Arizona and its people. He believes that every Arizonan has the potential to succeed and that Arizona is a special place where anything is possible if you work hard and have a vision.

Marco Lopez

AZTOR Health Management Strategic Advisors

Principal Consultant

Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Foundation

Chairman of the Board

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona

Retired SVP CFO & Chief Business Development Officer

Astorga & Maurseth Certified Public Accountants

Partner

Peat Marwick (KPMG) CPAs

Supervising Senior

Arizona Department of Revenue

Senior Tax Auditor

Mr. Astorga retired from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona after serving 23 years as the Senior Vice President & CFO. During his tenure as CFO at BCBSAZ, he also held the position as President of BCBS of Mexico (1994-1999) and as the Chief Business Development Officer (2009-11). Prior to joining BCBSAZ, he was a partner with Astorga & Maurseth, a local CPA firm (1976-1987) and a Senior Supervisor with KPMG, a national CPA firm (1970-1975).

Mr. Astorga received a B.S. Degree in accounting with high honors from Arizona State University and has attended executive education programs at Fuqua School of Business-Duke University, Kellogg Graduate School of Management-Northwestern University and Graduate Center for Health Professions-University of California San Francisco.

He currently is the owner/principal of AZTOR Health Management Strategic Advisors where he has been a consultant/advisor to various organizations, including BCBSAZ, CTCA Global-Mexico, CPLC, Equality Health, Lattice Biologics, Martinet Medical, Thunderbird School of Global Management, UnitedHealth Group, Valle del Sol; and is a Board Advisor to Consular Corps of AZ, GlobalMed, iNaira Healthcare Technologies, and TransMed7. He served as chairman of the Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Foundation (2011-2021) and also has previously served in community leadership roles as co-chair of the Governor's Finance Review Commission, Governor's Film and Television Commission and MCCD ACE Campaign. He has been an active member of the community where he currently serves on various boards including, the Arizona Commerce Authority, Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (Emeritus), Banner Health Foundation, Catholic Charities (Emeritus), Equality Health Foundation, Heard Museum, and Ottawa University.

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