Lori Egan
Don Hamrick
Sherie Rodriguez
Jessica Spurlin
Lori Egan, Sherie Rodriguez and Jessica Spurlin are Clark County Credit Union member services representatives.
The Japan America Society of Nevada’s 2015 board of directors are chairwoman Kathleen Blakely of Clark County Parks & Recreation; president Sherry Hashimoto of Yesco; vice president Betty Atkins; treasurer Hiroko Godfrey of Kumon Las Vegas-Peccole Ranch; and secretary Eric Guideng of House Guideng. Directors include Mayumi Coffman, Lockheed Martin; Jodie Cohen, Chado Urasenke Las Vegas School; Richard Galin, Gordon Silver; Shizue Hill, Rape Crisis Center; Toko Lee, Nu-Skin Enterprises; and Gary Mamiya, Findlay Honda. Honorary directors include Gayle Anderson, Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance; immediate past president Gerri Schroder, Henderson councilwoman; and Yoshi Nakagawa, Watanabe and Nakagawa Tax Service.
Ron Batula is director of human resources at Las Vegas Ski & Snowboard Resort. He previously worked in human resources at Maverick Aviation.
Fafie Moore, president and broker/owner of Realty Executives of Nevada, joined City National Bank’s Southern Nevada advisory board.
Barbara Smith Campbell’s Consensus LLC merged with the Ferraro Group, a public relations firm. Campbell, a tax policy expert, will represent the firm’s clients before regulatory agencies.
Don Hamrick, general manager of Chapman Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram, is on the board of directors at Nevada Public Radio.
Christopher Burns is an associate professor of biomedical sciences and A. Peter Eveland is associate dean of student affairs and admissions, and a professor of family medicine at the College of Medicine at Roseman University of Health Sciences. Burns helped develop medical and graduate education programs at Central Michigan University, University of Illinois, University of Virginia, Florida Atlantic University and Georgia School of Medicine. Eveland served as associate dean for student affairs, admissions and outreach, and professor of medical education, at California Northstate University.
Patty Duffey is chief operating officer, Kesha Dirkson is chief fund development and marketing officer, and Melody Sherrill is chief financial officer of Girl Scouts of Southern Nevada.
The Gaming Standards Association 2015 board of directors are returning chairman Adrian Marcu, vice president of global architecture and interactive research and development, International Game Technology; vice chairman Mark Pace, vice president of global technical operations, Scientific Games; secretary Klaus Peltsch, director of architecture and emerging technologies, Ontario Lottery Gaming Corp.; and treasurer Keith Wood, vice president of systems design and development, Aristocrat Technologies. Board members are Roman Czubak, Rachel Barber, Byron Bridger, Syed Hussain, David Oh, Shay Segev, Kevin Trombo and Jeanne-Marie Wilkins.
Francis Carneiro and David Craig are general manager and assistant general manager, respectively, of Pot Liquor Contemporary American Smokehouse. Ricky White is director of marketing and catering events.
The Women’s Council of Realtors Las Vegas honored their Top 25 Women in Real Estate. Honorees were Mary Baca, Dani Bald, Jillian Batchelor, Teri Brenkus, Julie Brown, Leslie Carver, Delinda Crampton, Ellen Fahr, Paige Gross, Laura Harbison, Valentina Herzog, Heidi Kasama, Olga McDowell, Fafie Moore, Linda Naw, Trish Nash, Ashley Oakes-Lazosky, Merri Perry, Joanna Piette, Mary Preheim, Joyce Reed, Iryna Sysenko, Diann Tonnesen, Diane Varney and Brandy White Elk.
Loni Gray, national account manager of casinos at Brown-Forman; Heidi Hinkle, director of national accounts for hotels and casinos at Bacardi USA; and Chris Fava, CEO of the Culinary Academy of Las Vegas, joined the Las Vegas Business Academy board of directors.
MRG Marketing & Management Inc., a franchise partner of Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers, hired Dean Bennett as general counsel. Bennett previously served as an outside attorney for MRG.
Nik Rytterstrom is general manager of the Luxor. Rytterstrom most recently worked as general manager of the Goldstrike in Tunica, Miss. He replaces Renee West, who will retire April 24.
Las Vegas Black Image Magazine honored several people and businesses in the community. Recognized were: Ernest Fountain of New Ventures, Tony Gladney of MGM Resorts International, Fred Keeton of Caesars Entertainment, Larry Ruvo of the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, Yvette Williams of the Black Caucus, author Sonya Horsford, Tiffany Tyler of Nevada Partners Operations, Dr. Mulugeta Kassahun of Urology Specialists, Broadway in the Hood founder Torrey Russell, the Rev. Robert Fowler, Edmond Town Center owner John Edmonds, educator Patti Hester, filmmaker Stan Armstrong, Rainbow Dreams Academy owner Diane Pollard, philanthropists Bubba and Kathleen Turner Knight, Jim Koonce and Channel 13, author Brenda Williams, Mark Ficarra and the Las Vegas Review-Journal, UNLV archivist Claytee White, gaming and labor expert Terry Johnson, supporters of historically black colleges and universities Paul and Sue Lowden, activist Sheila Collins, McDonald’s owners and operators, Community Garden of Las Vegas founder Rosalind Brooks, Nicole Lise and Cory Enus of the Southern Nevada Water Authority, Jamaal McCoy of Findlay Chevrolet and community advocate Trisha Geran. Special entertainer honors went to Larry Blackmon of Cameo and original Temptations member Otis Williams.