Heather Mongie
Sherri Lewis
Terry Shirey
Lori Nomura
Deborah Weeks
Rocky Finseth
Heather Mongie of Signature Real Estate Group was the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors’ Agent of the Month in December.
PR News named Jenn Michaels, senior vice president of public relations at MGM Resorts International, to its inaugural list of Top Women in PR. Michaels handles consumer media relations for the company’s properties.
Kyla McKown is sales and marketing associate for Empowered Products Inc. She previously was a reporter for Mvskoke Media in Oklahoma.
Sherri Lewis is specialty leasing manager for Town Square Las Vegas. She supervises temporary retail tenants and coordinates visual merchandising for the specialty leasing program.
Ena Licina is vice president, trust relationship manager for the Private Client Reserve of U.S. Bank.
Lori Nomura and Debbie Weeks are loan operations representatives at Clark County Credit Union.
Ericka Aviles is director of sales and strategic partnerships at Bonotel Exclusive Travel in Las Vegas.
Terry Shirey, president and chief operating officer of Nevada State Bank, is a member of the Las Vegas Metro Chamber Board of Trustees.
Desiree Caputo is the billing and front office manager at Aliante Integrated Physical Medicine in North Las Vegas.
Soonhee “Sunny” Bailey is the Nevada 8th Judicial District Court delinquency court hearing master. Bailey previously worked as acting labor commissioner for the Department of Business and Industry, a hearing officer for the Nevada Taxicab Authority and an alternate judge for Las Vegas Municipal Court.
Rocky Finseth, president and CEO of Carrara Nevada, is chief lobbyist and contract legislative counsel for the Henderson Chamber of Commerce.
Dave Sweeney is chief underwriter for Greystone Servicing Corp. Inc., a multifamily and health care lender. Sweeney has more than 20 years experience in multifamily finance and development.
Advanced nurse practitioner Robin King joined HealthCare Partners Oncology/Hematology Group at the San Martin Oncology clinic in Las Vegas. King has more than 25 years of experience.
Two MGM Resorts International executives were recognized for promoting diversity, philanthropy and sustainability. Executive Vice President, Special Counsel-Litigation and Chief Diversity Officer Phyllis James was named one of 2014’s most influential women in corporate America by Savoy Magazine. Chief Sustainability Officer and Senior Vice President Cindy Ortega was named one of the 10 most powerful women in sustainability by Green Building & Design.
Melissa Walker is Dignity Health-St. Rose Dominican’s chief financial officer. Walker has been with St. Rose since 1996 and previously worked as chief financial officer of the San Martín campus and Dignity Health Medical Group. She was named interim chief financial officer in July 2014.
Tiffany Hauck is an account supervisor at MassMedia. She was public relations manager at the Golden Nugget.
Shannon Chambers was appointed Nevada labor commissioner. Chambers has 15 years of legal and administrative experience in public sector employment and most recently served as chief financial officer of the Department of Business and Industry.
BrightStar Care of West Las Vegas owner Becky Torrez won BrightStar Care’s Rookie of the Year Award. Torrez provides adult and elder home care, child care and supplemental health care staffing to area hospitals and nursing homes.
Sid’s Cafe opened at Westgate Las Vegas. The restaurant is named after Sid Siegel, father of Westgate CEO and owner David Siegel.
Nevada Department of Business and Industry Director Bruce Breslow announced the Nevada Housing Division is the department’s 2014 Agency of the Year. The housing division uses public financing to develop safe, sanitary housing for low-income people and families.
An exhibit by Ed Vance, founder and CEO of EV&A Architects, is on display at the UNLV Barrick Museum through Feb. 28. The exhibit features AIA Nevada Excellence in Design Award-winning projects and sketches from 1994 through 2014.