Kayla Pederson
Justine Kelleher
Kayla Pederson is a loan operations manager and senior underwriter, and Kari Bach is a consumer loan underwriter for the Clark County Credit Union. Pederson manages loan operations specialists and underwrites higher-risk consumer loans. Bach assesses the risk and eligibility of loans.
Gary Kapral is chief operating officer of House Advantage, which provides marketing for gaming companies. He was senior vice president of operations at Bally Technologies.
Justine Kelleher is manager of supplier development at Gaming Laboratories International. She has been with GLI since 2012.
Nevada Attorney General Adam Paul Laxalt formed the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee for the Office of Military Legal Assistance, the nation’s first attorney general-led, public-private partnership to give military communities access to pro bono civil legal services.
Cass Palmer is North Las Vegas director of neighborhood and leisure services. He will oversee recreation and event programming for all city parks, Safe Key and summer camps, and housing and neighborhood services.
Alternative Trading Partners, which specializes in mergers and acquisitions, advised shareholders of online sports betting operator Pinnacle Sports on the sale of a controlling interest in the business. The ATP team was led by managing partners Thomas Brunet and Kyle Carlston.
Two Southern Nevada UPS drivers were inducted into the company’s Circle of Honor for achieving 25 or more years of crash-free driving. They are Bennie Harris Jr. of Henderson and Rod Little of Las Vegas.
Bridgette Wiley is director of operations for Blossom Bariatrics and Warm Springs Surgical Center. Wiley is a certified medical office administrator with 20 years of experience. She has specialized in bariatric center administration and bariatric patient care since 2006.
John Seeland is chief operating officer of Las Vegas Recovery Center. Seeland previously worked for Martin Health System in southern Florida.
Certified nurse practitioner Angelique “Jean” Cross joined HealthCare Partners Medical Group’s Burnham Springs clinic, 4275 S. Burnham Ave., Suite 255, Las Vegas. Dr. Aron Rogers joined the West Craig clinic, 3960 W. Craig Road, Suite 101, North Las Vegas. Dr. Nirav Joshi joined the Summerlin Cardiology clinic, 10105 Banburry Cross Drive, Suite 250, Las Vegas.
The Nevada Hotel and Lodging Association and the American Hotel and Lodging Association launched the Nevada chapter of Women in Lodging. Officers are chairwoman Mary Giuliano, Vdara general manager; vice chairwoman Shannon McCallum, Aria executive director of hotel operations; and executive vice president Diane Gandy, Nevada Hotel and Lodging Association. Council members include Mary Ann Burns, Boyd Group; Lyra Hynie, Tropicana; Toni Repetti, UNLV; and Ronna Timpa, Workplace ESL.
Dr. Raji Venkat, an internal medicine physician, practices at Dignity Health Medical Group’s primary care clinic at 10001 S. Eastern Avenue, Suite 101, Henderson.
The Lung Center of Nevada is joining with Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada. The pulmonary division, which launches in June, comprises two nurse practitioners and five physicians: Drs. John “Jack” Collier, James Hsu, George Tu, John Wojcik and Ralph Nietrzeba. In addition to lung cancer, the lung diseases and sleep disorders treated will include asthma, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, chronic cough, nicotine dependence, snoring, insomnia and obstructive sleep apnea.
Terrell Turner is communications manager at Raster, a software company. Turner worked for three years at Zappos.com in the video content department.
Las Vegas Municipal Court Judge Heidi Almase is an alternate judge for the Nevada Commission for Judicial Discipline, which investigates violations of the Code of Judicial Conduct.
Antonia Genov is social media manager and Melanie Shafer is public relations supervisor at Quillin Advertising, Public Relations and Social Media. Genov worked as a community affairs specialist for San Diego’s Neighborhood House Association. Shafer joined Quillin in 2012.
Jeremy Golar joined Waddell & Reed financial advisers. He previously worked in the firm’s Oregon office.
Michael Patchett is a partner and certified exit planning adviser at Stewart Archibald & Barney, and accounting firm. He specializes in taxes and pension plans.
Paula Pettit is senior director of marketing and communications at Three Square Food Bank. Darwin Bosen is director of operations; James Rogers Jr. is logistics manager; Tony Caufield is technology manager; Matthew Hirsch is volunteer engagement manager, and DeWayne McCoy is warehouse manager.