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Paul P. Terry Jr., a partner of Angius & Terry, LLP, is 2012 president of the Nevada chapter of Community Associations Institute, a trade organization representing homeowners associations, community managers and industry partners. Other members of the board of directors and their companies: President-elect, Donna Toussaint, community leader; vice president, Patricia Taylor, Nevada-certified supervising community manager, Taylor Association Management; secretary, Keith Balsiger, Keith Balsiger Agency, Inc.; treasurer, Robert Rothwell, New Year University, Global Education Division. Directors: Donna Erwin, Capital Consultants Management Corporation; Steve Vitali, Nevada division of The Management Trust; Mindy Martinez, Western Risk Insurance; Norm Rosensteel, Associated Management, Inc.
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Maria NeSmith of Community Management Group has earned a Certified Manager of Community Associations designation, a national certification for community management and general practices of community management professionals.
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Paula Lawrence is the first executive director for Dress for Success Southern Nevada. She previously was with a private security company in Las Vegas.
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Brent Conrad of Werdco B.C. is chairman of the Nevada Contractors Association, a nonprofit trade group. Travis Burton of Perini Building Co. is vice-chairman and Pat Miyahira of Maui One Excavating is secretary/treasurer. Additional members of the organization’s board of directors are: Mike Olson, Olson Precast Co.; Kris Sundell, Stewart & Sundell Concrete; Guy Wells, Wells Cargo Inc.; Mike Dean, M.J. Dean Construction; Rick Ewing, Las Vegas Paving Corp.; Howdy Wells, Wells Cargo Inc.; Paul Bunker, Aztech Inspections & Testing; Paddy Murphy, Aggregate Industries – SWR Inc.; and Sean Stewart, The Stewart Firm.
The NCA also named its 2011 Contractor of the Year winners. The awards recognize excellence, safety, leadership, professionalism and innovation in construction. The winners: Aggregate Industries-SWC, contractor of the year; Stewart & Sundell Concrete, subcontractor of the year; Wells Cargo Construction, safest contractor of the year; the $41.5 million Boulder Highway Rapid Transit Line by Las Vegas Paving Corp., heavy highway/civil project of the year; and, the $121.7 million Terminal 3 Parking Garage at McCarran International Airport by McCarthy Building Cos., building project of the year. Other awards went to Werdco B.C., supplier of the year; Thomas Petroleum, associate of the year; and Las Vegas Paving’s Rick Ewing, recruiter of the year.
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Attorney Kimberly P. Stein has joined Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC., where she will focus on securities law, gaming law, intellectual property, civil litigation, corporate law/business formation and real estate law. Stein previously served as chief of enforcement for the Nevada Secretary of State’s Securities Division.
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Jesse Scott is an assistant account executive at MassMedia Corporate Communications, a public relations, advertising and marketing firm. He previously was the grassroots marketing coordinator for Verizon FiOS in Northern Virginia.
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Cheryl Russ is a legal assistant at Aldrich Law Firm Ltd., a law firm specializing in commercial litigation and personal injury cases.
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Eleissa C. Lavelle is an arbitrator and dispute mediator specializing in business/commercial, construction and real estate for JAMS, a provider of mediation and arbitration services. She previously was a partner at Duane Morris.
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Myron Jones, safety director at ManagedPAY, a locally owned human resource, payroll, employee benefits, workers compensation and insurance services company, has earned his Property and Casualty License.
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Trump International Hotel Las Vegas was among three Trump properties voted No. 1 in their respective cities by readers of Travel + Leisure, for the magazine’s World’s Best Business Hotels 2011 list. Trump International Hotel & Tower in Chicago and Trump SoHo New York also were ranked first. Readers rated hotels as part of the magazine’s annual World’s Best Awards readers’ survey, which is featured in the December issue.
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Bryan Kroten, vice president of marketing for Maverick Aviation Group, is the 2012 president for the Las Vegas Hospitality Association, a Las Vegas tourism industry organization celebrating its 50th anniversary. The organization’s 2012 board and their companies: chair, J.J. Wills, Director of Strategic Accounts, Caesars Entertainment; president-elect, Julie Pazina, Edlen Electrical Exhibition Services; vice president-membership, Jennifer Cheung, Hello Las Vegas!; vice president-meetings, Tami Hance, Destinations by Design; secretary, Linda Andrew Ness, Smart City Networks; treasurer, Deanna Burgess, Mandalay Bay; director-marketing, Shelly Cruz, Bellagio. Other directors are: Ericka Aviles, Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority; Jamie Malloy, Wynn Las Vegas and Encore; Michelle Sharples, BASE Entertainment; Daniel Rush,The Mirage; Laurel Wineman O’Neil, Hard Rock Cafe; Cyndi Stumbo-Martin, Freeman; and Danelle Dodds, Kuoni Destination Management Inc. Assistants to the board are Susan Kashani, Kathy Dyke, Josh Martin, Nancy Rodriguez, Alan Waxler and Shannon Trujillo. Mary Thomas is parliamentarian.
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Susan Bauman, vice president of marketing for Western Risk Insurance, has been inducted into the Nevada State Apartment Association Hall of Fame. She received the honor at the annual Jewel Awards Ceremony in December.
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Chad Fears, Swen Prior and Jay Schuttert are partners at Snell & Wilmer. Fears’ practice is concentrated in commercial and complex civil litigation. Prior’s focus is primarily in labor and employment law, providing litigation defense and extensive preventative counseling to clients in all areas of his practice. Schuttert’s practice is concentrated in products liability defense, particularly automotive, pharmaceutical, medical device and consumer/industrial products.
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The Dr. Miriam & Sheldon G. Adelson Educational Campus’ Board of Trustees has renewed the contract of Paul Schiffman, head of school’s contract, for five years. He has been serving Adelson Educational Campus since 2006 and under his direction the campus has grown from 158 students to 500 students.
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Lindsay Terrett is eligibility/outreach coordinator for Foundation for Positively Kids. She will work with civic organizations, daycares, surrounding schools and the community at large, raising awareness for Positively Kids and the programs it offers to medically fragile and special needs clients.
