People on the Move: May 15-21

Sean Higgins is senior vice president of government affairs and business development for Golden Entertainment.

Barron’s top 1,200 financial advisers in America included five from Southern Nevada. They are Randy Garcia, the Investment Counsel Co.; Brian Buckley, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management; Deborah Danielson, Danielson Financial Group; and Nadine Faulis and Andy Ferguson, Merrill Lynch Wealth Management.

Shaye Simkins and Sharwani Ram are member services representatives at Clark County Credit Union.

Julie Higgins is vice president and relationship manager of City National Bank’s Twain branch.

Kimberly Joi McDonald, owner and CEO of Designing Joi, was elected 2016-17 national vice president of the National Interior Design Society. Designing Joi won “Best Of Customer Service” on Houzz, a platform for home remodeling and design.

The Board of Regents granted tenure and a promotion of associate professor to University of Nevada Cooperative Extension faculty member YaeBin Kim. Kim joined the extension’s children, youth and families team in 2010 as a specialist in parenting education and family literacy. Kim received a master’s degree in Seoul, South Korea, and a doctorate in child development and human studies from the University of Wisconsin.

Lee Business School inducted Rossi Ralenkotter into the Nevada Business Hall of Fame. Ralenkotter is president and CEO of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. Among previous inductees are Bill Boyd, Hank Greenspun, William F. Harrah, Howard Hughes, Robert Lewis, Jerry Mack, Si Redd, Jim Rogers, Glen Schaeffer, Claudine Williams, Del Webb, Steve Wynn, Luther Mack Jr., Kitty Rodman, the Cashman family, Michael Saltman, Keith Schwer, Sam Boyd, Pat Mulroy, John Ascuaga, Barbara Greenspun, Phil Satre and Donald D. Snyder.

Alejandra Ortiz is the news co-anchor for Noticiero Telemundo Las Vegas. Ortiz earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogota, Colombia, and joins Telemundo Las Vegas after working for CM& — the Colombian news network that was launched in the early 1990s.

Oral and maxillofacial surgeon Dr. Brendan Johnson has been appointed to the Nevada State Board of Dental Examiners. Johnson is co-founder of Nevada Oral & Facial Surgery.

Scott Aney is senior vice president and regional manager of City National Bank’s commercial banking services in Nevada. He will serve as the company’s local market leader. Paul Stowell is the bank’s chief market strategist.

Karen Kelly is manager of business development/marketing for Nigro Construction.

Francine Peterman is national director and dean of the teachers college at Western Governors University.

Jennifer Svihus is executive director of development at the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health.

Terri Weisbord, founding partner of Las Vegas-based WG Communications Group, won a 2016 USF Fast 56 Award. The annual award recognizes the world’s 56 fastest-growing businesses owned or led by University of South Florida alumni. Weisbord founded WG Communications in 2000 with business partner Tammy Graham. The advertising agency has spearheaded campaigns for College of Southern Nevada, Southern Highlands Development Corporation and Shepherd Eye Center.

The Firm Public Relations & Marketing is handling public relations for AAA Nevada. The agency hired Alecia Westmorland as a public relations specialist.

Gary Earl is CEO for the Teachers Health Trust, a self-funded health trust that provides medical, dental and vision benefits to licensed employees of the Clark County School District.

Lisa Chong was honored with the Distinguished President Award and was a recipient of the Kiwanis Cal-Nev-Ha Foundation scholarship at the California-Nevada-Hawaii Circle K International District Convention.

Chris Andrews is the sports book director at South Point.

ChiAm fast-casual Chinese and dim sum restaurant opened at 6300 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 170, Las Vegas.

The Outpatient Therapy Center at Spring Valley Hospital is open at 5380 S. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 100.

UnitedHealthcare’s Health Plan of Nevada and Southwest Medical Associates, a part of OptumCare, launched “Medicine on the Move,” a portable doctor’s office that brings health care closer to people’s homes and workplaces.

Wells Fargo & Co. completed the purchase of the North American portions of GE Capital’s Commercial Distribution Finance and Vendor Finance businesses, as well as a portion of its Corporate Finance business, totaling $27.4 billion in assets, including $2.9 billion in loans. The remaining international segment of the transaction is expected to close this year. The total acquisition includes assets of approximately $31 billion as well as businesses employing approximately 2,800 team members.

Ondori Asian Kitchen, which offers a fusion of Chinese and Japanese cuisines, is open at the Orleans.

Essence Vegas, a medical marijuana dispensary, opened at 2307 Las Vegas Blvd. South.

Southern Hills Hospital opened a 46-bed orthopedic/spine unit on its fifth floor. The $14 million expansion replaces the existing orthopedic unit on the third floor, which will become an expanded intensive care unit and a new intermediate care unit.