Adam Goodman
Tony Illia
Mary-Sarah Kinner
Tara Mitchell
Sonny Vinuya
Glenn Trowbridge
Tami Vogel
Pamela Willacey
Madison Williams
Tami Vogel is the Southern Hills Hospital chief nursing officer. Vogel has worked at hospitals in Florida, Nevada, South Carolina and Texas.
Bartender Nectaly Mendoza of Herbs & Rye won Bartender of the Year and Lagasse’s Stadium at the Palazzo won Sports Bar of the Year from Nightclub and Bar magazine.
Madison Williams and Pamela Willacey are Clark County Credit Union member services representatives. Williams, a Carlsbad, New Mexico, native, served as a member services representative for Aero Federal Credit Union and lead teller for Wells Fargo Bank. Willacey, a Las Vegas native, was an eBranch representative for 11 years with One Nevada Credit Union.
Mary-Sarah Kinner is public relations manager at the Glenn Group, a marketing company. She was public relations coordinator for Reno and served as press secretary and communications director for Gov. Brian Sandoval.
Francine Peterman is the national director and dean of the Western Governors University Teachers College. Scott Pulsipher is WGU’s president.
Tara Mitchell is economic development manager of the Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance.
Glenn Alai, longtime manager for Penn & Teller, has been appointed to the Aid for AIDS of Nevada’s board of directors.
Nevada H&C Distilling purchased 3.02 acres from Las Vegas to expand its operations. The company, owned by Jonathan Hensleigh and Aaron Chepenik, currently operates out of 418 W. Mesquite Ave. and will be able to build 10,000 square feet of manufacturing and office space as well as 9,000 square feet of storage space in two buildings. The cost of the purchase was not disclosed. In other news for the distillery, H&C won two awards at the 16th annual San Francisco World Spirits Competition. The company’s Smoke Wagon Bourbon, in the “aged up to five years” category, took home gold; its Silver Dollar Vodka won silver.
Glenn Trowbridge, longtime volunteer member of the Clark County Credit Union board of directors, resigned after serving on the board continuously for 30 years. He developed and monitored safety and soundness as well as guiding policy for operations. Trowbridge is also a professional judge for boxing and mixed martial arts matches.
Euphoria Wellness Dispensary is selling “Segerblom Haze,” a strain of medical marijuana named for state Sen. Richard “Tick” Segerblom.
Adam Goodman, retirement planner, independent financial advisor and founder of Goodman Lifetime Wealth Strategies, has earned the Retirement Income Certified Professional designation from the American College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.
Kenny Kimball is the president of Smith’s. He succeeds Jay Cummins, who retired.
Anthony Aguilar obtained his Certificated Public Accountant certification for Nevada. A graduate of UNLV with a master of science in accounting, he has been an associate with Johnson Advisors since January 2014.
Crystal Lagoons is partnering with Steve Wynn to build a 38-acre lagoon on the current site of the Wynn Golf Club.
Nevada Department of Transportation public information officer Tony Illia won a 2016 Hermes Creative Award for Best Publication Article. The piece entitled, “Don Ahern Does it His Way,” appeared in Engineering News-Record.
Dr. Robb Rowley joined Provenance Healthcare, a genetic counseling, testing and care provider.
Catherine Raynor is the North Las Vegas city clerk.
Nevada State Bank promoted Sonny Vinuya to vice president, professional banking relationship manager. Vinuya will focus his expertise on serving high-net worth medical, legal and accounting professionals.
MountainView Hospital’s Graduate Medical Education General Surgery Residency Program Director Dr. Paul W. Nelson is an author in an article published in the New England Journal of Medicine titled “Survival Benefit with Kidney Transplants from HLA-Incompatible Live Donors.”
President Barack Obama appointed Nancy E. Brune, executive director of the Kenny Guinn Center of Policy Priorities, to the President’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics. In 2014, Brune authored “The State of Latinos in the Intermountain West.” The Guinn Center is currently working on a number of policy reports that are exploring the STEM minority gap in Nevada, college access and affordability, and educational outcomes of English Language Learners with disabilities. Brune also serves as a senior fellow at the UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law and serves as the chairwoman of the Institutional Advisory Council of the College of Southern Nevada.
UberEspañol is available in Nevada. The Uber feature allows riders to request an uberX with a Spanish-speaking driver.
The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada is partnering with Waze’s Connected Citizens Program to enable the Waze app’s users to access real-time, government-reported data on road construction, traffic accidents and road closures.
The College of Southern Nevada opened a state-of-the-art biological anthropology lab. The lab features bones, stone tools and other archaeological paraphernalia, lab-grade microscopes, DNA kits and other equipment.
The Environmental Defense Fund and Black Rock Solar joined the Bring Back Solar Alliance.
Blaze Fast-Fire’d Pizza is open at 673 Mall Ring Circle, Henderson. It’s the chain’s third Southern Nevada location.
Harsch Investment Properties acquired Patrick Airport Center, an industrial property on the edge of the McCarran International Airport.