Olivia Brown
Olivia Brown is general manager at Bellagio. She previously worked as general manager of the Ritz-Carlton, Boston Common.
Arbor View High School students Dustin Leavitt and Ryan Howard-Miller, taught by instructor Thomas Garrett, took top honors at the Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills competition. Coronado High School students Alexander Herrmann and Andrew Howard Scott, taught by instructor Dawnne Smith, took second place. Third place went to Southeast Career Technical Academy students Nicolas Vitolo and JC Kevin Juarez, taught by Daniel Sylvester. The top teams receive scholarships from technical schools and other prizes.
Jill Landess
LP Insurance Services founder Joe Kulikowski is the first affiliate president of the Nevada Medical Group Management Association. Kulikowski is the first nonmedical practice administrator elected by the board. The association is a membership group for medical practice administrators and executives.
The International School of Hospitality’s director of academic affairs, Donnell Bayot, is a public member of the Convention Industry Council’s 2015 Governance Commission for the Certified Meeting Professional Program. Bayot will serve a two-year term.
Donnell Bayot
Mariana Johnson is City National Bank’s Southern Nevada group manager in the core banking group. Johnson will oversee all City National branches in Southern Nevada in addition to managing the bank’s Green Valley branch.
Christopher Ipsen, assistant vice president of information technology and chief information officer for Nevada’s Desert Research Institute, was named SC Magazine’s 2015 Chief Security Officer of the Year, the publication’s highest individual honor for information technology security industry professionals in the United States.
Bob Glau
Ramon Icasiano is chief operating officer of Zirtual, which matches companies and executives with virtual assistants.
Artist Michael Kalish has been commissioned to create a one-of-a-kind piece of art for the inaugural Fantasy Sports Combine scheduled for July.
Mariana Johnson
Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt and the Bureau of Consumer Protection, along with attorneys general nationwide, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Federal Communications Commission, reached settlements with Sprint Corporation and Cellco Partnership, doing business as Verizon Wireless, to resolve allegations that the companies placed charges for third-party services on customers’ mobile telephone bills without authorization from the customers. The settlements include $158 million in payments to consumers; Nevada will receive $353,008.22.
MGM Resorts International won two Freddie Awards for its loyalty program, M life. The awards honor airline and hotel loyalty programs. MGM Resorts won for Best Customer Service and Up-and-Coming Program of the Year.
Jill Landess
Bob Glau opened a Synergy Sotheby’s International Realty sales office in the MacDonald Highlands Country Club Community. Jill Landess is a real estate specialist there.