Spotlight Outdoor Ads hired Alex Wongthongsanguan as a senior account executive specializing in local-advertiser sales. Wongthongsanguan spent five years covering Las Vegas entertainment and lifestyle news, including serving as a booker and producer for MORE on FOX5 Vegas.
Handel’s Ice Cream opened its fourth store in the area, at 1685 E. Cactus Avenue in Henderson, on September 4. It’s the second for franchisee Patrick Frank, who opened the first store in 2015.
Slime Kitchen has opened its newest franchise at Fashion Show mall. Slime Kitchen guides customers through a 10-step process to create custom slimes as unique as their imaginations.
WOW Carwash opened its 18th location in the Valley at 8580 W. Desert Inn Road in Las Vegas.
Sunrise Hospital hired Dr. Sherrie Somers as chief medical officer. She will serve as the executive leader for all medical operations across the hospital. Somers brings 30 years of health care leadership experience to this role, including four years with HCA Healthcare. Most recently, she served as chief medical officer at HCA Florida’s North Florida Hospital.
Cameron Belt has joined Nevada Policy’s policy team. He is an economist, researcher and business builder who previously worked as an executive at Lyft and Uber, focusing on strategy, operations and analytics. At Nevada Policy, he will identify areas where those who build businesses are being held back in ways they shouldn’t be.
The William S. Boyd School of Law welcomed 10 new faculty members this fall whose expertise spans criminal law, dispute resolution, environmental law, legal writing, legal tech (and AI) and more. They are: Maryam Ahranjani, Aparna Polavarapu, Tom Romero andDrew Simshaw, professors of law; Shih-Chun “Steven” Chien, Meredith Esser, Suzanna Geiser, Latisha Nixon-Jones and Citlalli Ochoa, associate professors of law; and Raef Granger, assistant professor-in-residence and assistant director of academic success program.
The Las Vegas City Council unanimously ratified Rosa Cortez as a new deputy city manager. She will oversee multiple departments to be determined by the city manager, including a $1.8 billion capital improvement project fund. Cortez came up through the ranks in Public Works, beginning as an engineering associate in 2002 and holding leadership positions including engineering project manager, parks maintenance manager and assistant city engineer.
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