Erica Mosca went to seven different schools growing up and experienced the same educational inequity at each. With the help of a nonprofit she joined in ...
The daughter of migrant farm workers, Irene Bustamante Adams remembers waking before dawn to work the agricultural fields with her family. It was this experience that ingrained in her the value of hard work and servant leadership.
Ayesha Mehdi is a problem preventer and problem solver by nature—making law a natural career choice. She specifically chose health care as her focus, because it is dynamic and challenging.
After experiencing the care and compassion from the nurses who helped deliver her premature daughter, Kimberly Shaw was inspired to become a nurse herself. Now, she’s a nurse who runs an entire hospital.
With a city councilwoman as her mother and a senior master sergeant in the Air Force as her father, Dr. Lisa Morris Hibbler grew up with community service as an integral part of her life.
Elizabeth Blau started working in restaurants part time at 16 years old. Now a James Beard Award nominee and the founder and CEO of Blau + Associates, a restaurant development firm dedicated to ...
As a hair and makeup artist, Joy Hoover was often exposed to powerful stories from adult-industry workers. Hearing of their unmet needs motivated her ...
As Southern Nevada continues to struggle in the grip of an ongoing drought, water officials have asked the state Legislature to consider banning ornamental grass. Such a move would create a lot of business for landscape architects such as Cecilia Schafler, president of Lage Design Inc., a downtown Henderson-based firm that has served the community for 14 years.
When recreational cannabis became legal in Nevada, Holly Cowden was a recruiter for the agricultural industry. “I remember thinking, ‘How will they staff an industry that really doesn’t exist yet?’ ” she said. “That was when I decided to focus our staffing efforts on the cannabis industry, as I could use my years of experience to help.”
The conflict between state and federal laws has caused issues in the cannabis industry for decades—especially for companies needing to secure their cash.
Annette Logan-Parker grew the Cure 4 The Kids Foundation from an idea on the kitchen table into a multimillion-dollar operation—a research-focused medical treatment center for children battling cancer and other life-threatening conditions.
In the past 50 years, Schulman Properties has developed about $2 billion in real estate. “Nevertheless, I believe it will be bigger than ever in the next five years,” says its chairman, Bob Schulman.
Despite her immense responsibility managing one of the state’s largest COVID-19 testing sites, Amy Runge maintains her unique ability to truly connect ...
When the pandemic hit, Tamara Saldana, RN, jumped into action to ensure her primary patients—immunosuppressed children fighting cancer—could count on ...
For someone who has always loved science and wanted a career that could better the lives of others, dental hygiene offered the perfect opportunity for Terri Chandler. ...
Pulmonary medicine has never been so critical than during a pandemic caused by a respiratory virus. Dr. Angelica Honsberg has played a central role in ...
While many doctors enter the medical profession to save lives, Dr. Warren Wheeler finds gratitude in giving patients a peaceful, comfortable death. As a pioneer in the field of hospice and ...
Dr. Jeffrey Murawsky provides medical leadership for managed Medicaid, Medicare Advantage and Marketplace health plans. But his focus is on improving the health ...
Kelly Maxwell’s career began in hospitality, and she carries that approach toward customer service over into her latest role, as executive director of the nonprofit organization Baby’s Bounty.
In the Notes: Mary Mazur, Uri Vaknin, Stevi Wara, Curt Carlson, Michael Cunningham, Rick Barron, Stephenie Haegerty, Brian Kunec, Nicole Bloom, Jenny Li, Chris Bishop and more ...
In the Notes: Dr. Michael Daubs, Stefanie Tuzman, Jhone Ebert, Jennifer Shydler, Nadine Faulis, Gina Bongiovi, Kim Miramontes, Brett Christensen and more ...
In the Notes: Workforce Connections, Pisanelli Bice, Lexicon Bank, Governor’s Office for New Americans, Goodwill of Southern Nevada, Boulder City Chamber of Commerce, Haas Automation Inc. and more ...
In the Notes: Move 4 Less, Duncan Lee, American Heart Association, Communities in Schools of Southern Nevada, National Institute on Aging, 24Meals and more ...
In the Notes: Commercial Alliance Las Vegasm, HealtHIE Nevada, CBRE, Overton Power District, McCarthy Building Companies Inc., Kelly McGough, Jennifer Carleton
In the Notes: Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance, Aristocrat Technologies, Goettl Air Conditioning and Plumbing, Ayesha Mehdi, Monica Jackson, Tyler Todt and more ...
In the Notes: Make-A-Wish Southern Nevada, Salvation Army Southern Nevada, Communities in Schools of Nevada, Nevada State College, Bank of America and more ...
Director of Information Technology, Valley Health System
Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020
Since 2011, Alan Woratschek has been leading technology needs for Valley Health System—an integrated health care system serving more than 2 million people living in Southern Nevada and its surrounding communities.