Leadership Las Vegas class participants are selected every year from hundreds of applications. Leadership applicants come from all industries and job sectors and represent a cross‑section of the Las Vegas community.

Here is the most recent Leadership Las Vegas graduating class. The class of 2011 graduates join more than 1,000 other alumni who have successfully completed this award winning program since 1986.


Bruce W. Barnes
Manager, Infrastructure Protection and Corporate Security
NV Energy
Dana J. Berggren
Vice President
Cushman & Wakefield / Commerce Real Estate Solutions
Andrea T. Bricca
Managing Director
MLA Global

Melissa Cipriano
Executive Director
Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation of Nevada
Jessica Connell
Account Executive
Connell Outdoor Advertising
Chanda R. Cook
State Director
Nevada Public Education Foundation

Chaka Crome
Attorney/Partner
Chesnoff & Schonfeld Law Firm
Heather N. DeSart
Programs Manager, Adult & Dislocated Worker
Workforce CONNECTIONS
Valerie G. Dodd
Director of Consumer Field Marketing
CenturyLink

Matt Engle
Account Executive
Cragin & Pike Insurance
Patricia Falvey
Director of Endowment Fundraising
Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada
Stacy Frank
Co-Owner
Desert Oral Surgery

Peggy Franzino
Vice President, Membership
Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce
Pearl Gallagher
Attorney
Lionel Sawyer & Collins
Mary K. Giuliano
General Manager
Vdara Hotel & Spa

Jeanne Goodrich
Executive Director
Las Vegas – Clark County Library District
James M. Harden
Director/Founder
Youth E.T.E.R.N.A.L.
Ted Hartwell
Program Manager
Desert Research Institute

Rick E. Hunt
Employee Relations Manager
Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority
Jeff B. Iverson
General Manager
Presidential Limousine
Franz A. Kallao
Vice President of Hotel Operations
The Mirage Resort and Casino

Dave B. Lester
President
Brown & Brown Insurance of Nevada, Inc.
Rolf H. Maile
Vice President-Investment/Portfolio Manager
UBS Financial Services, Inc.
Linda A. Marvin
Principal
Marvin Holdings, LLC

Jami L. Miller
Assistant Principal, Educational Technology Campus
Vegas PBS
Kelley Nyquist
Attorney
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
Bill R. Olsen
Director, Infrastructure Services, IT&T
NV Energy

Shannon Petersen
Corporate Sales Manager/Senior Vice President
Nevada State Bank
Christina Primack
CEO
Jewish Family Services Agency
Shelly D. Ratto
Sales/Leasing
Northcap Commercial, LLC

Linda K. Robinson
Executive Director
Vegas Weddings
Karen S. Rubel
Vice President for Development
Nathan Adelson Hospice Foundation
Lawrence Sands, DO, MPH
Chief Health Officer
Southern Nevada Health District

John M. Saycich
Manager, Line Construction & Maintenance
NV Energy
Edy Seaver
President
Tangerine Office Systems
Greta Seidman
Marketing Manager
Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce

Guerin Senter
President
Firebird Financial
Jane Silver – Bagford
Director of Operations
SuperPawn
Rachel Skidmore
Senior Project Manager
Urban Environmental Research, LLC

David J. Stoft
Attorney
McDonald Carano Wilson LLP
London M. Swinney
Vice President of Table Games
New York-New York Hotel & Casino
Rebecca L. Thomas
Statistician
Urban Environmental Research, LLC

Tahirih Toll
Financial Advisor
Anderson & Delutri at Merrill Lynch
Fletcher V. Whitwell
Vice President, Media & Interactive
R & R Partners
Amy Wiles
Director of Development
The Alexander Dawson School at Rainbow Mountain

Anthony Williams
Vice President, Property Operations
Excalibur Hotel and Casino
Nicole Wolf
Director of Marketing & Communication
Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health/Keep Memory Alive