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BY TOM GORMAN | STAFF WRITER

The recruiter finally got the big question from the hard-to-land job prospect. ¶ “What’s your vacation policy? I’ve got four weeks a year where I’m at now. I don’t want to go back to two.” ¶ “Unlimited vacation,” the recruiter answered, smiling. “Take all the time you need to refresh and reset. We treat everyone here as adults.” ¶ Fantasy,

right? ¶ No. That’s the policy at a small but growing number of companies across the country, from startups to UNLIMITED VACATION, CONTINUED ON PAGE 13

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05 06 16Q+A WITHDOUG ROBERTSPanattoni Development has been involved in sev-eral large-scale projects in Southern Nevada. Roberts, a partner, talks about the most rewarding part of his job, what’s in store for com-mercial real estate in Las Vegas and the importance of giving workers space.

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MEET: CHARLESTON ANTIQUE MALLMichelle and Cal Tully took over the 18,000-square-foot shop-ping space in 2008 and immediately set out to make improvements to the customers experience.

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DATA AND PUBLIC INFORMATIONA listing of local bankruptcies, bid opportunities, brokered transactions, business licenses and building permits.

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Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada received 4,500 pounds of food, including 86 turkeys, from MassMedia, a public relations, advertising and marketing firm. The donation helped feed at least 4,500 families. In December, Catholic Charities received 500 toys and raised $20,000 for home-less children and people in need during the 11th an-nual Toys For Tickets All Star Jam in Club Madrid at Sunset Station. Community sponsors included Sally and John Bedotto, Brian and Susan Buck-ley, Golden Gaming, Albert J. Guida Agency, the Investment Counsel Company, Randy and Staci Garcia, UFC, Sunset Station, Findlay North Volk-swagen, Findlay Honda and 95.5 The Bull.

Fremont Street Experience donated revenue from SlotZilla to the Southern Nevada office of Susan G. Komen, dedicated to fighting breast cancer. President of Fremont Street Experience Jeff Victor and Director of Marketing Tom Bruny presented Stephanie Kirby, executive director of Susan G. Komen of Southern Nevada, a check for $10,000.

Brianna McCullough, senior vice president of marketing communications and product campaign manager for Ne-vada State Bank, was appoint-ed to the Nevada Volunteers board of commissioners for a three-year term. McCullough has volunteered for Three Square and Junior Achieve-ment of Southern Nevada and is a graduate of the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce Leadership Las Vegas class of 2014.

Epicurean Charitable Founda-tion of Las Vegas elected Sean DiCicco and Michael Kennedy as president and chairman of the board, respectively. DiCicco is vice president of food and beverage at Mandalay Bay. Kennedy is the direc-tor of food operations at South Point.

Employees of MGM Resorts International donated more than 1.6 million pounds of food to Three Square Food Bank this holiday season in one of the largest single-city food drives in the nation. Employees set a record for the largest amount of food given in a single donation to Three Square. The donation will provide 1,342,050 meals to the nearly 137,000 people Three Square serves monthly. The food bank also received a $7,000 grant from Hunger Is. Three Square was nomi-nated by managers at Southern Nevada Vons stores. Hunger Is is the joint charitable program of the Safeway Foundation and the Entertainment Industry Foundation.

America First Credit Union donated $10,000 worth of Thanksgiving turkeys to Nellis Air Force Base through Operation Warmheart, a group of military members who help other airmen. In partnership with Smith’s Food & Drug, the credit union bought turkeys for 700 military personnel and their families.

Tronox donated $1,000 to the Pinecrest Robotics Club at Pinecrest Academy. The club is comprised of 30 students from fifth to eighth grade.

Todd English P.U.B. and Communities In Schools of Nevada donated 25 food baskets to students at

Cambeiro Elementary School.

Underprivileged children and families from After-School All-Stars Las Vegas, Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Southern Nevada received free Thanksgiving din-ners at Piero’s Italian Cuisine, where 400 pounds of turkey, 1,100 pounds of potatoes, 2,000 rolls and 300 pies were prepared for 1,200 guests.

Control Power Concepts, a power engineer-ing and technical field services company, and Miko Sushi, a Japanese restaurant, raised almost $7,000 during the second annual Miko Sushi Golf Tournament at Revere Golf Club in Sun City Anthem. All proceeds went to Laura Dearing Elementary School and Green Our Planet, a lo-cal nonprofit that helps schools create gardens. Sponsors included Nevada State Bank, Somer-sault Letterpress, TMW and Audi of Henderson.

Southern Nevada McDonald’s owner-operators donated more than $30,000 to more than 60 local teachers for a teaching garden, robotics program and mining camp. McDonald’s also do-nated $6,000 to the Clark County School District mariachi program.

The Las Vegas Chapter of Speedway Children’s Charities donated about $260,000 to local charities in 2014, including Candlelighters for Childhood Cancer, St. Jude’s Ranch for Chil-dren, Down Syndrome Organization of Southern Nevada, Ronald McDonald House Charities of Las Vegas and the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Fundraising events included Laps for Charity at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the Drive for Charity Golf Tournament, PJ 5K Run and 1-Mile Walk and NASCAR Driver and Memorabilia Auction.

Eighty veterans and their guests were flown by Southwest Airlines to Las Vegas as part of the ninth annual Salute Our Troops program sponsored by the airline, Venetian, Palazzo and Omaha Steaks. The veterans arrived by police es-cort at the Venetian, where they were greeted by Sheldon and Miriam Adelson. The veterans were flown in from military hospitals in Washington, D.C., and San Antonio, Texas.

Grimaldi’s Pizzeria presented Neil C. Twitchell Elementary School with $1,000 for submitting 750 entries, the most of any school, to the Perfect Pizza Art and Essay Contest. Grimaldi’s collected more

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Henderson Hyundai Superstore donated $4,000 to STOP DUI.

The city of Henderson gave the Foundation As-sisting Seniors the “Premier Community Award for Making a Difference in Their Neighborhood.” The award honors charitable efforts.

Ten nonprofits received $136,700 in grants from Bank of America. The grants will help people and families build better financial lives. Organizations receiving funding include Three Square Food Bank, Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth, Help of Southern Nevada and St. Rose Domini-can Health Foundation.

“CSI: The Experience” at MGM Grand raised $3,621 for SAFE House Las Vegas.

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UPS donated $5,000 to St. Jude’s Ranch for Children. Dartoo Inc., which distributes soft-tip digi-tal dart ma-chines, donated a dart machine and $3,000. In other news, two people joined the St. Jude’s community advisory board: Juliet Lim, executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of Global Cash Access; and Tina Kilmer, vice president of product compliance at Bally Technologies.

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Which project of yours here has been the most rewarding?

I would not say any one project has been the most rewarding, but rather each one has its own set of challenges and we work through these challenges the best we can to arrive at a product that is cost-effective, functional and attractive to tenants and prospective buyers. Of course, location is of piv-otal importance, so we strive to find project sites in key parts of the valley. It is rewarding to find a site that has great potential and see a development project come to fruition.

Why do you think Las Vegas is a prime location for expansion and development?

As California continues to have a challenging business environment, companies will look at Southern Nevada as a viable option. It is close enough to Southern California to allow company owners and executives to be within a four-hour drive of both a large population base and shipping facilities. The lower cost of living, coupled with low taxes and business-friendly regula-tions in Nevada, make it a magnet for companies in other states. Addi-tionally, the resort corridor is a huge consumer of goods and services, and companies need to be as close as pos-sible to service their customers. The number of visitors to the area contin-ues to grow, and that will result in more companies needing space.

What are your expectations for commercial real estate in Las Vegas?

Given where the market has been over the past 10 to 15 years, we have seen some very high points and some very low points. The real estate market is poised for growth both in terms of new development as well as increased values for existing product. I am hoping the growth is steady and sustainable with sound fundamen-tals. If we grow too fast or if values rise too quickly, this may result in some of the issues we saw before the economic crisis, such as an oversup-ply of projects, poorly designed build-ings, and the valuations that were supported by the common metrics

used by the real estate industry. The valley does need more product, but we need to grow smart.

What has been the highlight of your career?

Certainly becoming a partner with Panattoni has been the highlight of my career. I started my professional life essentially in social services, in particular working with young people with a conservation corps in Sacramento, as well as the Sacra-mento County Juvenile Hall. I began my real estate career in Sacramento, and I have been fortunate enough to work for companies that fostered my eagerness to learn every aspect of the business.

What is the most challenging part of your job?

Carl Panattoni, owner of Panattoni Development, has always said that the best developer is the best guesser, and being a good guesser is the most challenging part of being a developer. There are many moving parts in any development project, large or small. With experience, you will come to understand there is always something you missed, but you have contingen-cies built into the budget or other ways of handling these unforeseen conditions that can help mitigate their effect on the project. Develop-

ment is part science and part art, as the developer must forecast future market conditions such as tenant de-mand, required design features, and the overall project budget based on as many facts as can be obtained. In es-sence, you try to guess correctly.

What has been the most re-warding part of your job?

There is a sense of pride when a project is complete, and even if you sell the building, it will be there for years to come. Hopefully what we do adds to the state’s recovery from a very difficult period. By providing jobs when the buildings are being constructed as well as providing a space for a new or expanding com-pany, we are an integral part of the state’s growth and economic diversi-fication.

What are you reading?“Killing Patton,” by Bill O’Reilly.

What do you do after work?I have two children, so we always

have things going on with school or sports. I have coached my son’s foot-ball team for six years. My daughter is a barrel racer, and we enjoy water sports in the summer and skiing in the winter. I try to work out five to six days a week, so I’m pretty much always on the go.

Describe your management style.

I let people chart their own path for the most part as far as getting their task completed, but I am avail-able for consultation as much as is required. Technology has greatly enhanced our ability to get work done, with instant communica-tion in-house and with contractors, tenants, brokers and other industry professionals. It can be overwhelm-ing, but you need to keep some perspective — both in terms of not overworking yourself nor inundating your employees.

Where do you see yourself and/or your company in 10 years?

We see ourselves continuing to develop the kinds of buildings our tenants and buyers want. Lately, this has meant larger buildings with a higher clear height (ceiling height) to accommodate companies that want to warehouse more product and reach a more geographically diverse region.

What is your dream job, out-side of your current field?

I dreamt as a teenager to be a professional musician and I did it for a while, but the dream faded. I luckily found a career that, while perhaps not as glamorous, is a great one nonethe-less.

Whom do you admire and why?Teddy Roosevelt – a larger-than-life

figure who understood that while it was OK to hunt, fish and take advan-tage of the country’s natural resourc-es, there was a need to preserve the land for future generations.

What is your biggest pet peeve?

Lately it has been condescension, mostly from politicians. Even if some-one has a different opinion, there is usually a rational reason for their be-liefs. It just seems of late there is more and more condescending speech from both sides arguing that the opposing party’s opinion is steeped in igno-rance and stupidity and dismissed without any attempt to understand the basis for their arguments.

Q&A WITH DOUG ROBERTS

‘Hopefully what we do adds to the state’s recovery’

Doug Roberts became a partner at Panattoni Development in 2000.

(STEVE MARCUS/STAFF FILE)

Doug Roberts, a partner at Panattoni Development, has been involved in several large-scale projects in Southern Nevada. Having been in the real estate development business for 25 years, he has seen Las Vegas transform several times over and has had a front-row seat for the area’s decline during the Great Recession — and possible resurgence today.

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First and foremost, the customer Michelle Tully runs the Charleston Antique Mall, where shoppers can find all manner of antiques, collectibles and

“cool things” — plus free coffee and cookies. (MIKAYLA WHITMORE/STAFF)

BY THE NUMBERS

8,400Number of signatures

collected on petitions

opposing spending public

money to build a soccer

stadium in

downtown Las Vegas.

$21.5 MILLIONAmount paid by an

investor for City Centre

Place, a six-story office

building in downtown

Las Vegas.

2Number of implosions

scheduled in Las Vegas

in February. Clarion, a

shuttered casino on

Convention Center Drive, is

scheduled to go down Feb.

10. Gramercy, an unfinished

office building off the 215

Beltway, is scheduled for

implosion Feb. 15.

$2.5 MILLIONWynn Resorts CEO

Steve Wynn’s new salary,

$1.5 million less than he

took home previously.

$2.5 MILLIONIncentive package

approved by the

Governor’s Office of

Economic Development

for Scientific Games, which

plans to move its

headquarters from New

York to Las Vegas.

1Number of White Castle

restaurants in Las Vegas.

The chain’s first Western

eatery opened in January at

Casino Royale on the Strip.

$1.7 BILLIONAmount Southwest Airlines,

McCarran International

Airport’s busiest

commercial carrier, expects

to save in 2015 because of

plunging fuel prices.

48,000Number of people

expected to attend the

World of Concrete

convention Feb. 3-6 at

the Las Vegas Convention

Center.

Describe Charleston Antique

Mall.

We are an 18,000-square-foot shopping mecca of antiques, col-lectibles and “cool things.” We consist of more than 60 dealers who bring merchandise ranging from primitive to Victorian to midcentury to popular, modern collectibles and everything in between. People tend to spend hours in our mall because there is just so much to see, and the best part is the mer-chandise changes daily as dealers are constantly bringing in “new” old items.

Who are your customers?

Surprisingly, we get more men than we do women. It seems to be a store where the guys love to browse for their favorite “guy thing.” But we get plenty of gals looking for the perfect vintage outfit or just having a fun girls’ day out. Just today a dealer brought in a gorgeous Oleg Cassini eve-ning gown. But you will also find Harley jackets, military uniforms and of course fab ’50s skirts and sweaters. We find our customers are in every age group, and we get al-most as many tourists as we do locals.

What makes your business unique?

We do not hire salespeople but rather use our own deal-ers to help assist the customers. When our regular custom-ers come in, they get to know the dealers and become part of our family. Often times they let us know what they are searching for and it alerts the dealers to keep an eye out for that specific item. Customers also come in just to chat and have a cup of coffee. The coffee pot is always going at the mall and is always free, along with a selection of cookies.

What is your business phi-

losophy?

I enjoy what I do. For my-self and most of my dealers, it’s a never-ending treasure hunt to find the perfect item. Life is short — you have to enjoy what you are doing.

What is the hardest part and

best part about doing business in Southern Nevada?

Most people do not consider Las Vegas an antique desti-nation, and when they visit our city, they plan to do other things. Therefore, we are always trying to make tourists aware of our mall. However, the positive side is that Las Vegas is a tourist destination and we have so many new people constantly discovering us. Since visitors often re-turn, our mall has become a tourist destination. Antique shops in other cities have to rely on local business. We have the best of both worlds. We have a local base that is growing and we get a lot of tourists who find us and come back each time they enjoy our wonderful city.

What obstacles has your business overcome?

When we took over the business in 2008, the economy was just entering a major recession, people were being laid off, families were losing their homes. Each year we im-proved the business slowly but steadily. We made a lot of changes. We made sure it was always clean and welcoming. The first major change was bringing in a computer system to ring up sales, provide faster service and total the sales at the end of a period so the dealers could be paid in a more timely manner. I am a firm believer in advertising, and that became a primary focus. And I picked dealers who were willing to work hard and who wanted to go the extra mile.

CHARLESTON ANTIQUE MALLAddress: 560 S. Decatur Blvd., Las Vegas

Phone: 702-228-4783Email: [email protected]

Website: antiques.vegasHours of operation: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-

Saturday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. SundayOwned/operated by: Michelle and Cal Tully

In business since: 2006

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Mike Smith is an award-winning editorial cartoonist who also draws for the Las

Vegas Sun. His work also is distributed nationally by King Features Syndicate.

See archives of his work at lasvegassun.com/smithsworld.

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W andering through the crowd at schools Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky’s State of the District address, I saw

the business community becoming an active partner in addressing the needs of Southern Nevada’s K-12 education system. Skorkowsky made clear his appreciation of prominent business groups’ and individuals’ help in achievements made in the district’s Pledge of Achievement Program. A close working relation-ship between the business and education communities is crucial to prepare our children for success.

This partnership has been a long time coming, and we are seeing benefits. Concepts that businesses support, such as return on investment and accountability, have become part of the dialogue, making it easier to communicate the district’s goals and strategies to the business community.

Interaction between business leaders, the district and other community partners has made it easier to support research-based solutions that improve student achievement. Collaboration has taken place on solutions such as targeted funding for teacher development programs, “Read by 3” programs, full-day kindergarten, English-language learners, students who live at or below the poverty level and students who qualify for special education.

Skorkowsky has shown exceptional leadership in creat-ing his Superintendent’s Executive Advisory Committee.

Beginning last summer, he brought in several business and education leaders to help look at program-based budgeting. The committee quickly morphed into a broader effort to help Skorkowsky manage the third-largest organiza-tion in the state.

Skorkowsky created three subcommittees, each tasked with creating a management tool. The first is a template of procedures aimed at ensuring the district gets the most out of every dollar spent. The second: a model that compares outcomes based on student test scores and the costs of each school. The third is a guide for selection, imple-mentation and evaluation of academic programs to deter-mine if the district is getting a good return on its investment as measured by student achievement scores.

As Skorkowsky reviewed a long list of achievements dur-ing his State of the District address, it was obvious to me that we are progressing toward returning our school district to prominence. There is much to do, and it will take time.

But I’m proud that our business community is playing an important role in that effort, directly and indirectly by providing financial support to the many nonprofit organiza-tions that help CCSD. The success of such relationships will determine how long it takes to have the K-12 system we need in place.

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Mystery on the Strip: What’s to become of Fontainebleau? BY J.D. MORRISSTAFF WRITER

When viewed from afar in the light of day, the second-tallest structure in the Las Vegas area looks like many of the other resorts on the Strip.

But at night, the Fontainebleau reveals itself for what it really is: a monolithic, largely abandoned black hole on the otherwise brilliantly lit skyline. It’s been a ghost of a building for years, and no one seems to know when work will resume to finish the structure, if ever.

Once pegged as a roughly $3 bil-lion resort project, the Fontainebleau went bankrupt during the recession in 2009 and construction ground to a halt. Five years ago last month, bil-lionaire Carl Icahn received approval to buy the property for $150 million. It’s unclear precisely what it would be worth today, but a larger property nearby — the land where the former New Frontier was located — report-edly sold for $280 million last year.

Real estate broker Michael Parks of CBRE said that since purchasing the Fontainebleau out of bankruptcy “at a great price,” Icahn and his colleagues have maintained the property while monitoring the Las Vegas market.

“I think they’ve analyzed a number of opportunities, they’ve been ap-proached by a number of people — I just don’t believe there are any set plans for the asset at this time,” Parks said. “I think it’s kind of a wait-and-see on market conditions.”

Icahn has been tight-lipped about the project over the years but did share some of his thinking after win-ning the bid in 2010.

“My philosophy has always been to buy things when nobody wants them,” Icahn said in an interview with Reuters at the time. “There’s no

question Vegas is pretty stormy right now, but if you buy things when no-body wants them, you just buy them and hope the sun will come out.”

Conditions on the Strip are much less challenging now than they were when Icahn took over the Fontaine-bleau site. Gaming revenue and tour-ism figures have improved since their recession-induced slump. Up the street from the Fontainebleau site, SLS Las Vegas opened last year in the shell of the old Sahara. And in May, a new concert venue across from the SLS will debut in time for the Rock in Rio USA music festival.

Two brand-new resorts have been planned for the neighborhood. Parks said they would be major factors in determining what happens with the Fontainebleau.

Construction on one of those forth-coming projects, Resorts World Las Vegas, was supposed to start last

year on the site of Boyd Gaming’s abandoned Echelon project. Michael Levoff, a spokesman for the Resorts World parent company, said in a statement the project is “on track to break ground early next quarter.”

The first phase of Resorts World is scheduled to open in 2016.

The other project came to light last fall, when Australian casino mogul James Packer acquired the former New Frontier property with the in-tention of building a resort there. Packer is teaming with former Wynn executive Andrew Pascal on the proj-ect, and Rob Oseland left his post as president of the SLS in October to join them.

Although the progress of these re-sorts indicates a more positive en-vironment for growth on the Strip, whether they can be successful re-mains to be seen. And for the Fon-tainebleau, Parks suggested they

contribute to another problem: banks hesitant to gamble on a potential glut of big projects.

“If you had banks out there willing to finance multibillion-dollar proj-ects again, multiple multibillion-dol-lar projects in Las Vegas, I definitely think you’d see some activity on that site sooner rather than later,” Parks said. “But until you see that capital flowing again, it’s going to be, I think, a little more difficult.”

Meanwhile, Clark County officials don’t have many tools to force the project into action. The building is privately owned, and it’s structurally sound.

County Commissioner Chris Gi-unchigliani, whose district includes the Fontainebleau, says county offi-cials regularly inspect the site. She’s been there to check it out.

“It’s in excellent condition,” she said. “There’s absolutely no struc-tural issues.”

But Giunchigliani said she would like like to see the buildings wrapped to cover some of the exposed work — like the unfinished Harmon tower at CityCenter, but without the adver-tisements.

Beyond that, of course, there’s the question of what will become of the site.

“I would just like it to be completed, and if not completed, then imploded and started over,” Giunchigliani said.

Parks said he’d be surprised if Icahn knocked the building down, and that the other two obvious out-comes — finishing it himself or sell-ing it — are more likely.

Icahn also could take no action.“He doesn’t have to do anything

with it,” Parks said. “When you have a private owner like Carl Icahn, he can just kind of sit there and be patient.”

Owners of the stalled Fontainebleau resort, left, on Las Vegas Boulevard South, filed for bankruptcy protection in June 2009. Carl Icahn assumed part ownership of the project in 2010. (STEVE MARCUS/STAFF)

BY J.D. MORRISSTAFF WRITER

Americans will illegally wager 38 times more money on this year’s Super Bowl than they will legally in Nevada, the only state with full-fledged sports betting, according to a projection from a casino industry trade group.

American Gaming Association Pres-ident Geoff Freeman told a gathering of mayors that his organization ex-pected the Super Bowl to elicit $3.8 bil-lion in illegal wagers compared with

Nevada’s legal $100 million. Chris Moyer, a spokesman for the

gaming association, said the number was calculated using a 1999 national study that included an estimate of the size of the illegal gambling market. The association looked at how the legal gambling market had grown since that time and modeled similar growth in the illegal market.

Nevada tracks how much is legally bet on the Super Bowl, so the associa-tion used those numbers to arrive at its

projection for illegal wagers.Freeman’s comments follow con-

cerns from the Treasury Depart-ment’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network that criminals may be using sports books to launder money. In a letter addressed in December to Free-man, a FinCEN official wrote that in-creases in sports bets placed on behalf of another party were “facilitating criminal activity” and posing a risk of money laundering.

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver

penned an op-ed for The New York Times in November arguing in favor of federal legislation that would allow all states to legalize sports betting. He wrote that illegal sports betting is a “thriving underground business that operates free from regulation.”

After the op-ed published, Free-man announced that the gaming as-sociation would work to identify the size and scope of the illegal gambling market, as well as federal and state so-lutions to combat it.

Gaming group says illegal bets on Super Bowl will total $3.8 billion

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Scientific Games moving to Las Vegas after Bally merger

Las Vegas among worst metro areas for STEM workers

BY J.D. MORRISSTAFF WRITER

Technology company Scientific Games is moving its corporate headquarters from New York to Las Vegas.

Nevada gaming regulators ap-proved Scientific Games’ $5.1 billion merger with Bally Technologies in November, allowing the company to make Southern Nevada home to its corporate offices and the primary manufacturing operations for its gaming division. The new Scientific Games headquarters is off the 215 Beltway near Jones Boulevard.

“Selecting Las Vegas as our global headquarters is a natural step in the corporate evolution of Scien-tific Games,” CEO Gavin Isaacs said in a statement. “Las Vegas is a diverse, cosmopolitan city in busi-ness-friendly Nevada, where we have strong roots and an extensive and growing employee base. This

move will allow us to stay closely connected to our worldwide base of gaming, lottery and interactive customers.

Before purchasing Bally, Scien-tific Games merged with WMS In-dustries in 2013. The company said it has started transitioning WMS manufacturing operations from Illinois to Las Vegas. Scientific Games anticipates that Las Vegas facilities will host all production by this summer.

“The relocation of the company’s manufacturing operations and cor-porate office to Las Vegas means hundreds of good-paying jobs for the people of Clark County and our state in the years to come,” Gov. Brian Sandoval said in a statement.

Scientific Games said cost syner-gies associated with the move were included in its previous estimate of $235 million in expected annual savings from the Bally acquisition.

BY ED KOMENDASTAFF WRITER

Compared with other major metropolitan areas, Las Vegas is not a great place for STEM profes-sionals, according to a new report.

STEM refers to science, technol-ogy, engineering and mathematics.

Financial website WalletHub gathered data from the 100 largest metropolitan areas in the United States and compared them across 11 key metrics to compile the list.

Southern Nevada ranked 89th.WalletHub studied metrics such

as job openings per capita for STEM graduates, annual median wage growth for STEM jobs and the projected number of STEM jobs needed in 2018, according to a release.

The top cities for STEM jobs included Houston and Austin in Texas, and Raleigh, N.C. The worst cities included Riverside

and Fresno in California, as well as Miami.

The findings of WalletHub’s analysis of Southern Nevada seem to be in line with a recent report released by the Brookings Insti-tution: “Cracking the Code on STEM: A People Strategy for Ne-vada’s Economy.”

The report revealed that jobs in STEM are on a fast track for growth in Nevada’s three bud-ding business sectors: health and medical services, business and IT ecosystems, and high-tech manu-facturing.

But the state doesn’t have the education programs to feed the talent pool that employers pull from, according to the report.

Economic development officials in the Silver State have made a few suggestions about how to fix the problem, including better educa-tion programs and marketing.


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The Greater Las Vegas Association of Real-tors recently hired Rhode Island real estate veteran Michele Caprio as its CEO.

She succeeds Nelson Janes, who retired Jan. 9 after three years at the helm.

Caprio started Feb. 1.Caprio sold homes in

Rhode Island for 17 years, becoming president of the Greater Providence Board of Realtors in 2003 and taking the same post at the Rhode Island Association of Realtors in 2006.

She was later the CEO of three real estate groups there: the Greater Providence Board, the Rhode Island Commercial and Appraisal Board of Realtors, and the Northern Rhode Island Board of Realtors.

GLVAR was founded in 1947 and, like the rest of the industry, grew rapidly during the boom years and plummeted after the bust. It had 9,400 members in 2003, a peak of almost 17,500 in 2007, and today, roughly 11,500.

State high court: Cities can lay off workers due to lack of moneyBY CY RYANSTAFF WRITER

CARSON CITY – In a case closely watched by lo-cal governments, the Nevada Supreme Court ruled a district judge was wrong in keeping the city of Reno from laying off firefighters due to a lack of money.

Reno lost a continuing federal grant and notified 32 firefighters they would be laid off. The Interna-tional Association of Firefighters Local 731 filed suit to stop the layoffs and to submit the issue to arbitra-tion.

District Judge Lidia Stiglich granted the motion to halt the reductions until the issue was submitted to arbitration.

On the appeal, Las Vegas, Clark County, North Las Vegas and Henderson, as well as other local govern-ments, submitted briefs backing Reno.

The court, in a decision written by Justice James Hardesty, said the collective bargaining agreement between Reno and the firefighters gives the city the right to lay off workers due to lack of funds without negotiations.

The city has “sole discretion” in this instance, the court said.

Since the dispute began, the city has found addi-tional money to keep the firefighters employed for a year.

Nevada’s foreclosure rate slides in ’14BY ELI SEGALLSTAFF WRITER

Foreclosures slowed drastically in Nevada last year, but the state re-mained one of the hardest hit in the country as banks eased off home-owners nationwide, a new report shows.

One in every 76 homes statewide received a foreclosure-related fil-ing last year, down 38 percent from 2013, according to RealtyTrac.

Filings include default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repos-sessions.

Nevada had the fifth-highest fore-closure rate in the nation in 2014, be-hind Florida, New Jersey, Maryland and Illinois, RealtyTrac reported.

Nationally, 1 in every 118 homes had a foreclosure filing, down 18 percent from 2013.

Creditors started the foreclosure process on almost 9,000 homes in Nevada, down 49 percent from 2013, and seized about 4,100 homes, down 37 percent, according to RealtyTrac.

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Commissioners rip plan to use tax money for parking garageBY CONOR SHINESTAFF WRITER

Clark County commissioners blasted a proposal that would divert sales tax dollars to pay for a park-ing garage that’s a key part of larger plans for a $200 million soccer sta-dium in downtown Las Vegas.

Over the course of a tense, nearly two-hour hearing, commissioners grilled Las Vegas Economic Develop-ment Director Bill Arent about the city’s plans to create a tourism im-provement district downtown.

“I think the (tourism improvement district) needs to go away. Period,” Commissioner Chris Giunchigliani said. “I just don’t think it’s going to pan out.”

The district would capture in-creased sales tax revenues from the opening of the Premium Outlets mall expansion and development at Sym-phony Park, including the proposed soccer stadium. The money, esti-mated at $25 million to $30 million over five years, would be diverted to the city to pay for bonds to build a

1,200-space parking garage.With 6,000 to 7,000 parking spaces

needed to accommodate fans at the proposed downtown soccer stadium, the garage is a key contribution by the city to the deal, along with $56.5 million in funding plus the 13-acre parcel at Symphony Park.

Plans to divert sales tax revenues to pay for the garage didn’t sit well with commissioners because the money normally would be collected by the state and redistributed to lo-cal governments, including Clark County, as a part of the consolidated tax formula, which includes sales tax revenues. The county gets 53 percent of collected revenues under the for-mula.

Essentially, commissioners said, the city’s parking garage would be funded at least partially at the coun-ty’s expense.

Commission Chairman Steve Siso-lak said the lost revenues would come at a time when the county already is struggling to close budget deficits at University Medical Center, Metro

Police and the jail.He criticized the use of public dol-

lars for a project that would allow the stadium owners to profit by pocket-ing money for parking on game days.

“You’re capturing (tax dollars) to the benefit of the soccer team and to the deficit of the county,” Sisolak said.

Commissioners also targeted what they saw as overly aggressive projec-tions, which included 257,000 square feet of retail, three hotels with 1,650 rooms and a million square feet of of-fice space coming online by 2016. The report projected $1.1 billion would be spent in the area over five years.

A city consultant acknowledged the projections were aggressive but said the overall success of the project wouldn’t suffer if development were slow over the first two or three years.

Defending the proposal, Arent said a parking garage would benefit other businesses in the area, includ-ing the outlet mall, Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health and the Smith Center for the Per-

forming Arts. He said the parking ga-rage needs to be built, regardless of whether the stadium project comes to fruition.

“The city has to support public funding for parking downtown. That is today’s environment ... That’s part of growing up downtown,” Arent said.

Commissioners can’t block the city from creating a tourism improve-ment district and their comments were only advisory. But Giunchigli-ani did request a resolution opposing the district be voted on by the com-mission at its Feb. 3 meeting.

The tourism improvement district still needs approval from the Las Ve-gas City Council but likely will find enough support in the four council members — Mayor Carolyn Good-man and Councilmen Ricki Barlow, Steve Ross and Bob Coffin — who already are supporting the stadium.

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If we don’t keep track of how much work they do at home, why should we track their vacation?

“People don’t deal well with ambiguity. People like a chart that says that after three years of service, they’ve earned 80 hours of time off.

Ambiguity generates anxiety, and yes, this is an entirely ambiguous policy.”

— Michelle DiTondo, senior vice president of human resources at MGM Resorts International

expanding businesses to giant cor-porations.

British business tycoon Richard Branson threw his support behind the concept in September, stirring

a rush of com-mentary weigh-ing the pros and cons, in terms of both morale and practicality. Is it possible to let salaried workers take off whenev-er they want and

trust they won’t abuse the freedom and cause your company to suffer in their absence?

Advocates’ logic, in brief: People are adults and work hard to complete their tasks. We don’t keep track of how much time they spend working at home or during off hours, so we shouldn’t keep track of how much time they spend not working, as long as the job gets done.

It’s a strategy that seems most fit-ting for employees who bury them-selves in projects, then need time off to recover, rather than employees with steady streams of work whose absences would have to be coordinat-ed with others’ schedules.

And not all companies that offer “discretionary time off” provide un-restricted vacation time. Las Vegas-based International Game Technol-ogy’s version, for instance, lumps sick days, vacation time and floating holi-days into one pool, much like other companies’ “paid time off.”

As defined by Branson and others, discretionary time off — which seems to have been born at Netflix — elimi-nates the award of specific amounts of vacation time to salaried employees, doing away with the standard couple of hours a week or few weeks a year workers earn. In turn, that means there’s no pay-out of unused vacation time. Instead, the employee takes off

whatever time he needs, after giving his supervisor a head’s-up.

Other versions of discretionary time off require assurances that work won’t suffer in the employee’s absence. Getting that approval from a supervisor can be a sticky wicket and source of tension between an employee and boss. Workers also may fear being judged for taking off too much time.

MGM Resorts International qui-etly introduced an open-ended vaca-tion policy to its 3,000-plus manag-ers a year ago, long before Branson weighed in. MGM calls it “flex time.” Hourly employees are not included, given the challenges of coordinating the schedules of 57,000 workers in the hospitality business.

MGM’s highest executives already had carte blanche vacation time, but expanding that perk to managers and supervisors was a “huge culture step” because employees tend to get rattled when management changes vaca-tion policies, said Michelle DiTondo, MGM’s senior vice president of hu-man resources.

“There were lots of questions and apprehension,” DiTondo said. “What if someone takes off too much time? Or not enough? How do you handle holidays, which for us are our busiest days?”

Twelve months later, “it has been very well received,” DiTondo said. “There have been very few issues of people abusing the policy. Most take off what they need, but they’re not taking off time excessively. Some managers worried there’d be days when nobody would come to work, but that hasn’t been the case.”

It appears the amount of vacation time taken in 2014 is about the same as previous years, despite the open-ended policy, DiTondo said.

The new policy also has saved MGM back-office headaches. As MGM ac-quired other companies with differ-

ent vacation policies, human resourc-es and payroll offices were flummoxed trying to keep it all straight. Now, all managers fall under one vacation pol-icy — or lack of one.

DiTondo said she took off four weeks in 2014.

How does MGM justify unlimited vacation time?

“The majority of our managers, due to the nature of our industry, work long days and holidays. They need to take time off to maintain their pro-ductivity,” DiTondo said.

And if someone abuses the policy? “We tell our managers to run their

businesses and if someone takes so much time off that they’re not per-forming their jobs, then address it with them,” she said.

The policy helps in recruiting, too. Before discretionary time off, vaca-tion time was negotiated with new hires to close deals. Now, it’s a simple answer: Take what you want.

It’s hard for some people to wrap their arms around the concept, Di-Tondo acknowledged.

“People don’t deal well with ambi-guity,” she said. “People like a chart that says that after three years of ser-vice, they’ve earned 80 hours of time off. Ambiguity generates anxiety, and yes, this is an entirely ambiguous policy. So we did a lot of training and explaining. And we’re confident this policy won’t turn high performers into low performers.”

Still, there is plenty of wariness. Chicago-based Tribune Publishing heard a howl of opposition when it offered discretionary time off to su-pervisors at its group of newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times. Editors and reporters were uncom-fortable with asking for, and approv-ing, liberal time off, and both groups shared anxieties that, in an industry facing chronic downsizing, people who sought long vacations would be noticed, perhaps deemed slackers,

and might ultimately pay the price. Times employees fretted they’d take even less vacation than they had been allowed, leaving the company’s bot-tom line the only winner. The CEO, acknowledging the protest, dropped the idea.

Venessa Wong, associate editor for Bloomberg Businessweek, agrees the policy could result in employees tak-ing less, not more, vacation.

“The glow of trust and togetherness that such policies provide could actu-ally make employees less likely to take time off,” Wong wrote in a September column. “Already, some 40 percent of American workers don’t use all their paid vacation days. Even away from the office, employees can still choose to be on their BlackBerrys for 168 hours a week (as the device’s mar-keting materials point out, to every worker’s distress). Abolishing official vacation days also means you can’t trade unused days for cash, or hoard them for 20 years and take a hard-won paid sabbatical before retiring.”

Zappos, the online retail company of 1,600 employees that’s famous for an unconventional workplace envi-ronment distinguished by boisterous frivolity and festively decorated cubi-cles, considered adopting discretion-ary time off but chose not to because of mixed feedback from workers.

“A lot of people like having actual allotted vacation time so you don’t have to guess what’s OK to take,” Zappos HR executive Hollie Del-aney said. “Others liked the flexibil-ity and knowing that they had free-dom to take time off as long as their work got done.

“If we were going to adopt DTO, it would have included the requirement that everybody take at least one con-secutive week off during the year,” she continued. “Some people just love to work all the time, and we thought that they need at least one full week to refresh and reset.”

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Republican Men’s Club luncheon

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Sheriff Joe Lombardo will discuss issues facing

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3

Large Vision Business

Network Mixer Red Hot Expo

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The Valentine’s celebration will include 50 busi-

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Bob Maheu First Wednesday lunch

Time: 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $30 with RSVP, $35

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John Entsminger, general manager of the Las

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Stirling Club luncheon

Time: 11:30 a.m. Cost: $26

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Businessman Robert Moore will discuss entrepre-

neurship and its pitfalls.

Women to Watch 2015

Time: 6-8 p.m. Cost: Free

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5

“Roadmap to Success:

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Time: 7:30-9:30 a.m. Cost: Free for members of

the Henderson Chamber of Commerce, $25 for

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Location: HBRC Seminar Room, Wells Fargo

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Learn about successful franchise ownership and

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American Marketing Association

luncheon — Super Bowl ad review

Time: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $35 for members,

$45 for nonmembers

Location: Fleming’s Steakhouse, Town Square,

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Southern Nevada Association

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Time: Noon Cost: Free; RSVP by noon Feb. 2

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Attorneys will share their experiences with law

students and other attendees.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9

“A Career In Ruins”

Time: 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Cost: Free

Location: Frank and Estella Beam Hall, Room 212,

UNLV, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas

Information: Email Alyssa Crittenden at

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Alan Simmons of UNLV’s Department of Anthro-

pology will discuss careers in archaeology, includ-

ing his own.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10

“College and Workforce Ready Graduates! A

Solution for Saving Time and Money”

Time: 7-9 a.m. Cost: $25 for members of the

Henderson Chamber of Commerce, $45 for non-

members, additional $10 for walk-ins

Location: Wildhorse Golf Club, 2100 W. Warm

Springs Road, Henderson

Information: Visit hendersonchamber.com

John and Wendi Hawk, founders and operators of

Nevada State High School, will discuss the school’s

approach to preparing high school students for

college and the workforce.

UNLV executive MBA information session

Time: 6-7 p.m. Cost: Free

Location: John S. Wright Hall, Building C, UNLV,

4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas

Information: Visit business.unlv.edu/emba

Students and alumni will describe the executive

masters in business administration program, which

is geared toward senior and mid-career execu-

tives.

“Las Vegas Letters: Vernacular

Inspiration in Typeface Design”

Time: 7 p.m. Cost: Free

Location: Marjorie Barrick Museum auditorium,

4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas

Information: Visit neonmuseum.org

The Neon Museum will welcome typography de-

signer Jesse Ragan for a discussion about design-

ing typefaces, digital form and signage lettering.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11

Keystone Corporation breakfast

Time: 7:30 a.m. Cost: $26; RSVP by Feb. 9

Location: Las Vegas Country Club, Rotunda

Room, 3000 Joe W. Brown Drive, Las Vegas

Information: Email [email protected] or

visit keystonenevada.com

Political consultant Mike Slanker will be the guest

speaker.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12

“The Great Inflation: Once in a Lifetime?”

Time: 5-7 p.m. Cost: $50

Location: Caesars Palace, Verona Room, 3570 Las


Information: Visit econclublv.org

John Silvia, chief economist at Wells Fargo, will

discuss the risk of inflation returning.

Sheriff Joe Lombardo will speak at the Republi-

can Men’s Club luncheon. (STEVE MARCUS/STAFF FILE)

John Entsminger will speak at the Bob Maheu

First Wednesday lunch. (STAFF FILE)


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Records and TransactionsBANKRUPTCIES

CHAPTER 11Zelephant Holdings LLC8912 Spanish Ridge Ave., Suite 300Las Vegas NV 89148Attorney: Gregory E. Garman at [email protected]

BID OPPORTUNITIES

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23 p.m.Annual requirements contract for full-coverage maintenance services for elevators, escalators and vertical lifts countywide: Lot 1 - preventative maintenance; Lot 2 - repairsClark County, 603524Adriane Garcia at [email protected]

3 p.m.News racks and spare partsClark County, 603581Tom Boldt at [email protected]

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 42 p.m.HerbicidesState of Nevada, 8297Sharon Knigge at [email protected]

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 52:15 p.m.Child Haven Advocacy Center roof replacementClark County, 603566Sandy Moody-Upton at [email protected]

3 p.m.Current production model miscel-laneous sport utility vehicles and passenger vanClark County, 603573Sandra Mendoza at [email protected]

3 p.m.Boulder City conservation ease-ment desert tortoise predation study - phase 2Clark County, 603525Sherry Wimmer at [email protected]

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 63 p.m.Annual requirements contract for landscape and grounds mainte-nance for Wilbur and Teresa Faiss ParkClark County, 603559Deon Ford at [email protected]

BROKERED

TRANSACTIONS

SALES$2,800,000 for 2,997 square feet, retail730 E. Horizon Drive, Henderson 89015Seller: Did not discloseSeller agent: Tina D. Taylor of Mar-cus & MillichapBuyer: Did not discloseBuyer agent: Did not disclose

$175,000 for 1.25 acres, landSouth Valley View Boulevard and West Richmar Avenue, Las Vegas 89139Seller: Dehart TrustSeller agent: Did not discloseBuyer: Nima Khomassi of Las Vegas Blvd at Town Square Ltd.Buyer agent: Did not disclose

$171,150 for 1.25 acres, landArville Street and West Le Baron Avenue, Las Vegas 89141Seller: Feeney TrustSeller agent: Did not discloseBuyer: Nima Khomassi of Las Vegas Blvd at Town Square Ltd.Buyer agent: Did not disclose

LEASES$327,177 for 7,109 square feet, of-fice for 36 months7785 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas 89117Landlord: Hemnat Family LLCLandlord agent: Soozi Jones Walker of Commercial Executives Real Estate ServicesTenant: Wright Finlay & Zak LLPTenant agent: Dan Palmeri and Bob Hawkins of Cushman & Wakefield Commerce

$181,435 for 1,699 square feet, retail for 62 months7885 W. Sunset Road, Suite 180, Las Vegas 89113Landlord: Allen-Milan LLCLandlord agent: Soozi Jones Walker and Bobbi Miracle of Commercial Executives Real Estate Services Tenant: Lifetime Health Concepts LLCTenant agent: Did not disclose

$106,385 for 2,189 square feet, o�ce for 36 months1333 N. Bu�alo Drive, Suite 140, Las Vegas 89128Landlord: Lawrence B. Miller and Geraldine F. Miller, Trustees of Miller Trust and Chris HougieLandlord agent: Chris Emanuel of Virtus CommercialTenant: Black Bear Oil CorporationTenant agent: Chris Emanuel of Virtus Commercial

$92,727 for 2,400 square feet, industrial for 36 months4825 Quality Court, Suite B, Las Vegas 89103

Landlord: LTL LLCLandlord agent: Renae Russo of Colliers InternationalTenant: The Boring CompanyTenant agent: Troy Tobler of Virtus Commercial

$84,252 for 1,170 square feet, of-fice for 60 months7885 W. Sunset Road, Suite 150, Las Vegas 89113Landlord: Allen-Milan LLCLandlord agent: Soozi Jones Walker and Bobbi Miracle of Commercial Executives Real Estate ServicesTenant: Black Mountain Wealth ManagementTenant agent: Did not disclose

$69,240 for 2,660 square feet, industrial for 38 months746 Pilot Road, Las Vegas 89119Landlord: Signature Leasing Group LLCLandlord agent: Leo Biederman of Cushman and Wakefield CommerceTenant: Clear Solutions Group LLCTenant agent: Mare Gore of Keller Williams

$31,596 for 1,170 square feet, of-fice for 24 months7885 W. Sunset Road, Suite 140, Las Vegas 89113Landlord: Allen-Milan LLCLandlord agent: Soozi Jones Walker and Bobbi Miracle of Commercial Executives Real Estate Services Tenant: Mike Dolce MMA Inc.Tenant agent: Did not disclose

$8,050 for 559 square feet, retail for 12 months15 Via Brianza, Suite 100, Hender-son 89011Landlord: Signal Butte Investors LLCLandlord agent: Robert S. Hatrak II of Virtus CommercialTenant: Level DevelopmentTenant agent: Robert S. Hatrak II of Virtus Commercial

BUSINESS LICENSES

Naked City Ink Business type: General retail sales Address: 1551 S. Commerce St., Suite 200, Las VegasOwner: Mark T. Zeilman

Nancy J. Blend Business type: Real estate salesAddress: 10220 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 3, Las VegasOwner: Nancy J. Blend

Nete�ectBusiness type: TruckingAddress: 5575 S. Durango Drive, Suite 110, Las VegasOwner: Nete�ect LLC

Nevada Cake SupplyBusiness type: Dessert online salesAddress: 624 Tyler Ridge Ave., Henderson

Owner: Beverly Mann, Robert Mann

New Look Collision Center LLCBusiness type: AutomotiveAddress: 50 N. Gibson Road, Suite 100, HendersonOwner: New Look Collision Center LLC

Painted Desert Golf Club Business type: Restaurant Address: 5555 Painted Mirage Road, Las VegasOwner: Arcis Hospitality Partners LLC

Parlor 430 LLCBusiness type: Secondhand dealer Address: 430 E. Sahara Ave., Las VegasOwner: Melissa Roche

Pascal Business type: General retail sales Address: 8975 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 130, Las VegasOwner: Pascal F. Carvotta

Patriot Mobile Home Park NV LLCBusiness type: Administrative o£ce space Address: 2350 S. Jones Blvd., Suite 101, Las VegasOwner: Millan Investments LLC

Paula MainBusiness type: Personal trainerAddress: 1979 Via Firenze, Hen-dersonOwner: Paula Main

Pointe of Grace Dance Center Business type: Instruction services Address: 7280 W. Azure Drive, Suite 110, Las VegasOwner: KLLB Ent LLC

Posare Med Spa Business type: Cosmetological establishment Address: 5803 W. Craig Road, Suite 104, Las VegasOwner: Modesta Damiani LLC

Proaction RecoveryBusiness type: Auto reclaimingAddress: 3445 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Suite 105, North Las VegasOwner: Proaction Recovery Inc.

Proto ImagesBusiness type: PhotographyAddress: 6635 Montezuma Castle Lane, Las VegasOwner: Kenneth A. Proto

Pure Performance Business type: Instruction services Address: 4079 N. Rancho Drive, Suite 130, Las VegasOwner: Carless Queen

Quality Hearing Aids Business type: Professional services Address: 8670 W. Cheyenne Ave., Suite 120, Las VegasOwner: Steglor LLC

R and R Autoworks Business type: Automotive garage/service station Address: 2428 N. Jones Blvd., Las VegasOwner: Rafael Arroyo

Radiant Solar SolutionsBusiness type: Solar energyAddress: 1349 W. Galleria Drive, Suite 100, HendersonOwner: Solargyz LLC

Raul’s Lawn ServiceBusiness type: Property mainte-nanceAddress: 5781 Rio Tinto Way, Las VegasOwner: Raul’s Lawn Service

Redding Logistics TransportationBusiness type: Management/con-sulting service Address: 2800 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 7E, Las VegasOwner: Albert Shufelberger

Reena Ice CreamBusiness type: Ice cream truckAddress: 2850 E. Charleston Blvd., Las VegasOwner: Reena Devi Kumra

Renee Studio 6 Business type: General retail sales Address: 8975 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 130, Las VegasOwner: Renee Belton

Reset Management Consultants Inc.Business type: Management/con-sulting serviceAddress: 1050 Indigo Drive, Suite 140, Las VegasOwner: Angela Quinn

Resortstay International LLCBusiness type: Management/con-sulting serviceAddress: 2310 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Suite 100, Las VegasOwner: Alan Dickler

Riazi Tax Services Business type: Business support service Address: 2350 S. Jones Blvd., Suite 101, Space 207, Las VegasOwner: Seyed A. Riazi

RLB Towing Business type: Automobile towing serviceAddress: 2915 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 4, Las VegasOwner: Danny Lopez

Rosales Wholesale PalletsBusiness type: Bankrupt merchan-diseAddress: 4550 Donovan Way, North Las VegasOwner: Felicitos Deniz

Royal Foot SpaBusiness type: ReflexologistsAddress: 2696 W. Ann Road, Suite

Records and Transactions108, North Las VegasOwner: S&P Investment Inc.

Ruby Finch LLCBusiness type: General retail sales Address: 8975 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 130, Las VegasOwner: Monet Theriault

Safeguard by StrongBusiness type: Business consultantAddress: 6327 Antelope Creek Court, North Las VegasOwner: Randall Strong

Sage Behavioral HealthBusiness type: Professional services – medicalAddress: 2620 Regatta Drive, Suite 102, Las VegasOwner: Christine S. Moningho�, D.Bh., PLLC

Salt Room LVBusiness type: Massage establish-ment Address: 1958 Village Center Circle, Suites 6-7, Las VegasOwner: The Salt Room Inc.

SalvadorBusiness type: Adult care homeAddress: 2804 Graceful Grove Ave., North Las VegasOwner: Catherine D. Salvador

Sears Protection Company Business type: Management/con-sulting service Address: 4854 W. Lone Mountain Road, Las VegasOwner: Gary Mitzner

Sensational Shine Cleaning ServiceBusiness type: Janitorial serviceAddress: 1519 Highfield Court, North Las VegasOwner: Brittany T. Scalise

She Elegance DelightsBusiness type: Miscellaneous sales/serviceAddress: 517 Dolphin Point Court, North Las VegasOwner: Shonna Joiner

Sheila LynchBusiness type: Real estate salesAddress: 5550 Painted Mirage Road, Suite 140, Las VegasOwner: Sheila Lynch

Shinnick Ryan & Ransavage PC Business type: Professional services Address: 4001 Meadows Lane, Las VegasOwner: Duane Shinnick

Shuang Hui Group USA Inc.Business type: Business support serviceAddress: 2000 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 1006, Las VegasOwner: Lei Longsheng

Silver State Metals LLCBusiness type: Jewelry storeAddress: 1310 E. Lake Mead Blvd.,

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Records and Transactions108, North Las VegasOwner: S&P Investment Inc.

Ruby Finch LLCBusiness type: General retail sales Address: 8975 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 130, Las VegasOwner: Monet Theriault

Safeguard by StrongBusiness type: Business consultantAddress: 6327 Antelope Creek Court, North Las VegasOwner: Randall Strong

Sage Behavioral HealthBusiness type: Professional services – medicalAddress: 2620 Regatta Drive, Suite 102, Las VegasOwner: Christine S. Moningho�, D.Bh., PLLC

Salt Room LVBusiness type: Massage establish-ment Address: 1958 Village Center Circle, Suites 6-7, Las VegasOwner: The Salt Room Inc.

SalvadorBusiness type: Adult care homeAddress: 2804 Graceful Grove Ave., North Las VegasOwner: Catherine D. Salvador

Sears Protection Company Business type: Management/con-sulting service Address: 4854 W. Lone Mountain Road, Las VegasOwner: Gary Mitzner

Sensational Shine Cleaning ServiceBusiness type: Janitorial serviceAddress: 1519 Highfield Court, North Las VegasOwner: Brittany T. Scalise

She Elegance DelightsBusiness type: Miscellaneous sales/serviceAddress: 517 Dolphin Point Court, North Las VegasOwner: Shonna Joiner

Sheila LynchBusiness type: Real estate salesAddress: 5550 Painted Mirage Road, Suite 140, Las VegasOwner: Sheila Lynch

Shinnick Ryan & Ransavage PC Business type: Professional services Address: 4001 Meadows Lane, Las VegasOwner: Duane Shinnick

Shuang Hui Group USA Inc.Business type: Business support serviceAddress: 2000 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 1006, Las VegasOwner: Lei Longsheng

Silver State Metals LLCBusiness type: Jewelry storeAddress: 1310 E. Lake Mead Blvd.,

North Las VegasOwner: Silver State Metals LLC

BUILDING PERMITS

$4,589,680, tenant improvement2321 N. Rainbow Blvd., Las VegasAR Mays Construction Inc.

$2,999,836, residential-remodel579 Lairmont Place, HendersonNu Tone Inc.

$2,586,750, commercial-educa-tion new1385 E. Cactus Ave., HendersonEthos/Three Architecture

$2,500,000, tenant improvement3602 E. Bonanza Road, Las VegasR&O Construction

$1,727,369, pool and/or spa964 Olivia Parkway, HendersonMojave Blue Pools & Design LLC

$750,000, tenant improvement2411 W. Sahara Ave., Las VegasTerra Nova Industries

$675,892, tenant improvement23 Fremont St., Las VegasWhiting Turner Contracting Com-pany

$600,000, commercial-assembly group7801 W. Alexander Road, Las VegasA�ordable Concepts Inc.

$475,069, commercial-alteration2414 E. Cheyenne Ave., North Las VegasAllco Construction Inc.

$409,998, commercial-addition5982 Losee Road, North Las VegasHigh Desert Petroleum Inc.

$350,000, wall and/or fence384 Fox Hill Drive, Las VegasHirschi Masonry LLC

$325,000, tenant improvement616 E. Carson Ave., Suite 140, Las VegasBreslin Builders

$293,550, commercial-addition1000 E. Cheyenne Ave., North Las VegasHigh Desert Petroleum Inc.

$285,000, commercial-remodel1290 W. Warm Springs Road, HendersonGSR Enterprises LLC

$234,054, residential-new2828 Josephine Drive, HendersonRichmond American Homes of Nevada

$233,666, residential-new2908 Saint Roman St., HendersonRichmond American Homes of Nevada

$221,911, residential-new2556 Pont Marie Drive, HendersonRichmond American Homes of Nevada



$203,258, residential-new446 Beautiful Hill Court, Las VegasWoodside Homes of Nevada LLC

$176,331, residential-new1662 Singing Sands Ave., Hender-sonDR Horton Inc.


$148,712, residential-new6732 Bristle Falls St., Las VegasRyland Homes

$146,721, residential-new925 Via Del Campo, HendersonDunhill Homes

$145,834, residential-new1657 Singing Sands Ave., HendersonDR Horton Inc.



$140,498, residential-new6955 Lakota Summit Court, Las VegasDR Horton Inc.


$138,815, residential-new5615 Mackenzie Park Court, Las VegasRichmond American Homes of Nevada

$137,294, residential-new893 Spring Tide Ave., HendersonKB Home Nevada Inc.

$136,352, residential-new597 Via Medici, HendersonCentury Communities of Nevada

$135,177, residential-new6965 Lakota Summit Court, Las VegasDR Horton Inc.


$132,055, residential-new5713 Pleasant Palms St., North Las VegasJ.F. Shea Co., Inc.

$131,381, residential-rehabilitation3509 Tesoro Del Valle Court, North Las VegasUnique Builder Co.

$130,585, residential-new3103 Paladi Ave., HendersonKB Home Nevada Inc.

$130,230, electrical3901 Donna St., North Las VegasT&M Controls Inc.

$130,000, electrical8440 Brody Marsh Ave., Las VegasEner-Tech of Nevada LLC

$130,000, electrical431 Astillero St., Las VegasTejas Underground LLC



$125,000, tenant improvement905 S. Grand Central Parkway, Suite 1756, Las VegasTJU Construction Inc.

$124,263, residential-new239 Moonshot St., HendersonRichmond American Homes of Nevada

$123,813, residential-new8119 Turquoise Tide Drive, Las VegasDR Horton Inc.


$120,000, commercial-remodel7390 Eastgate Road, Suite 100, HendersonLiving Ecology

$117,055, residential-new5717 Pleasant Palms St., North Las VegasJ.F. Shea Co., Inc.

$115,203, residential-new316 Point Loma Ave., North Las VegasCentury Communities of Nevada

$113,865, residential-new6732 Valcour St., Las VegasRyland Homes

$113,173, residential-new

3111 Paladi Ave., HendersonKB Home Nevada Inc.

$113,173, residential-new3107 Paladi Ave., HendersonKB Home Nevada Inc.

$112,397, residential-new1525 Spiced Wine Ave., Suite 17104, HendersonRyland Homes


$110,678, residential-new932 Via Del Campo, HendersonCentury Communities of Nevada

$107,085, commercial-remodel835 Seven Hills Drive, Suite 180, HendersonAkal Construction

$106,118, commercial-remodel2821 W. Horizon Ridge Parkway, Suite 101, HendersonNevada General Construction

$105,904, residential-new6736 Valcour St., Las VegasRyland Homes


$101,457, residential-new3708 Corte Bella Hills Ave., North Las VegasJ.F. Shea Co., Inc.

CONVENTIONS

DBA - Debt Buyers Association International Annual Conference 2015Location: AriaDates: Feb. 3-5Expected attendance: 1,200

NTP Distribution Show 2015Location: VenetianDates: Feb. 3-5Expected attendance: 1,500

World of Concrete 2015 Las VegasLocation: Convention CenterDates: Feb. 3-6Expected attendance: 48,000

Safari Club International 43th An-nual Hunter’s ConventionLocation: Mandalay BayDates: Feb. 4-7Expected attendance: 21,000

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School EnrollmentGraduated last year Degrees Most popular programs

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1 College of Southern Nevada6375 W. Charleston Blvd.Las Vegas, NV 89146702-651-5000 • csn.edu

36,579 2,831 Certificate, associate, bachelor’s

Liberal arts/liberal studies, business administration/general management, sci-ence technologies/techni-cians

Michael Richards, president

2 UNLV4505 S. Maryland ParkwayLas Vegas, NV 89154702-895-3011 • unlv.edu

28,515 5,059 Bachelor’s, master’s, doctorate

Biological sciences, psychology, hospitality management

Len Jessup, president

3 Nevada State College1125 Nevada State DriveHenderson, NV 89002702-992-2000 • nsc.edu

3,549 365 Bachelor’s Nursing, psychology, business administration

Bart Patterson, president

4 Touro University Nevada874 American Pacific DriveHenderson, NV 89014702-777-8687 • tun.touro.edu

1,319 Did not disclose

Certificate, bachelor’s, master’s, doctorate

Doctor of osteopathic medicine, master of physi-cian assistant studies, master of education

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5 Kaplan College3535 W. Sahara Ave.Las Vegas, NV 89102702-368-2338 • kaplancollege.com/las-vegas-nv

1,120 613 Certificate, associate

Practical nursing, medical assistant, pharmacy tech

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6 Roseman University of Health Sciences11 Sunset WayHenderson, NV 89014702-990-4433 • roseman.edu

820 299 Bachelor’s, master’s, doctorate

Doctor of pharmacy, bachelor of science in nursing, master of business administration

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7 Everest College - Henderson170 N. Stephanie St.Henderson, NV 89074702-567-1920 • everest.edu/campus/henderson

690 Did not disclose

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Medical assistant, nursing, medical administrative assistant

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8 DeVry University2490 Paseo Verde Parkway, Suite 150Henderson, NV 89074702-933-9700 • devry.edu

440 127 Associate, bachelor’s, master’s

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9 Sierra Nevada College4300 E. Sunset Road, Suite E-1Henderson, NV 89014702-434-6599 • sierranevada.edu

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10 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University4475 England Ave., Suite 315Nellis Air Force Base, NV 89191702-643-0762 • erau.edu/lasvegas

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11 Carrington College5740 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 140Las Vegas, NV 89119702-514-3236 • carrington.edu

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15 The International School of Hospitality3614 E. Sunset Road, Suite 110Las Vegas, NV 89120702-947-7200 • tisoh.com

50 246 Certificate, diploma

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N ot surprisingly, 2014 was a busy year for Tina Kilmer, who’s re-sponsible for product compli-

ance at the gaming division of Scientifi c Games, which recently acquired Bally Technologies: her sta produced more than 42,000 jurisdictional product sub-missions in 2014, including more than 200 game approvals; new hardware ap-provals for Bally’s award-winning Pro Series Wave slot cabinet, and a new 55-inch Jumbo cabinet; table game, electronic table systems, and shuffler product submissions; and the approval of Bally’s fi rst multi-jurisdictional wide-area progressive (WAP) slot link, which went live in August 2014 and linked jackpots in Nevada and New Jersey.

With her team expected to grow by more than 60 percent this year, Kilmer will work on integrating various teams

and revamping Scientifi c Games’ global compliance process to align the busi-ness units and ensure the highest level of technical compliance.

Much of Kilmer’s e ort in 2015 will be focused on technology. One of her team’s goals is to expand Bally’s Ne-vada-New Jersey slot link to other states.

Kilmer’s team is also looking at skill-based games and mobile gaming within a casino to attract the younger genera-tion. Nevada regulators have asked her team to help them understand the tech-nology so they can craft regulations and technical standards to bring it to casinos.

“This is going to be another whirlwind year at Bally,” Kilmer said. “I have as-sumed a much larger role, managing all product compliance for our combined gaming division. My team and responsi-bilities have nearly doubled. I’m excited

about the challenge, and my major goal for 2015 will be bringing our two incred-ible teams together, integrating the best of our processes and procedures, and making sure that we don’t miss a beat.”

Away from work, Kilmer continues mentoring and volunteering in the community with her family, including at food banks. She recently joined the c ommunity advisory board of St. Jude’s Ranch for Children and wants to use her expertise to help them cost-e ectively expand their services to serve more children and families.

“I don’t think there is any kind of se-cret sauce to success in life and busi-ness,” she said. “I wish there was. It is all about trying, learning, and trying again, and making sure that you stay focused on your end goal.”

— Howard Riell

Tina KilmerVice President of Product Compliance

Scientifi c Games

Dr. Mable SmithFounding Dean of Nursing

Roseman University of Health Sciences

Dr. Mable Smith has become a role model to her students as well as members within the community.

The pioneer in nursing education in Las Vegas has been a knowledgeable and distinguished professional throughout her career , which is noteworthy for many things, including e orts to emphasize the importance of nursing all over the country.

Smith’s messages to prospective Roseman students is posted prominently on the school’s website: “Roseman Uni-versity’s ABSN program is a wonderful opportunity for those who are looking for a career change and for college grad-uates who have experienced a change of heart over their fi rst degree. Regardless of how you’ve come to consider nursing

as a career choice, if you have a bach-elor’s degree, our accelerated nursing program could be a great fi t for you.”

Going in to 2015, Roseman nursing students can expect to be busy, thanks to Smith, who said she’s working to “add additional education o erings and ad-vance interprofessional education, espe-cially with Roseman College of Medicine.”

She plans to develop graduate pro-grams in the college of nursing; create a web-based resource for nurse educators and administrators; expand community relations to ensure consistency in goals and outcomes; provide consulting ser-vices to nurse educators/administrators; and engage in professional development .

— Howard Riell

I don’t think there is any kind of secret sauce to success in life and business.I wish there was.

I don’t think there is any kind of secret sauce to success in life and business.I wish there was.

is pleased to announce that Jennifer Braster has been recognized as a 2015 Woman to Watch

and Retired Chief Justice of the Nevada Supreme Court A. William Maupin has become of counsel to the firm.

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K assi Belz has spent her career positioning and building brands, providing strategic vision and

managing campaigns that garner com-pelling business results.

As president of MassMedia in Hen-derson, Belz brings more than 12 years of experience leading diverse teams in developing and implementing award-winning communication and marketing campaigns for clients in the health care, corporate, utilities, government and food service industries.

Since she joined MassMedia in 2005, the agency has grown from a boutique fi rm into a multimillion-dollar integrat-ed marketing company that provides a wide variety of valuable services to lo-cal, regional and national clients.

The formation of MassMedia’s digital department served as Belz’s most sig-nifi cant achievement in 2014, she said.

“While our agency has operated in the digital space for many years, we

recognized the importance of develop-ing a dedicated department to meet the increasingly complex digital marketing needs of companies across the nation,” Belz said. “MassMedia now o� ers a full suite of digital services, including web-site strategy and development, social media strategy, content strategy, video production, digital media buying and online brand management.”

Belz is poised to further expand the company’s reach in 2015. She has devel-oped a focused strategy to build upon the company’s successes in the upcom-ing year, including e� orts to expand the agency’s new digital department and grow MassMedia’s client base.

Business development will serve as a top priority as well, as Belz seeks to further position MassMedia as a trusted partner for leading brands across the nation. The months ahead will also see her take on greater responsibility when she becomes a partner.

“In 2015, I will continue to build upon MassMedia’s reputation for produc-ing effective, thought-provoking cam-paigns,” she said. “I also look forward to expanding MassMedia’s diverse client roster by focusing on the acquisition of new business from local, regional and national companies.”

Belz’s passion her profession, she re-fl ects, has never wavered. “Throughout my career, I have benefi tted tremen-dously from my passion for public re-lations, marketing and advertising,” she said. “I believe the key to success is not only pursuing your passion, but sur-rounding yourself with talented people who share your commitment and drive you to succeed. Hard work and dedica-tion have also played an instrumental role in my success. If you dedicate your-self to something — whether it is your career, marriage or children — and put in the e� ort, you will experience success.”

— Howard Riell

A t 17, Danielle Ford was another statistic, and not a good one. She was pregnant with her fi rst child,

ready to drop out of high school and dealing with an abusive relationship.

Things got worse. She eventually be-came a single mom with two kids and was working three jobs while going to beauty school. She persevered, thanks to deter-mination and a relentless work ethic. For the past few years, she has been sharing her insights with young moms in hopes of helping them through similar experiences.

“It’s the little things that people do, the little looks, the snubbing,” she said of the teen mom experience. “You have to think: a teen mom is also trying to fi g-ure out how to graduate, dealing with their parents, their relationship status.

… But if she can get through those fi rst few years, she can come out (as) an em-powered woman.”

Ford opened up a skin care busi-ness where she learned, through some studying and trial and error, quite a bit about marketing. But when she tapped into online marketing, she eventually abandoned the skin care business and opened up Social Lights Video, which specializes in teaching clients how to produce and use videos to market their business online. She now specializes in helping all types of businesses learn the ins and outs of online marketing using video and other means.

“I realized I could work from home and be more involved with my kids. I made that shift about five years ago,” said Ford, 28.

Ford is also the founder of Young Mom’s Club, an online forum that em-powers young mothers to achieve life and career goals and get past judgment and criticism often heard from the public.

“Young Mom’s Club doesn’t even have many members from Las Vegas,” she added. “We have members from Africa, Australia, the UK; it’s very far reaching.”

Ford has done one-on-one consult-ing for young moms, released a free e-workbook, “The 7 Steps to Being a Kick Ass Young Mom.” She also spoke at TedX Fremont East Women in 2012 about focusing on “shifting our mindset to something more positive” when dis-cussing the topic of teen motherhood. This year, she will publish a full-length book on the subject.

Ford is also working to create a lo-cal nonprofi t — in collaboration with six other young moms — that will focus on self-esteem workshops and providing fi nancial and volunteer support to local charities that help young mothers with basic needs and other support services.

— Brian Sodoma

Kassi BelzPresident

MassMedia

Danielle Ford Founder

Young Mom’s Club/Social Lights Video

I believe the key to success is not only pursuing your passion, but surrounding yourself with talented people who share your commitment and drive you to succeed.

I believe the key to success is not only pursuing your passion, but surrounding yourself with talented people who share your

A teen mom is trying to fi gure out how to graduate, dealing with their parents, their relationship status. … But if she can get through those fi rst few years, she can come out (as) an empowered woman.”

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A s an out lesbian who has long been active in theLGBTQ community — including

serving on the board and as queer anti-violence advocacy services coordina-tor for Gender Justice Nevada — Holly Reese was shocked into action when she attended a 2011 Transgender Day of Remembrance, which memorializes those who have been killed because of transphobia, and heard the story of a transgender woman of color who had been beaten, stabbed, shot, run over and thrown in a dumpster.

“I realized we really needed to be talking about this, and thought it was really important that Gender Justice ally with the Gay and Lesbian Commu-nity Center of Southern Nevada — be-cause the Center is the center of our community,” said Reese.

The Texas native, who has a bache-

lor of arts from the University of South Florida, assumed the role of senior and transgender programs manager for the Center in August of 2014.

Since then, Reese has been focus-ing on transgender people and LGBTQ senior citizens. This includes five new transgender support groups as well as a clothing exchange, which has given away more than 1,100 garments since its launch three months ago. This year, Reese will continue to expand transgender services at the Center with a new program for married cou-ples with one partner who is undergo-ing gender transition , as well as a social group for transgender youth and a sup-port group for parents of transgender children.

Reese is also committed to growing services for LGBTQ senior citizens 50 years and older, and devised a survey

which she distributed among the com-munity last year.

Based on the results, she created the center’s fi rst program designed for LGBTQ senior citizens.

“We have an enormous space at the Center that sits vacant during the daytime, so we turned it into a se-nior drop-in room, with Men’s Mon-days, Transgender Tuesdays, Women’s Wednesdays, Lunch & Learn Thursdays and Open House Fridays,” said Reese, who also plans to use the survey re-sults to secure funding for wellness and transportation for seniors at the Cen-ter, and also hopes to create a resource guide of local LGBTQ-friendly busi-nesses, restaurants and other services.

“I’m excited about continued expansion in the future, and the fact that I’m a part of so many people’s lives.”

— Danielle Birkin

Cynthia BerryRegional Vice President of Operations

21st Century Oncology

Holly ReeseSenior and Transgender Programs Manager

The Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada

I’m excited about continued expansion in the future, and the fact that I’m a part of so many people’s lives.

I’m excited about continued expansion in the future, and the fact that I’m a part of so many people’s lives.

C ynthia Berry always knew she wanted to be a nurse; but be-coming an administrator was

never part of the plan. After working bedside for 10 years, she began a mas-ter’s degree program that eventually led her to an opportunity to lead a criti-cal care team in 2007, and she has fl our-ished as an administrator ever since.

Berry’s drive for graduate nurs-ing school was born out of a desire to teach other nurses and those new to the fi eld. “At a very young age, I had a desire to be a nurse. I never really considered anything else,” she said.

“(But) about 10 years into being a criti-cal care nurse, I started to develop a desire to be a nurse educator.”

Today, as a vice president for 21st Century Oncology, Berry is happy playing a role in her team members’ professional development. “I really enjoy fostering that personal growth of employees and the team as we pro-vide the highest level of care,” she said.

Berry enjoys the challenges that come with balancing a budget while delivering quality care and still em-braces a patient-first mindset. “I re-ally still consider myself a nurse. … My focus is not to take from the quality of care the community receives. It’s actually quite the opposite,” she said.

“For me it’s always about changing and developing. ”

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A s a high school junior in New Mexico, Anita Romero lived on her own and worked three part-

time jobs to make ends meet. Food stamps helped, but she was often des-perate for basic needs. Years later, the successful Southwest Gas executive is now doing her part to make sure those who are food insu� cient in Las Vegas are taken care of.

Romero will be this year’s chairman of the board for Three Square, the val-ley’s largest and fastest-growing food bank. She will also help the organiza-tion transition from its start-up phase by helping to implement a more sustain-able fi nancial strategy that is less reliant on large foundation donors.

Romero and her team are currently working with a marketing fi rm to help

target a greater number of smaller fun-draising opportunities and events. For years, local retailers or restaurants have, at certain times of the year, given a por-tion of sales to the food bank. Three Square is targeting more of these small but signifi cant opportunities.

“The dollar amounts aren’t as large, but you can diversify the income stream,” Romero said. “We’re always fundraising. There are always areas we can tap.”

Another goal for Romero and her team is to increase the nutritional value of the food the Three Square team dis-tributes. “People who are food insecure don’t have all the nutrition they need.”

Romero moved to Southern Nevada in 1992 and joined Southwest Gas as a manager of design and standards. A me-chanical engineer by trade, she moved

into a director of engineering role in 1997 and then to a vice president position by 2002. She won the Southwest Gas Salute to Excellence Award in 1999 for her cost-containment e� orts. In 2002, Gas Util-ity Manager Magazine also named her

“Manager of the Year.”Romero is proud of Southwest Gas’s

philanthropic culture. She enjoys par-ticipating in the company’s Blue-Building Lives Up Everywhere community initiative. Every year, the e� ort creates volunteer teams to help with events like home im-provement projects for needy families or packing lunches for local school children, among other community engagements.

“Our employees live and work here, so it’s important for them to be involved in the community.” she said.

— Brian Sodoma

Anita RomeroSenior Vice President/Sta Operations and Technology

Southwest Gas Corp.

C ommitted to providing a voice for those who can’t speak for them-selves, attorney Jennifer Braster

is an outspoken advocate for the ani-mals, uniting her legal knowledge and know-how with her lifelong love of our four-legged friends.

A native of Philadelphia, Braster is a founding partner of Naylor & Braster, which she co-launched last year following stints with Pisanelli Bice and Lionel Saw-yer & Collins, where she honed her litiga-tion experience. But after a year as a stay-at-home-mom, she wanted the ability to better balance her home and professional lives, and also wanted the freedom to pick and choose her own battles.

“Now that I have my own fi rm, I can

take on (animal welfare) cases that might not be as professionally profi table, but allow me to take my skills and ap-ply them to something I’m passionate about,” said Braster .

Braster regularly educates attorneys on animal law and is steadfast in her commitment to putting pet owners in touch with lawyers who can help them.

Furthermore, this year, Braster in-tends to reach out to animal lobbyists to see if there’s any way she can assist with anything in the legislation, while also continuing her quest to help change pro-cedures and ordinances related to pets, who are currently considered property under the law.

— Danielle Birkin

Jennifer BrasterFounding partner

Naylor & Braster

We’re always fundraising. There are always areas we can tap.

We’re always fundraising. There are always areas we can tap.

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I n 2008, Kim Amato was serving as the executive director of the Ne-vada Homeless Alliance, and dis-

covered a gap in services for newborns. “At our annual Project Homeless Con-

nect, I was seeing mothers bringing in (infants) with clothes that were too big, and then I began wondering what it’s like to bring a newborn home from the hospital when you have no home,” said the former art consultant and owner of Amato Art Works.

Haunted by these images, the New Jersey native began investigating how of-ten newborns were being released from the hospital without the proper clothing and supplies for their health, safety and well-being, and discovered that indeed, many new parents have no appropriate provisions whatsoever. So she started reaching out to family, friends, churches,

schools, businesses and eventually the government, and founded Baby’s Bounty.

Now in its seventh year, Baby’s Bounty provides families in need — who must be referred to the organization — with Baby Bundles, which include a portable crib, car seat, bathtub with hygiene products, blankets, bottles, a carrier, and all types of clothing, from socks and onsies to entire outfi ts, many with the tags still attached, thanks to the generosity of Southern Ne-vada individuals and businesses.

“In our fi rst year, we helped about 175 babies, whereas last year we served 733 babies — including 19 sets of twins,” Am-ato said, adding that this breaks down to about 60 Bundles per month that in-clude some 2,500 pieces of clothing.

In 2015, Amato hopes to fi nd better ways to collaborate on funding with Clark County agencies in order to enhance

sustainability — “we’re in year seven, but we want to be around for year 17,” she said — and is also committed to further promoting the organization’s Safe Sleep program, which advocates the ABCs of safe sleep, namely: babies should sleep Alone, on their Backs, in a Crib.

“In our community over a five-year period, 113 babies died from sleeping with an adult or another sibling,” Amato said. “So we have a statewide message and have collaborated with the health division. Babies in need can receive a portable crib through the referral pro-cess, because parents shouldn’t have to choose between a crib and groceries.”

Now a national presence with an af-fi liate in Maryland, “We’re eager to share in other communities, because we may be small, but we’re mighty,” Amato said.

— Danielle Birkin

Kim AmatoExecutive Director

Baby’s Bounty

Parents shouldn’t have to choose between a crib and groceries.

Parents shouldn’t have to choose between a crib and groceries.

Visi n. We’d like to congratulate our own Kassi Belz for being honored as one of the 2015 Women to Watch. Working with you – and growing with you – is a genuine privilege for all of us.

Here’s to you, Kassi.

‹ KASSI BELZ, APR MassMedia President


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D ynamic businesswoman Karen Ru-bel helped to make Nathan Adel-son Hospice the largest nonprofi t

hospice in Nevada. Her dedication, hard work and development savvy have led the organization to an increased donor base and superior hospice and palliative care treatment programs. She has also worked with key community leaders in donor de-velopment and has shown true innovation in her approach and work at the hospice.

A major accomplishment in 2014 was the remodel of the fl agship inpatient unit on Swenson Street, she said. “I led a team that completed a $2.2-million remodel of the facility. The Swenson inpatient facility was the second hospice inpatient facility built in the country. It is a model for other inpatient units in the U.S. It was an honor to work to ensure it’s around for another 35-plus years.”

The months ahead will see the launch of a new initiative called Deciding Tomor-row…Today. This planning program en-courages families to begin the conversa-tion about what they want at the end of their lives. The goal of the program is to transform the culture so people shift from not talking about dying to feeling com-fortable and confi dent in talking about end-of-life wishes.

“Our new program, Deciding Tomorrow…Today, will elevate the community con-versation about end of life care,” she said.

“Our goal for this program is to help people feel comfortable talking with their families and physicians about the quality of life they want at the end of their journey.”

This 2015 community education cam-paign, which will complement the Elaine Wynn Palliative Care Program, is de-signed to encompass all comprehensive

end-of-life discussions through specifi -cally designed tools and dedicated team members will provide direction and lead discussions with patients and families, and access and assistance using the Ne-vada Living Will Lockbox.

Rubel will also continue to oversee the $2-million renovation at the hospice’s fl agship inpatient unit, improving access and care for the hospice’s future patients and families. She also remains a strong advocate of the hospice’s mission that “no one end the journey of life alone, afraid or in pain.” Her approach to business is the same as her approach to life in general.

“I am always in the learning mode,” she said. “Every day is an opportunity to learn something new. I also believe you can’t be afraid to try something new — outside your comfort zone.”

— Howard Riell

Karen Rubel Vice President for Development

Nathan Adelson Hospice

Every day is an opportunity to learn something new. I also believe you can’t be afraid to try something new — outside your comfort zone.

Every day is an opportunity to learn something new. I also believe you can’t be afraid to try something new — outside your

SWGas Vegas Inc., Women to Watch 2015, 9.5” x 6”, color, 1.13.2015

Congratulations Anita Romero for being named one of the 2015 Women to Watch

Anita’s distinguished career and absolute commitment to excellence have made a lasting impact at Southwest Gas and in the communities we serve. We salute Anita and all the other nominees.

Thank you for inspiring us.

Anita RomeroSenior Vice President

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“A�er I was told I had cancer, the best decision I made was to travel to Phoenix, Arizona and treat at Cancer Treatment Centers of America®.”

~Sherry Cancer Patient

Don’t Let 45 MinutesStand Between You and Quality Cancer Care.

Sherry is a working mom, her family counts on her. When Sherry learned that she had breast cancer, she turned to Cancer Treatment Centers of America® (CTCA). Sherry took the 45 minute �ight between Las Vegas and Phoenix to CTCA® where clinical experts �ght advanced and complex cancers. As a working mom, Sherry needed a team of cancer experts who created a comprehensive and tailored treatment plan focused both on results and quality of life. She needed to keep her job and be a mom while also going through treatment. The combined leading-edge oncologic medical treatments with naturopathic medicine, nutrition, rehabilitation, psychological counseling, spiritual support and pain management all in one location met her goal. Instead of driving all over town for her doctor visits and medical appointments, Sherry �ies to CTCA and takes care of everything in one visit, under one roof with coordinated care between all her clinical experts.

Today we are proud to have Sherry as part of our CTCA family.

Call now to speak with one of our Oncology Information Specialists and learn how we �ght cancer like no one else. Call 888-214-9488 or go to cancercenter.com.

No case is typical. You should not expect to experience these results.© 2015 Rising Tide

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