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Several programs available to help reintroduce military personnel to civilian life

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BY DANIELLE BIRKIN | SPECIAL TO VEGAS INC

Cristina Alfonso-Zea was second-generation career military when she enlisted in the U.S. Army in 2008. ¶ She envi-sioned a profession with inherent job security. It was an aspiration that was derailed in 2010 near Baghdad when an IED

attack left her with debilitating injuries to both hips. ¶ Unexpectedly thrust back into civilian life, HIRING VETERANS, CONTINUED ON PAGE 11

4,000Estimated number of jobs that

will be created by the con-

struction of Interstate 11, which

will connect Las Vegas and

Phoenix.

$6BAmount invested to

date in clean energy

projects in Nevada,

according to Sen.

Harry Reid.

Getting veterans back to work

Army veteran Cristina Alfonso-Zea,

29, served in Iraq and Afghanistan, and

now works in information technology at

a casino company. (STEVE MARCUS/STAFF)

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06 14 17MEET: IMAGE EMPOWERINGStephanie Ann Vahon is in the business of style. For nine years, she has worked as a consultant for individu-al and corporate clients. And now she’s started a program to train others to be certi-fi ed image consultants.

TALKING POINTSA day in the life of a self-employed mom, P7

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

MORE VEGAS INC BUSINESS NEWSCalendar: Happenings and events, P13

The List: Manufacturers, P16

HEALTH CARE HEADLINERS The ninth edition of VEGAS INC’s Health Care Headlin-ers introduces you to a few people who are making a dif-ference in local health care. Among the categories are Emergency Services, Physi-cian, Volunteer, Nursing and Lifetime Achievement.

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VEGAS INC

2APRIL 19- APRIL 25

GOVERNOR LEAVES BEHIND POMPOMS WHILE CHEERING ON IKEA

Gov. Brian Sandoval doesn’t usually shy away from shower-

ing real estate developers and projects with praise.

He called a suburban Las Vegas housing development

“historic,” said the Downtown Summerlin mall was

a “destination like no other in the coun-

try” and declared Union Village,

a long-delayed hospital and

senior-housing development in

Henderson, “one of the most

promising and innovative proj-

ects this state has ever seen.”

However, when furniture

dealer IKEA broke ground in

southwest Las Vegas this month,

Sandoval ditched the usual

giddiness and delivered more

tempered remarks.

Sporting a yellow tie with blue and

white stripes — an homage to IKEA’s colors and

Swedish background — Sandoval noted at the April 9 ground-

breaking that construction was one of the hardest-hit indus-

tries during the recession and said putting crews “back to

work with quality jobs is a great accomplishment.” IKEA, he

added, is “a perfect fi t into this community and in this state.”

Many Las Vegans eagerly await the 351,000-square-foot su-

perstore, slated to open in summer 2016. The company, with

366 stores in 47 countries, offers low-priced, self-assembly

furniture, not to mention Swedish meatballs.

Still, IKEA is a retailer. Most of its 300 employees here likely

won’t get big paychecks. And s elling and stocking furniture

aren’t the advanced technical jobs Las Vegas sorely needs .

Maybe the governor has realized that while new commerce

should be celebrated, he shouldn’t always set off fi reworks.

— ELI SEGALL

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4APRIL 19- APRIL 25

The Firefighters of Southern Nevada Burn Foun-dation collected $4,120 from a SlotZilla Char-ity Challenge. The money will send young burn

victims to camp in Northern Nevada.

Twenty-five third graders at Reynaldo Martinez Elementary School will receive four-year college

scholarships courtesy of the Rogers Foundation,

the education-focused nonprofit group of the late

Jim Rogers and his wife, Beverly.

PT’s Entertainment Group had a fundraiser at its

four Sean Patrick’s locations in honor of Madison “Maddy” Graves, founder and partner of Mad

Matty’s Casino, GeeBee’s Bar & Grill, Kavanugh’s,

Morrissey’s, Molly Malone’s and Sean Patrick’s Irish

pubs. The taverns accepted donations for Keep Memory Alive and the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health. About $10,000 was

raised. Larry Ruvo of Southern Wine & Spirits

and former classmate of Maddy, along with the

Ruvo Family Foundation, matched the amount

collected.

Melissa Blynn is

executive

director,

Mindy Tatti is de-

velopment

director

and Julie Sanders is

program manager of Create A Change Now, which teaches

at-risk students to plant, grow

and cook fresh, healthy meals

with the goal of preventing

childhood obesity.

Nacho Daddy gave 13-year-old

wakeboarder Zoe Luquette

$1,000 to help fund her trip to

Argentina to compete in the 2015 Pan-American

Wakeboard Championships. Luquette, a student

at St. Viator Catholic School, represented the U.S.

Wakeboard Team at the worldwide competition

and placed sixth in the girls division.

Discovery Children’s Museum raised $1,600 in

Scholastic book credits for Richard Rundle and

Jack Dailey elementary schools. The museum, with Spread the Word Nevada, also collected $500 in books for local elementary schools.

Goodwill of Southern Nevada received a $200,000 Bank of America Charitable Founda-tion Neighborhood Builders grant to help about 225 veterans and family members find work in Southern Nevada. The Neighborhood Builders pro-gram is Bank of America’s signature philanthropic award that couples executive leadership training and grant money for high-performing nonprofits across the nation.

Communities In Schools of Nevada received a $350,000 grant from Nevada Women’s Philan-thropy to purchase 240 computers for six area high schools.

The 14th annual food drive for Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Las Vegas netted more than 18,000 pounds of food and supplies and more than $13,000 from raffle ticket sales, dona-tions and gift cards.

The Las Vegas City Council awarded $25,000 in grants as part of the annual Youth Neighborhood Association Partnership Program, which awards up to $1,000 for youths to create and implement neighborhood service learning projects of their own design. Twenty-six youth groups won grants for murals, neighborhood cleanups, mentoring and other programs.

Las Vegas firefighters donated $2,000 to Honor Flight of Southern Nevada during a presenta-tion at the Veterans Memorial in Boulder City. The money came from proceeds from selling camou-flage “Veterans Day” T-shirts.

NV Energy and the NV Energy Foundation do-nated more than $5.1 million last year to support almost 500 nonprofits statewide. The contribu-tions were funded by the company, not customers. Grants and sponsorships were given to 260 non-profits in Southern Nevada, including the I Have A Dream Foundation, Communities in Schools Nevada, Red Rock Search and Rescue and Nevada Veterans Foundation.

Tronox employees donated 20 units of blood to United Blood Services during a company blood drive.

City National Bank and Barnes & Noble donated

$40,000 in cash and books to Helen Jydstrup,

Fredric W. Watson, Paradise and Jack Dailey

elementary schools.

The Bonanza High School Fire Science Academy

received a digital fire training system worth more

than $21,800 from the Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation. The equipment creates real-

life scenarios to help students train to respond to

any fire.

More than 300 young people involved in Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Nevada re-

ceived shoes and apparel from Soles4Souls and

FN Platform.

The Engelstad Family Foundation renewed

Catholic Charities’ grant request for 2015, award-

ing $2.25 million over the next two years for family,

food, senior, immigration and shelter services.

“Raiding the Rock Vault” raised $3,500 for the

Cultural Arts Training Foundation at Rock and

Rise, a special charity performance. The money

supports programs that correspond to One Billion Rising, a global campaign to empower women.

Smith’s Food & Drug Stores donated $3.4 million

in cash and food to Nevada charitable groups in

2014. Local food banks received $2.1 million worth

of food, the equivalent of more than 1 million meals.

Three Square Food Bank received a grant from

Microsoft Corp. through the company’s Technol-

ogy for Good program. The in-kind gift of software

and product licensing is worth $500,000. Three

Square will use the products to streamline its ware-

house inventory procedure, reducing operating

expenses and freeing resources to provide addi-

tional meals.

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The Nevada Blind Children’s Foundation re-ceived $10,000 from Ledcor Construction’s em-ployee giving campaign. The donation will help go to the foundation’s NBCF’s after-school education and recreational programs.

Abel Edossa is the 2015 Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Nevada Youth of the Year. The recogni-tion comes with a $1,000 scholarship. Edossa is a senior at Rancho High School, where he is enrolled in the Medical Academy. He participates in Boys & Girls Club’s Keystone Club and works as a tutor for Andson Academics. He also participates in the National Honor Society, varsity tennis, and speech and debate. He is the son of Ethiopian parents who fled a civil war.

The Henderson Police Officers’ Association do-nated $25,000 to the National Law Enforcement Officer Memorial Fund to support the National Law Enforcement Museum being built in Wash-ington, D.C. It will be the nation’s largest museum honoring America’s law enforcement officers.

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Stephanie Ann Vehon owns Image Empowering and the Style Psychology Academy, a three-semester program that offers certification programs in personal styling and image consulting. (SCOTT BODEN/BODEN PHOTOGRAPHY)

BY THE NUMBERS

300Number of people

IKEA expects to employ at its first Nevada store, scheduled

to open next summer.

315,000The planned

square-footage of the IKEA store.

45Jobs rooftop solar company Sunrun plans to add in Las Vegas this spring. Sunrun services more than 1,000 NV Energy customers in

Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, Henderson, Mesquite and

Boulder City.

23States, including Nevada, where Blue Bell ice cream was recalled after three deaths in Kansas were

linked to bacteria in the company’s products.

13Arrests to date of people

accused of violating a ban on glass bottles and

containers on the Strip. The measure was put into effect in September by the Clark

County Commission.

$73 MILLIONAmount the

U.S. Department of Agriculture plans

to invest to rehabilitate dams across the country.

30,319 Nevada jobs supported

by goods exports in 2014, according to the Office of the U.S. Trade

Representative.

$205,000Median sales price

of single-family homes in Southern Nevada in March, up 5 percent from a year

ago, according to the Greater Las Vegas

Association of Realtors.

2,707Number of single-family

home resales in March, up 38 percent from February, according to the Greater Las Vegas Association

of Realtors.

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What is the Style Psychology Academy curriculum

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Our first semester is dedicated to one’s own personal beauty and style. Students discover how their style af-fects their life. This is the psychology of style.

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SMITH’S WORLD

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.

READER COMMENTSWe want to hear from you. Visit vegasinc.com to post your opinion.

On Kyle Roerink’s

lasvegassun.com

story “Solar industry

squares off with

Warren Buffett and

NV Energy”:

We live in a city that

gets 350-plus days of

sunshine per year. It

is insane that we do

not already use solar

power as a primary

energy source. Las

Vegas should be

leading the way,

but instead we have

profit-hungry suits

and their bought-

and-paid-for minions

in the Legislature

blocking real prog-

ress. — expatlv

In a free market there

should not be any

caps. — catfishin

On J.D. Morris’

vegasinc.com story

“Former Las Vegas

mayor discusses the

future of gaming”:

Jan is an insight-

ful executive. Her

instincts are finely

tuned. I worked for

Jan at Caesars and

found her to be an

inspiring leader.

— UKTrojan69

On Conor Shine’s

lasvegassun.com

story “Glass-bottle

ban on Strip results

in handful of arrests,

cleaner sidewalks”:

Look at the big pic-

ture. Anything they

can do to clean up

the city is OK with

me. Added tourism

generates more taxes

to hire more police

officers and do sani-

tary, street mainte-

nance. — mustang81

Can you imagine

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— binzer777

A s I write this, I’ve just burned dinner. I do this often enough that I have a saying: “It’s not burnt. It’s Cajun.”

I confess it’s not a healthy dinner — fish sticks and french fries. The ketchup is organic, though. Does that make a difference?

I’m a 33-year-old wife, mother, business owner and hot mess. I own a successful Internet marketing agency that sup-ports my family, with some help from my husband’s GI Bill (he’s a full-time college student) and Air Force Reserve unit (which could deploy him at any moment).

With so much to juggle, I sometimes feel like a clown with big shoes that keep tripping me, causing me to drop a ball or two every day. Then the guilt sets in.

If I rocked my business that day, chances are I felt like a neglectful mother. If I felt like Super Mom, I likely ignored my business and will have to work twice as hard the next day. I don’t remember the last time I had a night out with my hus-band or when the house last was considered “clean.”

Most business owners I know don’t have children; they aren’t married. This seems to allow them to achieve greater success in business.

Then there are mothers who may or may not work. They seem so put together, and so do their kids. Why can’t I be like that?

Should I have worked to achieve business success before

having children? Should I give it up to be a better wife and mother? Do men ever feel this way?

Despite the inadequate feelings, everything seems to come together. Our kids are happy

and healthy. We have an amazing marriage. Bills are paid. Sure, laundry and dishes pile up, but they get done eventually.

As I juggle everything and have it all, I might drop a few balls. I’ve learned to be OK with that. After all, it could be worse — I could be juggling chainsaws.

In talking with other women trying to “do it all,” I’ve learned:

n Perfection doesn’t exist. Don’t approach life with an all-or-nothing attitude.

n Spontaneity is for unattached 20-somethings. Schedule quality time with your family.

n Connect with female entrepreneurs and working moms. Use those connections to network and make friends who understand your lifestyle.

n Embrace the chaos. The Earth will continue to spin while the house is a mess. The business will maintain day-to-day operations if you cancel meetings. Your children still will love you if you miss a soccer game.

n Put the balls down and do something for yourself. They’ll be waiting for you when you return.

Jennifer Kilkenny is director of operations at Total Social So-lutions and director of social media at Girls in Tech Las Vegas.

A day in the life of a self-employed momGUEST COLUMN:

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BY CONOR SHINESTAFF WRITER

Federal, state and local officials gathered this month in Boulder City to celebrate the groundbreaking of a highway bypass project that one day will form a key part of Interstate 11, linking Las Vegas and Phoenix.

Officials hailed the start of con-struction on the Boulder City bypass as a historic moment for Southern Nevada that will help boost the re-gion’s economy and improve connec-tivity across the Southwest.

“We’re starting something that’s going to impact generations to come,” said Larry Brown, Clark County commissioner and Regional Transportation Commission chair-man.

The 15-mile project is being built from Interstate 515 to U.S. 93, dip-ping south around Boulder City be-fore connecting with the new Hoover Dam bypass bridge. It will allow traf-fic to flow smoothly without going through Boulder City, where several stop lights and lower speed limits along the current route contribute to congestion.

When completed in 2018, the proj-ect is expected to shave at least 30 minutes off travel from the Hoover Dam bridge to Henderson, according to the RTC.

Numerous roadblocks still lie ahead for the larger Interstate 11 project, most importantly securing billions of dollars in funding from the federal government. Past in-terstate projects have been paid for using the Highway Trust Fund, but

that pool of money has shrunk dra-matically over the years due to an outdated funding model that relies on gas tax revenues.

Congress has passed a series of short-term fixes to keep the High-way Trust Fund solvent, but officials at the groundbreaking event said a long-term solution needs to be put into place before a project like Inter-state 11 can be completed.

“I don’t want to rain on the pa-rade totally, but this country is in desperate shape for ways to pay for infrastructure. We have a $3 trillion

deficit for roads, bridges, dams (and) highways, and we’ve got to do some-thing about that,” Sen. Harry Reid said. “We’ve had a series of short-term extensions ... and it’s been a disaster. The departments of trans-portation in Arizona and Nevada can’t plan ahead when we extend the transportation bill for six months.”

Reid said the country was going to have to come up with a new way to pay for infrastructure projects that reflects changes in how people travel and the prevalence of increasingly fuel-efficient vehicles. Congress will

need to take action, most likely in the form of a short-term fix, before the end of May to keep the Highway Trust Fund afloat.

Even if Interstate 11 is funded, its corridor would take decades to com-plete.

But once finished, it would be one of the most important infrastructure pieces in Southern Nevada’s history, positioning the region as a logistics hub while helping speed the flow of goods from Mexico to Phoenix to Las Vegas, and eventually from Reno on to Canada. Las Vegas and Phoenix are the two largest adjacent metro-politan areas in the country without an interstate between them.

Despite the uncertain future of the larger project, officials were quick to emphasize the immediate local impact of beginning construction on the 15-mile bypass.

“You’ve got to start somewhere,” Gov. Brian Sandoval said. “This is a major beginning in terms of build-ing probably one of the biggest infra-structure projects we’ve seen in the southwest United States for some time.”

The $318 million project is being built in two simultaneous phases. The Nevada Department of Trans-portation will be responsible for a 2.5-mile stretch of road from I-515 to U.S. 95 while the RTC will build 12.5 miles from U.S. 95 to U.S. 93 at the Hoover Dam bridge. The project will be funded using $291 million in fed-eral money, $22 million generated by a recent increase in the county gas tax and $5 million in state funding.

Construction begins on key link of future interstate

Gov. Brian Sandoval, center, speaks, during a groundbreaking ceremony for the

Interstate 11/Boulder City Bypass project. (STEVE MARCUS/STAFF)

BY ELI SEGALLSTAFF WRITER

Several Las Vegas resort companies and a prominent tech business are seeking approval to obtain their elec-tricity outside of NV Energy, a move that poses questions about the poten-tial impact on the utility’s remaining customers.

Leading the effort are data storage trailblazer Switch, as well as Wynn Re-sorts, MGM Resorts International and Las Vegas Sands Corp.

If successful, at least 15 resorts on the Strip and a data center in suburban Las Vegas no longer would be reliant on NV Energy for power.

The companies are in varying stages of the regulatory approval process.

The resorts’ filings with the state’s Public Utilities Commission are not yet public but were reported recently by journalist Jon Ralston. The resorts are waiting to submit applications that will become public within the next 30 days.

Switch applied with the PUC last fall and is still awaiting approval.

The effort likely will spark debate among lobbyists, politicians and busi-ness executives about the potential cost to NV Energy if some of its largest customers are no longer dependent on the utility’s power generation.

The companies still would be con-nected to NV Energy’s grid but would produce power via rooftop solar panels and other means. Switch indicated it would buy power from Exelon Genera-tion Co.

The companies are using a 2001 law as the vehicle for their push. It allows energy users who consume more than 1 megawatt of power a year to buy elec-tricity on the open market.

At the time the law passed, NV Ener-gy said there were provisions in place to prevent a rate increase on consum-ers.

Under the law, companies must pay NV Energy to disconnect from the

utility’s power supply. The money would make up for lost annual fees the companies pay.

But the state attorney general’s Con-sumer Protection Bureau recently ex-pressed concern that there still might be a cost burden on other NV Energy customers.

NV Energy, the resorts and Switch declined to comment.

Barrick Gold Corp. took advantage of the law in 2004 and built its own power plant near Reno.

The PUC has denied multiple appli-cations from Station Casinos, MGM and others to leave NV Energy’s power supply since the law passed.

Resort companies working to sever ties with NV Energy

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BY ELI SEGALLSTAFF WRITER

Despite a big jump in sales, Las Vegas used-home prices were flat month-to-month, perhaps indicating that fewer sellers are overpricing, a report shows.

The median sales price of single-family homes in Southern Nevada in March was $205,000, same as Febru-ary but up 5 percent from a year ago, according to the Greater Las Vegas As-sociation of Realtors.

Owners sold 2,707 single-family homes last month, up 38 percent from February and 7 percent year-over-year, the group found.

GLVAR reports data from its listing service, which largely comprises previ-ously owned homes.

GLVAR President Keith Lynam said people should take “some caution” to see if the uptick in sales is an “aberra-tion” or becomes a trend. Home sales

BY J.D. MORRISSTAFF WRITER

Sam Nazarian, the businessman who was unable to secure a full gaming li-cense for his role in SLS Las Vegas, is back at the helm of his Los Angeles-based hospitality and entertainment company.

Nazarian stepped back from his role at SBE Entertainment, which oper-ates the SLS, amid dramatic hearings before Nevada gaming regulators last year. But the company revealed recently that Nazarian rejoined SBE in March as chairman and CEO.

“SBE is an important part of my life and our family’s legacy,” Nazarian said in a statement. “I’m eager to continue to build this company. We have some great projects in the pipeline and I’m eager to see them through to fruition.”

The Nevada Gaming Commission gave Nazarian a limited gaming license in De-cember that leaves him barred from par-ticipating in casino operations at SLS Las Vegas. Regulators were concerned about Nazarian’s past drug use and his connec-tion to someone who allegedly extorted millions of dollars from him.

Nazarian may still have the opportu-nity to receive a full gaming license for his involvement in SLS Las Vegas in the future.

SBE has a large portfolio of other ho-tels, restaurants and nightlife spots, and is planning to expand into Mexico.

usually pick up each spring, he said, though last month’s totals were the biggest jump for this time of year since 2006.

“Maybe our members and home-owners are taking our advice and asking more realistic prices for their homes,” he said in a news release.

By the end of March, 7,257 single-

family homes were up for sale on the GLVAR’s listing service without any offers, down 1 percent from February but up 12 percent from a year ago.

Real estate agents have attributed the rise in ignored listings to sellers, emboldened by the investor-fueled run-up in prices the past few years, overpricing their homes.

Last month, Lynam said real estate agents want clients to “realistically” set prices at fair market value.

“Certainly some of the blame should be squarely placed on our members,” he said last month, “but the trend of homes on the market with no offers is rising, and that is troubling.”

Bounce in home sales might signal listings at ‘more realistic prices’

Nazarian returns to SBE Entertainment


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Reid strives to add ban on online gaming to his legacyBY J.D. MORRISSTAFF WRITER

One of Sen. Harry Reid’s priorities in his remaining months in office is to outlaw online gaming.

Asked in a radio interview this month about a proposed ban in Congress, Reid said “online gaming is not good for our country” but he thought online poker would be good for Nevada. If the House of Representatives were to pass the ban, Reid said, the Senate would “give it a good, hard try.”

In the past, Reid has supported ex-empting online poker, which is legal in Nevada, from a broader online gam-ing ban. But in a recent interview on KNPR’s “State of Nevada” talk show, Reid wasn’t clear about whether he would try to carve out a poker exemp-tion in the current bill, which is backed by Las Vegas Sands CEO Sheldon Adel-son.

“Well, we will see what the legisla-tion does — we will see what the House

does,” Reid said when asked if he supported Adel-son’s push for a complete ban. “But I think, for the state of Nevada, online gaming is not the direction we should go.”

The Senate minority leader’s com-ments give momentum to a federal ban moving through the House, although much of the casino industry is fight-ing back. Meanwhile, some states are continuing to look at expanding online gaming.

MOMENTUM AGAINST ONLINE GAMING IN CONGRESS

The ban, proposed in legislation called the Restoration of America’s Wire Act, would essentially reverse a 2011 Department of Justice opinion that opened the door for legal online

gaming. The legislation also was intro-duced in the last Congress.

This time around, with Republicans now in control of both chambers, the ban has made more progress. The ver-sion introduced in the House by Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, picked up more co-sponsors than it did last year. And last month, some members of the House conducted a hearing on the legislation.

With the support of Adelson, a major Republican donor, the bill has a power-ful force behind it. Support from Reid, the Senate minority leader, could take it even further.

“I think (Reid) hears Mr. Adelson’s position, and I think the fact that they share that position speaks volumes about where he is on the issue,” said Adelson ally Andy Abboud.

But opponents of an online gaming ban have their own strong supporters, including casino giant Caesars Enter-tainment and the Poker Players Alli-ance. John Pappas, the executive direc-tor of the alliance, said he hoped Reid was still favorable toward online poker.

“Sen. Reid has been a vocal supporter of Internet poker and the regulation of Internet poker, and I certainly hope that position has not changed,” Pappas said. “I think there’s clearly one casino interest in the state that opposes this, but Mr. Reid does have a lot of other ca-sino interests and home-state employ-ers that are very interested in seeing Internet poker be prosperous.”

The three states with existing online gaming industries — Nevada, New Jer-sey and Delaware — aren’t the only ones that stand to be affected by the legisla-tion. Pappas said states that allow some form of lottery activity online would also be affected, widening the scope of business interests that stand to be hurt by a ban.

Given the political and logistical complications, Morgan Stanley said in a recent report that while the ban “could be gaining momentum,” it prob-ably wouldn’t pass Congress, according to the Associated Press.

“We believe a federal ban of online gaming is unlikely given legislators’ split views,” the firm said. “While the bill may advance out of committee, we believe it faces long odds of passing, es-pecially without carve-outs for online lotteries and existing online gaming states.”

MOMENTUM FOR ONLINE GAMING IN THE STATES

In states where it’s legal, online gam-ing has not been much of an economic

boon.At its peak, online poker brought in

a little more than $1 million in Nevada last June, compared with the state’s overall gaming revenue that month of nearly $907 million. State gaming offi-cials stopped reporting revenue for the game after Ultimate Poker, then one of Nevada’s three legal sites, shut down.

In New Jersey — which isn’t lim-ited to poker — the situation is bet-ter, but it’s still not a huge economic driver. There, online gaming brought in $10.4 million in February, compared with total monthly gaming revenue of $178.4 million.

Morgan Stanley also slashed nearly in half its estimate of how large the nation’s online gaming market could become. It said the online gaming mar-ket could reach $2.7 billion by 2020, instead of the $5 billion it predicted earlier.

In addition to moral arguments against online gaming, Abboud be-lieves the unimpressive revenue fig-ures support a ban that includes poker.

“It is very clear from the performance in Nevada as well as New Jersey ... that online poker is not an economically vi-able market, and has not provided any true economic benefit,” he said.

Nonetheless, online gaming has grown some — and may grow more — at the state level. This month, a network allowing gamblers in Nevada and Dela-ware to play online poker with each other went live. Gov. Brian Sandoval had nothing but praise for the develop-ment, proclaiming in a statement that Nevada and Delaware were “at the van-guard of Internet gaming.”

“The gaming industry is evolving, and Nevada is evolving with it,” Sando-val said.

Other states, notably California and Pennsylvania, have toyed with the idea of legalizing online gaming, which would help expand the nationwide mar-ket. It also could help the existing state markets if they were to pool players.

Morgan Stanley’s report expects that online gaming won’t expand to any more states this year but anticipates that it will eventually become legal in California, Pennsylvania, New York and Illinois.

While Congress — boosted by Reid — considers going in the opposite direc-tion, Pappas said he didn’t think that would hold back state-level progress.

“I think states actually would say, if the federal government is going to act, then maybe it’s appropriate for us to get out in front of that,” he said.

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HIRING VETERANS, FROM PAGE 1

250,000 veterans transition to civilian life each yearAlfonso-Zea — who is from New York but moved to Southern Nevada about four years ago — was unprepared for the physical and emotional challenges she faced along with the lack of resources for transitioning veterans, particularly in finding a job.

“It was very scary and frustrating,” said Alfonso-Zea, who was homeless temporarily and struggled with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and alco-hol addiction. “I was unable to walk or find a job, and the hoops I had to jump through to get the right guidance made me feel like a circus animal.”

Hope came in the form of Goodwill of Southern Nevada’s Veteran Inte-gration Program (VIP), a veteran-to-veteran peer-assistance initiative that provides participants and their families tools to transition from active duty to civilian life while advancing professionally and establishing finan-cial stability. Launched in late 2012, VIP offers job training and placement, résumé-writing assistance, mock in-terviews, access to job fairs and trade-school tuition. It also provides bus passes, gas cards, clothing vouchers and funds for work cards.

VIP was the brainchild of Eliza-beth McDaniels, Goodwill’s director of mission services, who recognized a gap in local services that needed to be bridged.

“We started seeing an influx of vet-erans in our career center, and they had some barriers that were differ-ent from the general public, such as translating their federal résumés with military job descriptions to a one-page civilian résumé and also identifying and developing the transferable skills they learned in the military,” McDan-iels said.

Other issues included a stiff presen-tation learned from the formality of military culture and a sense of pride that sometimes came across as arro-gance in interviews.

Launched with a $350,000 grant from Nevada Women’s Philanthro-py, the program recently received $200,000 from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation.

“VIP reflected the intersection of

two critical issues: reintegrating vet-erans to our communities, and work-force development and job creation for Southern Nevadans,” Nevada Women’s Philanthropy President Kel-ly Cavanagh said.

Since its inception, VIP has helped more than 500 local veterans find jobs, including Alfonso-Zea, who was at a professional impasse when she was referred to the program.

Working with a counselor who also was a veteran — a key element of the program’s success — Alfonso-Zea ob-tained a scholarship for computer classes that prepared her to land a po-sition in information technology with a local casino.

“With all my hiccups, it took almost a full year, but I don’t think I would be here if not for the program and my counselor, Shawn Schwiesow, who worked day and night (on my behalf ),” said Alfonso-Zea, who was honored March 5 as VIP’s “Client of the Year.”

U.S. Air Force veteran Dawn Doug-las had a similar experience with VIP when she retired last year after 20 years of military service. Referred to the program by a mentor who also re-tired from the Air Force, Douglas be-gan searching for employment even before relocating to Southern Nevada last year.

“It was scary and stressful to transi-tion from the military mindset to the civilian mindset, and I hit some stum-

bling blocks,” Douglas said. Now employed by a pharmaceuti-

cal company, Douglas appreciated the program’s veteran-to-veteran ap-proach.

“I can’t stress how awesome it is to have somebody who has been where you are helping you through the pro-cess because nobody can better re-late,” she said.

The Department of Defense esti-mates 250,000 veterans transition from military to civilian life each year. A 2014 poll of veterans by The Wash-ington Post and Kaiser Family Foun-dation found half had difficulty adjust-ing, although their expectations for employment were optimistic. Sixty-six percent believed they had the educa-tion and skills to be competitive in the job market, 81 percent thought their military skills would translate well to the civilian market and 62 percent thought employers would see their military service as an advantage.

“From day one, the military focuses on leadership, teamwork and work ethic,” McDaniels said, adding that veterans are accustomed to multitask-ing, working with a diverse popula-tion, following directions and meeting deadlines. “These qualities translate to any job, at any level of responsibil-ity and are what employers tell us they are looking for when hiring new em-ployees.”

In Southern Nevada, many com-panies recognize the value veterans bring to the table.

Station Casinos, for instance, has a long-standing tradition of military and veteran support. Last year, Sta-tion launched Operation Thank You, which includes an ongoing effort to hire servicemen and women. Of Sta-tion Casinos’ roughly 12,000 em-ployees in Southern Nevada, a few thousand are veterans, including the general managers at both Red Rock Resort and Green Valley Ranch Re-sort.

“Since as far back as 2000, we’ve had a special place in our hearts for veter-ans and started looking into programs to hire them,” said Valerie Murzl, Sta-tion’s senior vice president of human resources. “Veterans bring a wealth of

talent and strength to our company. Not only have they been trained to lead by example, they show amazing initiative and inspire others through teamwork.”

BY THE NUMBERS*n 22 million: Number of U.S. veter-ans n 2 million: Number of female U.S. veterans n 228,000: Number of Nevada veterans Source: Department of Veterans Affairs

* As of Sept. 30

VETERAN UNEMPLOYMENT*n 5.3 percent: Unemployment rate among all veterans n 6.7 percent: Unemployment rate among post-9/11 veterans n 5.5 percent: National unemploy-ment rate Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

* As of February

RESOURCES FOR VETERANS

n VetSuccess.org: Spon-sored by the U.S. Depart-ment of Veterans Affairs, the site allows veterans to post their résumés and employ-ers to post job openings.

n NVCareerCenter.org: The local outlet of the One-Stop Career Center offers employment and training services for job-seekers.

n VetJobs.com: Endorsed by multiple veteran-service organizations, this site offers a job board and monthly newsletter for veterans.

n RecruitMilitary.com: A veteran-owned firm with a focus on education, train-ing, veteran jobs, civilian careers and more.

n H2H.jobs (Hero2Hired): Transitioning vets can create and post résumés and search for jobs with military-friendly companies.

n VeteranJobsMission.com: A coalition of more than 180 U.S. companies com-mitted to hiring veterans.

n TAOnline.com (Transi-tional Assistance Online): A one-stop shop for tran-sitioning armed service members and veterans.

n MyNextMove.org/vets: A tool from the U.S. Depart-ment of Labor for tran-sitioning veterans who are unsure about civilian careers.

n CareerCommandPost.com: Connects active and veteran military members with civilian employers.

“With all my hiccups, it took almost a full year, but I don’t think I would be here

if not for the program and my counselor, Shawn Schwiesow, who worked day and night (on my behalf).”

— Cristina Alfonso-Zea, who was honored March 5 as VIP’s Client of the Year


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Calendar of eventsTUESDAY, APRIL 21

The Nevada Chapter of

RIMS educational meeting

Time: 11 a.m. Cost: $27 for members and $30 for

nonmembers with RSVP, $32 for members and

$35 for nonmembers without RSVP

Location: Lawry’s the Prime Rib, 4043 Howard

Hughes Parkway, Las Vegas

Information: Visit nevada.rims.org/home or

email [email protected]

Jeff Phillips of Pricewaterhouse Cooper will dis-

cuss cyber security strategies.

UNLV International

Business honors luncheon

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

$55 at the door

Location: Maggiano’s Little Italy, 3200 Las Ve-

gas Blvd. South, Las Vegas

Information: Visit unlv.edu/business

UNLV students and faculty whose research focus-

es on Latin America will be awarded funds from

the Business Spanish Experience grant. Nathan

Younge, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency’s

regional director for Latin America and the Carib-

bean, will be the guest speaker.

Chamber Connections

Time: 5:30-7 p.m. Cost: Membership costs $120

for six months

Location: 575 Symphony Park Ave., Suite 100

Information: Call Roya Khavari at 702-743-9354

or email [email protected]

Network with other business professionals at this

monthly meeting.

Chamber Voices Toastmasters

Time: 10:45 a.m.-noon Cost: Free for mem-

bers and guests (membership costs $54 for six

months)

Location: 575 Symphony Park Ave., Suite 100

Information: Call Deborah Makiri at 702-586-

3887

Improve your communication skills in your per-

sonal and professional life.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22

Construction Financial

Management Association luncheon

Time: 11:30 a.m. Cost: $30 for members, $40 for

nonmembers

Location: Lawry’s the Prime Rib, 4043 Howard

Hughes Parkway, Las Vegas

Information: Visit cafe.cfma.org/allevents/up-

comingevents

Jeff Gartenberg of Automatic Data Processing

will discuss how businesses can ensure they are in

compliance with the Affordable Care Act.

Keystone annual luncheon

Time: 12-1:30 p.m. Cost: $35

Location: Veil Event Pavilion at Silverton, 333

Blue Diamond Road, Las Vegas

Information: Email [email protected]

Marc Tucker, a visiting distinguished fellow at the

Harvard Graduate School of Education, will discuss

how the United States could adopt strategies of

foreign education systems.

Financial fraud and asset recovery panel

Time: 5:30-7:30 p.m. Cost: $35 for members,

$45 for nonmembers

Location: Las Vegas Country Club, 3000 S. Joe

W. Brown Drive, Las Vegas

Information: Visit turnaround.org/events/calen-

dar

Attendees can learn tips on how to minimize and

avoid fraud in their businesses.

Focus Las Vegas

Time: 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $499 for members

of the Metro Chamber of Commerce; $699 for

nonmembers

Location: InNEVation Center, third floor, 6795

Edmond St., Las Vegas

Information: Contact Kimberly Bagdasarian at

702-586-3809

This two-day program — the second day is

April 29 — gives participants an insider’s look at

the Las Vegas Valley and a crash course in the

systems that shape Southern Nevada.

THURSDAY, APRIL 23

PRSA - Las Vegas Valley chapter

Time: 5:30-7:30 p.m. Cost: $20 for members

with RSVP by April 20, $25 for members,

$25 for nonmembers with RSVP by April 20,

$30 for nonmembers

Location: The Sayers Club at SLS Vegas, 2535

Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas

Information: Visit prsalasvegas.com

Appetizers will be served as guests network with

public relations personnel and executives.

Las Vegas Asian Chamber

of Commerce monthly luncheon

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

$45 for nonmembers

Location: Gold Coast, 400 Flamingo Road, Las

Vegas

Information: Visit lvacc.org

Dominic Ng, chairman and CEO of East West

Bancorp and East West Bank, will be the guest

speaker.

STOPfakes Roadshow

Time: Registration begins 8:30 a.m. Cost: $50

Location: Desert Research Institute, 755 E. Fla-

mingo Road, Las Vegas

Information: Visit stopfakes.gov/roadshows

Attendees can learn how best to protect their

intellectual property.

FRIDAY, APRIL 24

BLM Mojave-Southern Great Basin

Resource Advisory Council meeting

Time: 8 a.m. Cost: Free

Location: BLM Southern Nevada District Office,

4701 N. Torrey Pines Drive, Las Vegas

Information: Visit blm.gov

The Resource Advisory Council will make recom-

mendations to the BLM about public land manage-

ment. Discussion items will include the Southern

Nevada District Resource Management Plan, the

Dry Lake Solar Energy Zone and Mitigation, and

transmission and corridors.

The Associated General Contractors

of Las Vegas quarterly membership luncheon

Time: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $50 for members,

$60 for nonmembers

Location: SLS Vegas, 2535 Las Vegas Blvd.

South, Las Vegas

Information: Visit agclv.org/events

Sam Nicholson, president of Grand Canyon

Development Partners, will present plans for the

$373 million Lucky Dragon Hotel & Casino.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29

Conventions Services Association meeting

Time: 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Cost: $30 for mem-

bers, $35 for nonmembers

Location: Cabo Wabo Cantina at Planet Holly-

wood, 3663 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas

Information: Visit conventionservicesassocia-

tionlasvegas.org

Joshua Jones of Hosts Las Vegas will be the

guest speaker.

Nevada Restaurant

Association’s April Mix and Mingle

Time: 4-6 p.m. Cost: Free for restaurant opera-

tors, managers and chefs, $15 for NRA Allied

members, $25 for nonmembers, $35 at the door

Location: Mercadito at Red Rock Hotel, 11011 W.

Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas

Information: Visit nvra.site-ym.com/events

Restaurant operators, chefs, managers and ven-

dors will be available to answer questions about

the restaurant industry.

THURSDAY, APRIL 30

Nevada Industry Excellence Workshop

Time: 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Cost: $199

Location: Desert Research Institute at 755 E.

Flamingo Road, Las Vegas

Information: Visit nevadaie.com

Attendees can learn techniques for increasing

and improving manufacturing equipment output

and productivity while reducing breakdowns and

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CHAPTER 7Allard Enterprises Inc.4705 Largo WayLas Vegas, NV 89121Attorney: Janet Trost at [email protected]

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The Putt Park LLC501 S. Rancho Drive, Suite H-56Las Vegas, NV 89106Attorney: Janet Trost at [email protected]

CHAPTER 11Pahrump 88 LLC3455 Cliff Shadows Parkway, Suite 220Las Vegas, NV 89129Attorney: Randy M. Creighton at [email protected]

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$1,991,000 for 26,700 square feet, industrialAddress: 2313 Mendenhall Drive, North Las Vegas 89081Seller: Sutta & Sutta LLCSeller agent: Mark Kincaid of For-ever 99 RealtyBuyer: Herrick Family LLCBuyer agent: Neil Sorkin and Leo Biedermann of Cushman & Wake-field Commerce

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$415,000 for 5,400 square feet, industrialAddress: 410 Mark Leany Drive, Henderson 89011Seller: M&R Leasing LLCSeller agent: Jack Holler Commer-cial Real EstateBuyer: No Sweat Mechanical LLCBuyer agent: Jarrad Katz and Galit Kimerling of MDL Group

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$497,000 for 2,500 square feet, retail for 96 months6090 S. Rainbow Blvd., Las Vegas 89118Landlord: 7-Eleven Inc.Landlord agent: Liz Clare and Jackie Young of Avison YoungTenant: Jonathan PluvinetTenant agent: Ryan Hogge

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$144,980 for 9,837 square feet, office/warehouse for 36 months3828 Civic Center Drive, Suite 115, North Las Vegas 89030Landlord: Civic Center Properties LLCLandlord agent: Jarrad Katz and Galit Kimerling of MDL Group Tenant: MVP Trans Inc.Tenant agent: Ron Mendicino of Mendicino Commercial Realty Inc.

$142,856 for 1,220 square feet, retail for 60 months1700 N. Buffalo Drive, Suite 103, Las Vegas 89128Landlord: New Deal-Seabreeze LLCLandlord agent: Chris Emanuel and Kammy Bridge of Virtus Com-mercialTenant: AIS Insurance Services Inc.Tenant agent: Chris Emanuel and Kammy Bridge of Virtus Com-mercial

$126,720 for 2,560 square feet, retail for 60 months1750 S. Rainbow Blvd., Suites 3, 4 and 5, Las Vegas 89146Landlord: Rainbow Express Center LLCLandlord agent: Neil Dela Cruz and Hillary Steinberg of MDL GroupTenant: Hearts Alive VillageTenant agent: Did not disclose

BUSINESS LICENSES

Kelly RifeBusiness type: Real estate salesAddress: 5550 Painted Mirage Road, Suite 140, Las Vegas Owner: James Scott

KN Auto GlassBusiness type: Trucking - service vehicle Address: 4470 Vegas Valley Drive, Las Vegas

Owner: Ken Yosef Nissan

Kory SagersBusiness type: Solicitors and ped-dlers Address: 285 Wharf Landing St., HendersonOwner: Kory Sagers

Lance LavigneBusiness type: Real estate salesAddress: 8330 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 110, Las Vegas Owner: Lance Lavigne

BUILDING PERMITS

$426,360, tenant improvement2010 Goldring Ave., Suite 306, Las VegasD.C. Building Group LLC

$391,955, wall and/or fence397 Fox Hills Drive, Las VegasDesert Plastering LLC

$325,000, tenant improvement905 S. Grand Central Parkway, Suite 1775, Las VegasLakeview Construction Inc.

$317,279, residential-new9631 Porcupine Hills Court, Las VegasToll North LV LLC

$317,279, residential-new9630 Widgeon Court, Las VegasToll North LV LLC

$317,279, residential-new9631 Widgeon Court, Las VegasToll North LV LLC

$317,279, residential-new7040 Royal Antelope St., Las VegasToll North LV LLC

$310,950, office warehouse-improvements509 W. Sunset Road, HendersonSunset Pointe Group LLC

$237,000, retail sales5739 E. Russell Road, HendersonAOSW LLC

$231,837, residential-complete model2924 Richmar Ave., HendersonSandmark Holdings LLC

$230,672, residential-complete model389 Cactus Stream Court, Hen-dersonCentury Communities Nevada LLC

$227,663, residential-new6540 Claystone Creek Court, North Las VegasPardee Homes of Nevada

$226,000, tenant improvement6905 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 170, Las VegasNevada Filter Service

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$225,000, tenant improvement2246 Paradise Road, Las VegasBuilders Customer Service Admin



$200,623, residential-new9621 Porcupine Hills Court, Las VegasToll North LV LLC

$194,684, residential-complete model2940 Richmar Ave., HendersonMagnum Contracting LLP

$189,084, residential-complete model12 Inverbeg St., HendersonD.R. Horton Inc.

$185,647, residential-new12213 Nasino Ave., Las VegasPulte Homes of Nevada

$175,008, residential-new3264 Grayson Lake Court, Las VegasAdaven Homes LLC

$169,621, residential-complete model726 Gulf Pearl Drive, HendersonKB Home LV Pearl Creek LLC

$167,685, residential-new12241 Nasino Ave., Las VegasPulte Homes of Nevada

$167,685, residential-new332 Evante St., Las VegasPulte Homes of Nevada

$165,241, residential-complete model742 Coral Dunes St., HendersonD.R. Horton Inc.

$163,189, residential-complete model1125 Buckhorn Cove St., HendersonBeazer Home Holdings Corp.

$162,302, residential-complete model1901 Galleria Spada St., HendersonToll Henderson LLC

$160,416, residential-complete model216 Inverbeg St., HendersonD.R. Horton Inc.

$154,866, residential-new7299 Durango Park St., Las VegasToll North LV LLC

$153,054, residential-new3913 Celebration Cove St., North Las Vegas

Richmond American Homes of Nevada

$149,699, residential-new486 Port Reggio St., Las VegasK.B. Home Nevada Inc.

$148,827, residential-complete model1985 Galleria Spada St., HendersonToll Henderson LLC

$148,000, mechanical700 Shadow Lane, Las VegasGibson Air Conditioning Company

$147,148, residential-new1004 Peaceful Glen Court, North Las VegasPardee Homes of Nevada

$145,500, residential-complete model828 Loch Katrine Ave., HendersonD.R. Horton Inc.


$143,005, residential-complete model2656 Soda Butte Court, HendersonKB Home LV Pearl Creek LLC

$142,483, residential-new6709 Bristle Falls St., Las VegasRyland Homes

$141,198, residential-new7295 Durango Park St., Las VegasToll North LV LLC





$137,445, wall and/or fence9724 W. Deer Springs Way, Las VegasFrehner Masonry Inc.

$137,294, residential-complete model888 Lynne Harbor Ave., HendersonKB Home LV Pearl Creek LLC

$137,000, tenant improvement3280 N. Cimarron Road, Las VegasF.E.I. Construction

$135,162, disaster5916 Cancun Ave., Las VegasKalb Industries of Nevada Ltd.

$134,743, residential-complete model738 Coral Dunes St. , HendersonD.R. Horton Inc.




$132,764, residential-new3613 Corte Bella Hills Ave., North Las VegasJ.F. Shea Co. Inc.

$121,000, pool and/or spa8303 Nebula Cloud Ave., Las VegasEdgewater Custom Pools

$120,000, tenant improvement2365 E. Bonanza Road, Las VegasBuffalo Builders Inc.






$106,108, building-renewal4365 Shady River Ave., North Las VegasBobby Williamson

$106,108, building-renewal6205 Silver Bank St., North Las VegasKB Home Nevada Inc.

$106,108, residential-new4369 Shady River Ave., North Las VegasKB Home Nevada Inc.

$103,232, residential-new12229 Terrace Verde Ave., Las VegasKB Home Nevada Inc.

$102,527, residential-complete model3132 Biccari Ave., HendersonKB Home Nevada Inc.

$102,527, residential-complete model714 Gulf Pearl Drive, HendersonKB Home LV Pearl Creek LLC




$100,444, residential-new5856 Brown Tree Lane, North Las VegasBeazer Home Holdings Corp.

$100,364, residential-complete model1037 Via Gandalfi, HendersonCentury Communities Nevada LLC

$99,839, tenant improvement3150 N. Tenaya Way, Suite 125, Las VegasPJ Becker & Sons Construction

$89,759, tenant improvement500 N. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 100, Las VegasBeacon Southwest LLC

$89,759, tenant improvement501 N. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 105, Las VegasBeacon Southwest LLC

$86,391, residential-complete model587 Via Fulvia, HendersonCentury Communities Nevada LLC

$77,840, pool and/or spa5555 Mello Ave., Las VegasPoolscapes LLC

$74,594, electrical5204 Hackberry Hill Ave., Las VegasSolarCity Corporation

$73,500, commercial-remodel10608 S. Eastern Ave., HendersonHorizon Properties LLC

$72,000, commercial-remodel1051 Olsen St., Suite 3511, Hen-dersonWallin Construction LLC

$65,000, tenant improvement1134 S. Rainbow Blvd., Las VegasC.R. Construction LLC

$55,000, tenant improvement1000 S. Rainbow Blvd., Las VegasCharger Construction LLC

$54,970, electrical1415 W. Bonanza Road, Las VegasMurphy Electric

$52,000, commercial-repairs/upgrade5801 W. Charleston Blvd., Las VegasEast Bay Construction

$50,412, electrical10665 Silver Pyramid Court, Las VegasSolarCity Corporation

$50,000, tenant improvement5000 Alta Drive, Las VegasAmerican Southwest Electric

$48,682, electrical2909 N. Michael Way, Las VegasSolarCity Corporation

$48,682, electrical2240 Oasis Palm Court, Las VegasSolarCity Corporation

CONVENTIONS

AFCOM Data Center - Global Conference 2015Location: MirageDates: April 19-23Expected attendance: 1,500

CinemaCon 2015Location: Caesars PalaceDates: April 20-23Expected attendance: 6,000

National Association of Tobacco Outlets Inc. - NATO 2015 Annual TradeshowLocation: ParisDates: April 21-23Expected attendance: 1,200

The Car Wash Show 2015Location: Las Vegas Convention CenterDates: April 23-25Expected attendance: 5,800

Bick International - Coin, Cur-rency, Jewelry & Stamp ExpoLocation: OrleansDates: April 24-26Expected attendance: 1,000

Wizard World - Las Vegas Comic ConLocation: Las Vegas Convention CenterDates: April 24-26Expected attendance: 1,500

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Source: VEGAS INC research. It is not the intent of this list to endorse the participants or to imply that the listing of a company indicates its quality. Although every attempt is made to ensure the accuracy and thoroughness of VEGAS INC lists,

omissions sometimes occur. Please send corrections or additions on company letterhead to Pashtana Usufzy, researcher, VEGAS INC, 2360 Corporate Circle, Third Floor, Henderson, NV 89074.

CATEGORY: MANUFACTURERS(RANKED BY NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES AS OF FEB. 28)

Company Established Employees Products Top executive

1 Scientific Games6650 S. El Camino RoadLas Vegas, NV 89118702-532-7700 • scientificgames.com

1989 1,200 Slot machines, table game products, iGaming and mobile solutions, casino management systems, lottery systems and solutions

Gavin Isaacs, president, CEO

2 International Game Technology6355 S. Buffalo DriveLas Vegas, NV 89113702-669-7777 • igt.com

1981 800 Gaming machines, networking services, equipment sales

Renato Ascoli, IGT CEO North America Gaming and Interactive and DoubleDown

3 Aristocrat Technologies7230 Amigo St.Las Vegas, NV 89119702-270-1000 • aristocrat-us.com

1963 600 Slot machines, casino management systems, virtual casinos, mobile game apps

Maureen Sweeny, chief commercial officer

4a Konami Gaming Inc.585 Konami CircleLas Vegas, NV 89119702-616-1400 • konamigaming.com

2000 400 Casino slot machines, management systems and technology

Steve Sutherland, chief operating officer

4b GCA7250 S. Tenaya Way, Suite 100Las Vegas, NV 891131-800-833-7110 • gcainc.com

Did not disclose

400 ATMs, jackpot kiosks, compliance and efficiency software, video and mechanical reel-spinning gaming content

Ram Chary, CEO

6 Creel Printing Co.6330 W. Sunset RoadLas Vegas, NV 89118702-735-8161 • creelprinting.com

1953 375 Publications, catalogs, direct mail, newspapers, digital and on-demand printing, direct mail, commercial prints

Allan Creel, CEO

7 Yesco LLC5119 S. Cameron St.Las Vegas, NV 89118702-876-8080 • yesco.com/lasvegas

1945 371 Electrical and electronic signs Wes Van Dyke, vice president region manager

8 Eagle Promotions4575 W. Post RoadLas Vegas, NV 89118702-388-7100 • theeagledesigngroup.com

2001 180 Promotional products and retail apparel Sean Ono and Mario Stadtlander, owners

9 Bon Breads Baking Co. Inc.4690 W. Teco Ave.Las Vegas, NV 89118702-380-1080 • bonbreads.com

1999 150 Artisan breads Carlos Pereira, master baker

10 Spacecraft Components Corp.3040 Clayton St.North Las Vegas, NV 89032702-851-7600 • spacecraft.com

1963 130 Electrical connectors for industrial and military use

Craig Wiseman, president

11 JCM Global925 E. Pilot RoadLas Vegas, NV 89119702-651-0000 • jcmglobal.com

1990 120 Bill validators, peripheral currency transaction equipment

Aki Isoi, president

12 Tronox560 W. Lake Mead ParkwayHenderson, NV 89015702-651-2200 • tronox.com

1945 105 Electrolytic products Rick Stater, Henderson plant manager

13 Majesty Bakeries5230 S. Valley View Blvd.Las Vegas, NV 89118702-795-9130 • majestybakeries.com

2000 50 Breads, cakes, desserts, pastries Tasi Autele, CEO

14 Interblock711 E. Pilot RoadLas Vegas, NV 89119702-260-1384 • interblockgaming.com

2002 36 Electronic table games and equipment John Connelly, CEO

15 Real Water3208 W. Desert Inn RoadLas Vegas, NV 89102702-310-5437 • drinkrealwater.com

2007 33 Premium alkalized bottled water Brent Jones, owner, president

16 SCP Manufacturing3040 Clayton St.North Las Vegas, NV 89032702-851-7600

2010 30 Machine shop Craig Wiseman, president


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S P E C I A L P U B L I C A T I O N

S P O N S O R E D B Y

HEADLINERS 2015

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Put the knowledge and experience of nearly 1,000 physicians nationwide on your front line.

Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada treats more patients than all other Nevada treatment centers combined. We are also affiliated with The US Oncology Network – one of the nation’s largest networks of community-based oncology practices.

No matter what you face, chances are we’ve faced it before. Our experience runs hundreds of thousands of patients deep. Our knowledge is informed by decades of unique cases. The highly qualified Comprehensive oncologist taking care of you is, in fact, leading an entire army into battle for you.

Ask your doctor about Comprehensive. Visit cccnevada.com for more information or call 702.952.3350 to schedule an appointment today.

The US Oncology Network is supported by McKesson Specialty Health. © 2015 McKesson Specialty Health. All rights reserved.

United in Healing

UNITED TO REDEFINE CANCER CARE

WHEN YOU’RE IN THE FIGHT OF YOUR LIFE, IT HELPS TO HAVE AN ARMY ON YOUR SIDE.

Chris Irwin and Wife

Diagnosis: Head and Neck Cancer

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Put the knowledge and experience of nearly 1,000 physicians nationwide on your front line.

Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada treats more patients than all other Nevada treatment centers combined. We are also affiliated with The US Oncology Network – one of the nation’s largest networks of community-based oncology practices.

No matter what you face, chances are we’ve faced it before. Our experience runs hundreds of thousands of patients deep. Our knowledge is informed by decades of unique cases. The highly qualified Comprehensive oncologist taking care of you is, in fact, leading an entire army into battle for you.

Ask your doctor about Comprehensive. Visit cccnevada.com for more information or call 702.952.3350 to schedule an appointment today.

The US Oncology Network is supported by McKesson Specialty Health. © 2015 McKesson Specialty Health. All rights reserved.

United in Healing

UNITED TO REDEFINE CANCER CARE

WHEN YOU’RE IN THE FIGHT OF YOUR LIFE, IT HELPS TO HAVE AN ARMY ON YOUR SIDE.

Chris Irwin and Wife

Diagnosis: Head and Neck Cancer

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W elcome to our ninth edi-

tion of Health Care Head-

liners. It’s our chance to

introduce you to a few people who

are making a big di� erence in local

health care.

The names came from nomina-

tions that we accepted on vegasinc.

com and resulted in bringing to us

some truly outstanding people who

have helped hundreds, if not thou-

sands, of our friends and neighbors.

If you fi nd yourself in the Level-1

trauma center at UMC, it’s probably

not for a bake sale. Katie Ryan, our honoree in the Emergency Services

category, works there, proudly coming up with solutions that save

precious seconds when lives are on the line.

John Anson, a neurosurgeon with the Spine and Brain Institute and

our honoree in the Physician category, is saving lives outside of the

operating room by helping Metro’s Search and Rescue team in his o�

hours. He gives more than 150 volunteer hours in any given year as a

member of their tactical medical team, sometimes going straight from

surgery to the site of a rescue.

In the Volunteer category, we opted to honor approximately 350

people. They represent the American Cancer Society Cancer Action

Network, which is challenging legislators to provide greater public

access to care, funding, prevention and detection programs.

Our honoree in the Nursing category, Joyce Malaskovitz, is helping

fi ght diabetes, which a� ects 9.3 percent of the American population.

It’s a tough number to think about because diabetes is preventable.

Nursing home advocate Charles Perry’s attention is devoted to

post-acute medical care, something many people don’t think about

until later in life. Thanks to his tireless e� orts, the golden years of some

of Southern Nevada’s population are a little bit better, making him an

easy choice for our Lifetime Achievement honor.

There are more people being honored in these pages. I hope you’ll

enjoy learning about them as much as we did. A special thanks goes

to our sponsors: Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada, Roseman

University and UMC, as well as Century Link and Desert Radiologists;

we appreciate your support and important role in the health care

industry.

Craig PetersonSpecial Publications Editor

[email protected]

— F R O M T H E E D I T O R —

8A Lifetime Achievement Charles Perry

9A Manager/Administrator Kimball Anderson

11A Physician Dr. John Anson

11A Nursing Joyce Malaskovitz

13A Community Outreach Heidi Parker

13A Volunteer ACS CAN

14A Innovation Dr. Dhiraj Narula

17A Emergency Services Katie Ryan

19A Education Dr. Dylan Wint

— T H E H O N O R E E S —


A s a proud sponsor of VEGAS INC’s 2015 Health Care Headliners event, Comprehensive Cancer

Centers of Nevada (CCCN) would like to congratulate this year’s outstanding honorees. At CCCN, we embrace the op-portunity to join forces with profession-als across the health care spectrum, such as all of the honorees, to strengthen the overall medical community in Southern Nevada.

For more than 35 years, CCCN has been a true advocate for quality cancer care. Today, we o� er 11 treatment cen-ters and o� ces throughout Southern Nevada focused on medical oncology, hematology, radiation oncology, breast surgery and clinical research. In June, we will add a new pulmonary division to our multidisciplinary practice, adding more services for our patients. Over the years, the practice has been dedicated to developing one of the largest clinical research programs in the state. CCCN o� ers 170 Phase I, Phase II and Phase III studies each year and has helped devel-op 54 FDA-approved cancer therapies, accounting for nearly one-third of all approved cancer therapies to date. For the most groundbreaking cancer treat-ments and therapies available, patients across the country turn to CCCN for ac-cess to research.

Our commitment to quality care doesn’t stop there. We continue to look for new ways to further expand our ex-pertise and seamless flow of patient care. An example of this our new pulmo-nary division, o� ering more services to patients with lung and bronchus cancer

– the leading cause of cancer deaths in Nevada. Additionally, we plan to o� er lung cancer screenings for people at high risk of developing lung cancer. We are proud to witness and collaborate with other medical professionals, orga-nizations and research institutions dur-ing such an invigorating time for health care in Southern Nevada. Many of our community’s headlines are focused on the positive initiatives and innovations stemming from our confi nes, from grow-ing research programs and enhancing medical tourism to establishing new medical schools and expanding gradu-ate medical education.

Together, we can keep this positive momentum going and ultimately make Southern Nevada an even better (and healthier) place to call home.

To all of the Headliners, congratula-tions and thank you for your selfl ess and compassionate e� orts in our community.

James Kilber, MBAExecutive Director

O n behalf of Roseman University of Health Sciences, we are hon-ored to sponsor and recognize

the 2015 VEGAS INC Health Care Head-liners. Congratulations to the outstand-ing individuals who are being awarded for their contributions to improving the quality and delivery of health care in Southern Nevada.

Roseman University aspires to trans-form health care education, advance care and touch lives. Since our founding in Henderson in 1999, Roseman Univer-sity has been committed to educating a new generation of health care leaders in the areas of pharmacy, nursing, dental medicine and health care business. Our more than 2,500 graduates are highly skilled, compassionate professionals who have contributed to enhancing the quality of life in our state, the surround-ing region and across the nation. We are very proud of our Roseman University alumni for their accomplishments.

We are also proud of our institu-tion’s impact on the economic vitality of our region. Over the past 15 years, the university’s total capital investment in Nevada exceeds $97 million and we have brought more than $650 million

in revenues to Nevada while promoting its health care capacity. As a non profi t, we have accomplished this without tax-payer support. Today, our campuses in Henderson and Summerlin employ more than 250 faculty and sta� in Southern Nevada with annual payroll and benefi ts exceeding $29 million.

Looking into the future, Roseman University is reaffirming our commit-ment to Southern Nevada through the development of an MD-granting (al-lopathic) college of medicine. Housed at our 327,000 square-foot Summerlin campus, the college of medicine is pro-gressing through the accreditation pro-cess with the goal of enrolling its fi rst class of 60 medical students in 2017. The university and college of medicine are also working in collaboration with edu-cation and health care partners in the community to expand graduate medical education opportunities in the region with the goal of retaining more doctors to meet health care needs of our com-munities.

Renee Co� man, PhDPresident

As a business owner, you’remany things, but this doesn’thave to be one of them.

That’s where we come in. We’re CenturyLink. And that means the latest technological innovations for your business.

• Fiber Internet with speeds up to 1 Gig is is 40 times faster than today’s basic broadband speeds. (May not be available in your area)

• Cloud services provide access to your files and allow work from virtually anywhere, with Microsoft® Office 365.

• Improving your business---with solutions like Managed Office and Hosted VoIP, you can spend more time focusing on doing what you love---growing your business.

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To find out what CenturyLink can do for your business,call 800.871.9244 or visit centurylink.com/small-business

Up to 1 Gig speed may not be available in your area. Broadband speeds will vary due to conditions outside of network control, including customer location and equipment, and are not guaranteed. Restrictions apply. ©2015 CenturyLink. All rights reserved.

The “40 times faster” Internet claim is based on the FCC’s benchmark for broadband of 25 Mbps download and 3 Mbps upload, as noted in the FCC’s 2015 Broadband Progress Report.

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— F R O M T H E S P O N S O R S —

O n behalf of our entire family at UMC, congratula-tions to all of the Health Care Headliner honorees!

UMC Director of Emergency Services Katie Ryan is honored this year as a Health Care Headliner. Katie represents her entire medical team’s e� orts as she leads the way in combining expert emergency clini-cal treatment with compassionate bedside care. Katie is a refl ection of the UMC commitment to wholeheart-edly care for those who come to us in their greatest time of need.

At UMC, we are home to the highest level of care in the state with Nevada’s only Level I trauma center and only designated pediatric trauma center, as well as the Silver State’s only burn care center, Center for Transplantation and Children’s Hospital of Nevada at UMC. UMC’s award-winning cardiology and stroke cen-

ter provides a tremendous caliber of care when sec-onds — and mere heartbeats — can make a lifesaving di� erence. And UMC o� ers the most advanced surgical suites in Nevada, with robotic and diagnostic technol-ogy that is exclusive to UMC, giving patients the best possible outcomes.

With all of our unique services and state-of-the-art equipment, it’s our people who truly set us apart from the rest. Hundred of thousands of patients have come through our doors with unimaginable injuries and ill-nesses and are now back to their lives and families be-cause of our people — like Katie — who have dedicated their lives to making a di� erence for others!

Mason VanHouwelingUMC CEO


As a business owner, you’remany things, but this doesn’thave to be one of them.

That’s where we come in. We’re CenturyLink. And that means the latest technological innovations for your business.

• Fiber Internet with speeds up to 1 Gig is is 40 times faster than today’s basic broadband speeds. (May not be available in your area)

• Cloud services provide access to your files and allow work from virtually anywhere, with Microsoft® Office 365.

• Improving your business---with solutions like Managed Office and Hosted VoIP, you can spend more time focusing on doing what you love---growing your business.

There are many reasons that inspire over a million business in the U.S. to choose CenturyLink as their partner. Let us show you why.

To find out what CenturyLink can do for your business,call 800.871.9244 or visit centurylink.com/small-business

Up to 1 Gig speed may not be available in your area. Broadband speeds will vary due to conditions outside of network control, including customer location and equipment, and are not guaranteed. Restrictions apply. ©2015 CenturyLink. All rights reserved.

The “40 times faster” Internet claim is based on the FCC’s benchmark for broadband of 25 Mbps download and 3 Mbps upload, as noted in the FCC’s 2015 Broadband Progress Report.

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TOGETHER, WE SHINE.umcsn.com

Eddie, a high school coach and athlete, was used to being in peak condition. So when he wasn’t feeling well and went to the doctor, he was shocked that a spot on his leg was actually a deadly fl esh-eating bacteria. He was transported to the UMC Lions Burn and Wound Care Center at UMC, where high doses of blood pressure medication kept his heart and brain alive while doctors amputated his arms and legs in order to save his life. Today, Eddie has new prosthetics, he’s back with his family and coaching once again. And none of it would be possible at any other Nevada hospital, making UMC one of our most vital resources.

I SURVIVEDBECAUSE OF UMC

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I lost 137 pounds with gastric sleeve surgery.

I did it! So can you!

* Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Individual results may vary. There are risks associated with any surgical

procedure. Talk with your doctor about these risks to find out if bariatric

surgery is right for you. Physicians are independent practitioners who

are not employees or agents of Desert Springs Hospital Medical Center.

The hospital shall not be liable for actions or treatments provided

by physicians. 2075 E. Flamingo Road • Las Vegas, NV 89119 • 702-733-8800

“I had gastric sleeve surgery at the Center for Surgical

Weight Loss at Desert Springs Hospital and today

I am healthier, more active and feel better than

I have in years. And my triglycerides, cholesterol

and blood pressure are back to normal.”

~ Sam Kaufman, CEO/Managing Director

Desert Springs Hospital & Valley Hospital

Research shows that being overweight increases the risk for serious health conditions, including*:

• Coronary heart disease

• Type 2 diabetes

• Certain cancers

• Stroke

• Hypertension

• Liver and gallbladder disease

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• Respiratory problems

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Take the frst step toward losing weight and living a healthy life.Learn more about surgical weight loss and the Center for Surgical Weight Loss at Desert Springs Hospital.

www.desertspringshospital.com

Or attend a FREE weight loss surgery seminar.

Call 702-369-7618 for dates and information.

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T he contributions of Charles Perry to improving health care — in par-ticular, post-acute health care in Nevada — are numerous.

Perry has lived a life dedicated to health care and Nevada. He has been closely involved with the long-term care profession in Nevada

since 1975 when he came to Las Vegas as a founding partner of Quality Care Inc. to oversee operations at the Vegas Valley Convalescent Hospital from 1975 to 1984. He served as president of the Nevada Health Care Association (NVHCA) from 1976 to 1978 and went on to chair the association’s government a�airs committee.

In 1982, Perry was elected to the Nevada Assembly and served in the 1983 regular session and the 1984 special session. A year later, he and his association built the Henderson Convalescent Hospital.

Perry once again served as president of the NVHCA from 1988 to 1992. In 1991, he opened a major addition to the Henderson Convalescent Hospital. He continued his work in dedication to post-acute health care in the state, serving yet again as president and chief legislative liaison of the NVHCA from 2000 through 2012.

In 2012, Perry founded what was later named the Perry Foundation in or-der to promote post-acute health care in Nevada. He currently is chairman of the board. The foundation works with the post-acute care community to build integrity, e�ciency, and service excellence for Nevada’s post-acute care consumers and providers. This is achieved through community awareness and donor support.

In 2013, the foundation integrated educational o�erings for caregivers in the assisted living and residential facilities for groups and communities. Last year, it launched an e-learning platform that includes live webinars and a webinar-on-demand format to give caregivers another choice for their educational delivery. All courses are approved for continuing education units by numerous licensing boards, depending on the course o�ered.

“Looking back over my career… I have always tried to hold up our part of the health care delivery system as a profession, and not simply a means to make a living,” Perry said. “Essentially, being in health care is all that I have ever done. This is what I do. I am proud to have had the opportunity to be in the business. I have never thought about doing anything else. I like what I do and I like what I’ve had the opportunity to do over the years.”

Perry considers one of his great accomplishments “becoming pretty much the face, if you will, of the profession. I was one of the first in the state to get involved in lobbying activity for the post-acute community. For years and years, when I would go to the legislature, people might ask who I was, and no one would know. But if you asked about ‘the nursing home guy,’ everyone knew who you were talking about.”

Characteristically, Perry is looking squarely ahead. “The big goal I have mov-ing forward is continuing to promote the work of the Perry Foundation in pro-viding world-class, evidence-based programs to improve the level of care in this profession. We have got to continue to raise the bar on the level of services we provide to those who are receiving care.”

Perry says he has always believed, and continues to believe, that “the care people receive and the health care services we provide are sorely needed. They have inherent value and worth, and we need to deliver the absolute best that we can.” His personal life “has always revolved around my business identity. I have identified myself in both my personal and professional life based on my com-mitment to and support of delivering this care. All day, every day of my life since 1967, I am totally committed to this profession.”

By being a part of his profession, he said, “you can take some satisfaction in the fact that you helped make someone’s life a little bit better that day, better than it would have been otherwise.”

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B y all accounts, Kimball Anderson inherited a headache when he be-came Southern Hills Hospital CEO

in December 2009. But he had been a chief operations o�cer at two Utah hospi-tals and was ready for the CEO test.

Southern Hills was relatively new, opening in 2004, but it had gone through three CEOs before Anderson arrived and the fledgling enterprise was struggling.

“There was a lot of turnover in a short time, but I saw the opportunity and the potential. We had a beautiful facility and a good sta� and I wanted to help Southern Hills reach that potential,” he said.

For the first six months, Anderson did a lot of listening. He evaluated the hospital and community needs. He held town hall meetings with sta� and encouraged em-ployees to come forward with suggestions.

“A lot of people came up with really good ideas that were focused on the pa-tient experience,” he said.

Anderson began implementing chang-es. He helped create a patient-family advi-

sory council that invited patients back af-ter they were discharged to tell the team where care excelled and what needed work. He also created a cultural compe-tence committee that worked to ensure cultural and community sensitivity toward the area’s population.

He learned about the area’s senior population and also began to grow servic-es around those needs. One of them was to bring greater access to Southern Hills’ orthopedic specialists and surgeons. He added 25 orthopedic beds and a 14-bed psychiatric unit.

He is now adding another 46-bed or-thopedic and spine unit that will be ex-pandable to serve ICU patients and will in-clude dedicated oncology and Alzheimer’s care space. Since arriving, Southern Hills has received Top Performer on Key Qual-ity Measures honors several years in a row from the Joint Commission; in addition, the hospital and medical center also won the Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for its Alzheimer’s disease program.

The CEO has also reached out to area schools, such as the West Career and Technical Academy as well as Bishop Gor-man High School, to allow students inter-ested in health care to shadow sta�.

“We get comments from parents about how much they appreciate the opportuni-ty to experience this,” he said. “It’s some-thing I’m really proud of. … The students are top notch and very smart.”

Anderson also helped organize the hospital’s annual Hot Air Balloon Festi-val. Since 2011, the fundraising e�ort has helped raise more than $70,000 for local nonprofits, including Search and Rescue and scholarships through the Public Edu-cation Foundation for high school students looking to study health care in college.

The ride hasn’t always been smooth, Anderson admits.

“When I first got here they said this is where the hospitals are empty and the hotels are full,” he said. “This was the op-portunity I chose and I have no regrets.”

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A t the time of this writing, Dr. John Anson is at the base of Mount Ever-est , sharpening his skills with other

Wilderness Medicine Society members on how to best tend to outdoorsmen and women who injure themselves in the wild.

“Hopefully, I can bring a lot of what I learn back and teach it to others,” he said.

Those others, more specifi cally, are Las Vegas Metro’s Search and Rescue team members. Anson, a neurosurgeon, gives more than 150 volunteer hours to Search and Rescue in any given year as a mem-ber of their tactical medical team, also re-ferred to in the fi eld as “SWAT Docs.”

Recently, he performed two surgeries in the morning at Southern Hills Hospi-tal and spent his afternoon helping the search and rescue team provide medical attention to a stranded hiker.

“The search had been going on all day, but I had a surgery schedule, and as soon as I fi nished, I drove out to Red Rock. … Fortunately, they (the hikers) were in pret-ty good shape; a little cold, but in good spirits and healthy,” he said.

Recently a young Maryland woman broke her ankle in Black Velvet Canyon. She needed medical attention, but also needed to be hoisted out of the area with a helicopter. Another hiker fell in Calico Canyon and had a head injury that Anson helped tend to.

“They’re all challenging situations for different reasons,” he said. “Sometimes it’s medicine, sometimes it’s access. Sometimes it’s about getting a patient out and you’re lowering hundreds of feet down a steep face with a hoist. But I enjoy the team aspect of it. … They’re all such great people to work with.”

Anson’s day job comes with its share of challenges too. His work mostly involves spine surgeries, either from traumatic in-juries or from degenerative conditions. He also performs brain surgeries, removing tumors or tending to traumas as well.

He has also conducted American As-sociation of Neurological Surgeons-spon-sored trainings for other surgeons on ad-vanced minimally invasive spine surgery techniques.

The 20-year veteran of the fi eld says the greatest advancements have come with the practice of using smaller incisions and bringing less overall trauma to normal tissues.

In the field of brain surgery, Anson has seen huge advancements with image guidance systems where pre-operative MRIs are downloaded into a computer navigation system that allows for multiple views of the brain.

“You really have to stay on top of all this. We have meetings, take courses. Some of the changes have been incremental ad-vances … but you really have to keep up with the progressive advances,” he said.

Oddly, in medical school, Anson had his eyes on either neurology or psychiatry, not surgery.

“Then I found I just really loved the hands-on technical aspects of neurosur-gery. There’s such a wide variety of disor-ders we can take care of in both the brain and the spine. There’s more immediate gratitude than in neurology,” he said.

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J oyce Malaskovitz inspires people.Throughout her 34 years as a

nurse, she has collected many awards and remained passionate about education, research and knowledge-sharing.

She is a member of the American As-sociation of Diabetes Educators, American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Sur-gery, Preventative Cardiovascular Nurses Association, Nevada Educational Associ-ates for Diabetes, IDO committee (Dia-betes and Obesity) and the Clark County Diabetes Group. She is also involved with the American Diabetes Association as an active board member and is the vice president and membership chairwoman for the Las Vegas International Diabetes Lions Club.

“As a registered nurse, I’ve spent the majority of my career focused on disease management, beginning with diabetes,” she said. “In my current (role), I oversee our bariatric surgery, diabetes, wound care, stroke and heart failure programs. I’m also responsible for all our accredita-tions in bariatric surgery, diabetes, stroke,

heart failure and chest pain, which vali-dates the high quality of work we per-form via a third party. This is what our patients deserve.”

Desert Springs Hospital was the fi rst in the United States to be accredited for inpatient diabetes care by the Joint Com-mission. “We fi eld calls from all over the country asking how we did it, for recom-mendations and insights on what they are doing and if it will meet the Joint Com-mission’s requirements,” Malaskovitz says.

“I’m proud that we are truly a leader in dia-betes prevention, diagnosis, intervention, treatment and education.”

For Malaskovitz, commitment is more than just professional. “My grandfather had diabetes and died from a heart attack when I was young,” she said. “I didn’t get to say goodbye. His medical condition had a profound impact on me and I’ve dedi-cated the majority of my career to under-standing diabetes and helping people cope with it, medically and emotionally. My signifi cant other has cancer, and I can honestly say I’ve been in the shoes of our

patients. I know fi rsthand what it’s like to care for someone with a serious disease, to deal with multiple doctors, to be faced with exorbitant bills for medications, to look for resources to help someone I love. It’s complex and it’s di¡ cult, and I want to make it a little easier for others.”

The Valley Health System strives to continually improve its health care deliv-ery system, Malaskovitz said. “It’s always our goal to better serve our patients. It’s also very important to me that every pa-tient who enters our hospital receives the best possible care. ”

One of her top goals for 2015 is to cre-ate a comprehensive approach to obesity. This will include o¢ ering weight-loss sur-gery, medical weight-loss options, and a program for children to help prevent obe-sity. “On a personal level, my goal contin-ues to focus on the health and wellness. To me, it is important to continually fi nd ways to prevent disease and ensure peo-ple who do have disease receive the best possible care.”

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“Sometimes it’s about getting a patient out and you’re lowering hundreds of feet down a steep face with a hoist. But I enjoy the team aspect of it.”

“My grandfather had diabetes and died from a heart attack when I was young. I didn’t get to say goodbye. His medical condition had a profound impact on me and I’ve dedicated the majority of my career to understand-ing diabetes and helping people cope with it, medi-cally and emotionally.”

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A s executive director of Immunize Nevada, Heidi Parker leads and engages a diverse coalition — sta� ,

volunteers, member organizations and funders — who share a common passion: providing access to vaccines and preven-tive health care across Nevada’s rural, ur-ban and frontier communities.

Under Parker’s leadership, Immunize Nevada has been deeply involved in com-munity outreach, collaborative projects and fundraising e� orts aimed at helping close the ‘vaccination gap’ in Nevada. Parker lost her best friend to hepatitis when she was in elementary school. This, together with the death of her great-grandfather in the Infl uenza Pandemic of 1918, is what motivates her to ensure that no one su� ers from a vaccine-preventable disease.

The past year has seen Parker and her group educate the state on important health issues pertaining to immunizations through outreach and collaboration. Most recently, she was on the forefront of the educational campaign on measles.

Parker has also focused on educating Nevadans about immunizing against hu-man papillomavirus, using her personal experience as both an HPV survivor and mother of a fully vaccinated teenager to increase awareness.

“It’s cliché, but there’s no ‘i’ in ‘team,’” Parker said. “I once had someone tell me the reason they appreciate working with me is because my attitude is not about what I can achieve, it’s about what Nevada can achieve. I believe we will achieve great things because of the passion of everyone I work with, every day across the state.”

In 2014, Immunize Nevada celebrated its fi rst year as an incorporated Nevada 501c3 nonprofi t. “After a 19-year evolution from a volunteer-led organization, fi scal sponsorship for its first paid employee and eventually growing to a team of eight, it was incredible to see our fi rst-year suc-cess as a nonprofit and the difference we’ve been able to make with our 501c3 designation,” she said.

Plenty of work remains for the rest of 2015 and beyond, she said. Nevada’s rates

for HPV vaccination are “extremely low, leaving thousands of our sons and daugh-ters vulnerable to HPV-associated cancers as adults. My personal goal, and our goal at Immunize Nevada, is to educate par-ents about the importance of this vac-cine, help them move past concerns about sexual promiscuity and increase rates so that we can prevent cancer and become an HPV-free NV.”

Parker is well aware that it will take substantial amounts of time, energy and resources to achieve the target rate — 80 percent — of Nevada’s teens having com-pleted the HPV vaccination series. “Being true to our battle-born roots, our team embodies that get-it-done spirit, and we’ll tackle this challenge much like we’ve tack-led others.”

The group has also opened a new of-fi ce in Las Vegas, and is looking forward to having a daily presence in Southern Nevada.

“We’re excited for the possibilities that are ahead.”

— Howard Riell

W hen it comes to fi ghting the war on cancer, the volunteers at the American Cancer Society

Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) — an a� liate of the American Cancer Society — ensure that this dreaded disease remains in the national spotlight, pounding the pavement and meeting with lawmakers .

This army of crusaders is comprised of some 350 volunteers , according to grass-roots manager Cindy Roragen, who is one of only two paid full-time ACS CAN em-ployees in the state.

“ACS CAN was founded in 2001, and we’re not event-driven, but rather focused on policy issues,” Roragen said . “It seems that everybody either knows someone af-fl icted with the disease, or is one degree away from it, so we try to engage more people and reach out to lawmakers in order to make real changes to fi ght the disease.”

ACS CAN’s mission is to advocate for better access to care, prevention and early-detection programs, research fund-ing, better quality of life for patients and tobacco regulation .

“Tobacco use is one of the most pre-ventable causes of cancer, so this year we’re pushing SB 455, which proposes that the tobacco tax be raised by a dol-lar, for a total of $1.80 (per pack of ciga-rettes),” Roragen said.

Recent victories in the 2013 state ses-sion also include the passage of SB 267, which prohibits minors from indoor tan-ning. Nevada was among the fi rst states to pass the bill, which protects Nevada youth from the harmful ultraviolet radia-tion posed by indoor tanning beds.

The passage of SB 266 — which re-quires insurance companies that elect to o� er coverage for cancer therapy charge the same co-pay for IV and oral chemo-therapy — was another 2013 success, as was expansion of the drug donation bill, which allows for the donation of expen-sive, unused cancer treatment drugs.

Roragen credits these victories to the e� orts of volunteers such as Delia Oliveri, who serves as the ACS CAN Nevada lead ambassador. A three-time cancer survivor , Oliveri said she is only alive today because of early detection and research .

“The fi ght against cancer is waging not only in doctors’ o� ces, but at the state and federal levels as well, and our e� orts take us to Capitol Hill, and to every state capi-tal nationwide,” said Oliveri, who in 2011 was honored at the White House with four other organization volunteers as part of its Champions of Change program. “Advocacy is essential in getting legislation enacted in the fi ght against cancer, and we are relent-less in holding our lawmakers accountable.”

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“The fi ght against cancer is waging not only in doctors’ offi ces, but at the state and federal levels as well, and our efforts take us to Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., and to every state capital nationwide. ”

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A s a boy in his native Mumbai, India, Dr. Dhiraj Narula was inspired by his physician father, who commit-

ted his mornings to the local teaching hospital working with students and treat-ing indigent patients on a pro bono basis, then spent his afternoons and evenings running his own medical practice.

“India is a very poor country with few resources for health care, but my father had a reputation as being among the most knowledgeable physicians in the area, and he always made it a point to stay up to date on the latest developments in medi-cine,” said Narula, who moved to the Unit-ed States in 1996.

Narula moved to Las Vegas in 2005 and joined Cardiovascular Consultants of Nevada, which merged with HealthCare Partners in 2012.

In July of 2014, Narula became the first physician in the Western U.S. to conduct an implant of the Evera MRI implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) system, the first version of the life-saving ICD technolo-

gy that will allow patients with the implant to undergo MRIs. Narula and his team con-ducted nine of these surgeries as part of an international clinical trial, and his research team’s ongoing success with the trial in 2015 has helped position Southern Nevada as a leader in the health care industry.

In the past, patients with ICDs — im-planted devices that provide life-saving shocks to the heart when abnormal rhythms occur — could not undergo MRIs because the magnetic fields and radio waves of the scanners posed the risk of dangerous reactions.

“Medtronic, the company that devel-oped the device, approached the FDA to do a clinical trial and we asked to be con-sidered,” said Narula, adding that Health-Care Partners was competing with aca-demic institutions such as the Mayo Clinic and the Cleveland Clinic for one of 40 test sites around the world.

Narula has introduced other innova-tions to Southern Nevada. In 2012, he co-conducted the state’s first-ever cardiac

cryoablation procedure, which involves freezing damaged heart tissue to treat ir-regular heart rhythms.

Narula also performed Southern Ne-vada’s first ablation procedure, a technique to treat cardiac irregularities using a needle puncture inside of open chest surgery, and was on the team that conducted the first implanted pulmonary artery pressure mon-itor procedure.

“In addition, we are also studying a Va-gal Nerve Stimulator in management of pa-tients with Class 3 heart failure who have tried all standard treatment and medica-tions already, and I’m also the medical director for the Quintiles EKG research laboratory,” said Narula, who credits his HealthCare Partners team for continued success. “I’m fortunate to be part of a group of accomplished and dedicated phy-sicians improving health care in Southern Nevada, while also taking steps forward to improve and advance the reputation of the local medical community.”

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cryoablation procedure, which involves freezing damaged heart tissue to treat ir-regular heart rhythms.

Narula also performed Southern Ne-vada’s first ablation procedure, a technique to treat cardiac irregularities using a needle puncture inside of open chest surgery, and was on the team that conducted the first implanted pulmonary artery pressure mon-itor procedure.

“In addition, we are also studying a Va-gal Nerve Stimulator in management of pa-tients with Class 3 heart failure who have tried all standard treatment and medica-tions already, and I’m also the medical director for the Quintiles EKG research laboratory,” said Narula, who credits his HealthCare Partners team for continued success. “I’m fortunate to be part of a group of accomplished and dedicated phy-sicians improving health care in Southern Nevada, while also taking steps forward to improve and advance the reputation of the local medical community.”

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W ith more than three decades of experience as a nurse, most of it in emergency rooms and trauma

units, Katie Ryan recently settled into a di-rector role at UMC where she oversees more than 200 emergency room nurses and other sta�. It’s not something the self-professed adrenaline junkie ever saw herself doing, but she has brought eciency, better outcomes and better overall care to Southern Ne-vada’s only Level-1 trauma center and one of the country’s busiest emergency rooms.

“Before I got into this position, I used to talk to my boss and I would say ‘I think I could get this a little more organized, get nurses what they need.’ … The position is always challenging. Emergencies aren’t things you plan for,” she said.

About eighteen months ago, when Ryan took the job, her primary focus was to address sta� and patient satisfaction. She started with sta�. The unit’s roughly 200 nurses were short-handed and there were a lot of overtime hours worked and plenty of burnout, Ryan noticed.

She created a new scheduling system, allowing for flexibility to take overtime if wanted, instead of having it come across as a mandate. She also made improve-ments to UMC’s graduate program to al-low for better training and mentoring of nurses new to the field.

She also addressed patient dissatisfac-tion, which was largely tied to long wait times. “With a happier staff that’s not working as much, your patient satisfaction scores are going to go up, too,” she said.

And they did — by about 30 percent.“I’ve been a nurse for 32 years. There

has not been a job that I haven’t liked. … But what really excites me is solving problems. … It can get complicated, but I love coming up with solutions that work,” she said.

Ryan’s team has also addressed a major problem facing many emergency rooms in the region and country: treating undocumented immigrants with kidney failure. When she started in her position, the emergency room was regularly treat-

ing 150 of these patients three times a week. Reducing these numbers was cru-cial to reducing emergency room wait times for everyone.

Her team was able to find treatment for 50 percent of the undocumented di-alysis patients at valley outpatient centers.

“It’s better for the patient, too (to be in an outpatient facility), instead of having them sit in the emergency room lobby,” she said.

Ryan still sees room for improvement.“We want to compete with the national

numbers, where you can see a doctor within 20 minutes and be out of the department within two to 2 1/2 hours. If we could do that, I would be beyond thrilled,” she added.

Ryan said one of her greatest accom-plishments has been winning over a skep-tical sta�.

“I think they thought I would get here and leave and wouldn’t deliver on my promises,” she said. “I’m kind of an opti-mist. I’m driven. I’m always thinking ‘we can do this.’ ”

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A ccording to the Alzheimer’s Asso-ciation, more than 5 million Ameri-cans age 65 and older su�er from

the chronic neurodegenerative disease, including some 39,000 seniors in Nevada.

With the prevalence of Alzheimer’s ris-ing — the organization estimates the num-ber of a�icted seniors will reach 7.1 million by 2025, an increase of 40 percent — and no means of prevention, let alone a cure, education and awareness are more impor-tant than ever.

Enter Dr. Dylan Wint, who is leading this local e�ort in his capacity as director of education in neurodegenerative disor-ders at Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health.

“The Alzheimer’s population is un-derserved,” said Wint, who received his undergraduate and medical degrees at Stanford University and the University of Miami, respectively; completed simulta-neous residencies in neurology and psy-chiatry at the University of Florida, where he also completed a fellowship in deep brain stimulation; and also completed a research fellowship at the National Insti-tutes of Health in functional brain imaging.

“Many Alzheimer’s patients get diagnosed late, or sometimes not at all, often be-cause physicians are uncomfortable with their confidence in their diagnosis, be-cause it can’t be diagnosed for sure with-out a biopsy of brain tissue.”

The Jamaican-born Wint joined Cleve-land Clinic in 2010 following a stint at At-lanta’s Emery University, where he devel-oped the program in neurologic psychiatry, and has since infused the center’s educa-tion program with a comprehensive mix of community outreach, research and com-passion that dissolves traditional boundar-ies among medical disciplines and special-ties to provide a better quality of life for patients with neurodegenerative diseases.

He was instrumental in spearheading the center’s new partnership with UNLV’s interior health design course, which is the first-of-its-kind, cross-disciplinary class that combines wellness and design.

During the course, fourth-year UNLV interior design students meet three times with a consulting panel of doctors from the center to learn about neurodegenera-tive diseases and how they a�ect quality of life. In the early sessions, students ask some of the top neurologists, including program leader Wint, physical therapists and psychologists about various neuro-degenerative diseases and the obstacles and challenges faced when living with such illnesses. In the final session, select students present their interior designs, crafted with features and components suited for those with neurodegenerative diseases, to the panel of Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health doctors.

“Part of our overall education pro-gram is helping the community to be prepared to help people function as our population continues to age,” said Wint.

“For Alzheimer’s patients, for example, there should be a calming atmosphere with a lot of natural light so people don’t get their days and nights confused. With Parkinson’s, people have trouble walking and balancing, so you need to make the floors safe and make sure they don’t have to reach for anything or get on a ladder.”

Other educational efforts include training medical students and also of-fering a fellowship program, of which Wint is director. The center hosts field trips for local students several times a year and is also focused on education for caregivers.

“We’re really trying to get more ex-perts in the field, because the demand is huge, and will continue to grow,” he said.

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