Women Inspiring Nevada: Irene Bustamante Adams, Deputy Director & Chief Strategy Officer, Workforce Connections

Irene Bustamante Adams

The daughter of migrant farm workers, Irene Bustamante Adams remembers waking before dawn to work the agricultural fields with her family. It was this experience that ingrained in her the value of hard work and servant leadership.

Bustamante Adams was the first in her family to graduate college, and was the first Latina to earn an Executive Master of Business Administration degree at UNLV. After working as a corporate executive for nearly two decades, she was faced with the untimely death of her brother. Bustamante Adams felt compelled to do more. She took a chance, ran for political office and won—serving four terms in the Nevada Assembly.

Bustamante Adams applies her own life lessons daily in her current role at Workforce Connections—transforming lives by connecting individuals to new careers. During the pandemic, she was part of the group that helped secure more than $10 million for Southern Nevada as part of the federal government’s National Emergency Grant for dislocated workers.

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