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People on the Move: Jan. 20, 2020

The Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors announced its 2019 award winners, including Robert Andy Stahl, Realtor of the year; Norma Jean Opatik, Ronn Reiss Award for educational excellence and leadership; GLVAR CEO Wendy DiVecchio, Gene Nebeker Memorial Award for professionalism and service to the GLVAR and the community; David Tina, Frank Sala/Marv Rubin Award recognizing long-term commitment to grassroots political action and to protecting private property rights; Marv Rubin, Jack Woodcock Distinguished Service Award; Forrest Barbee, Walt Coffey and Dale Puhl, GLVAR hall of fame inductees.

Jennifer Shydler, CFP, was named to Working Mother/Shook Research’s 2019 Top Wealth Advisor Moms List. Shydler is a wealth management adviser at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management. She provides financial planning and asset management for clients’ banking and investment needs.

Cliff Cole, director of virtual design and construction at Penta Building Group, was named to Autodesk Construction Cloud’s 40 Under 40 Construction Champions of 2019. The list highlights leading professionals emerging from the architecture, engineering and construction industry. Under Cole’s leadership, Penta has implemented innovative technologies and processes that increase efficiency, save time and money and improve overall jobsite safety.

Penta Building Group announced the promotion of Marsha Carroll, a Penta employee since 2007, to senior safety manager. Additionally, Andrea Pollack was promoted to senior project engineer and Rhea Shoemaker was promoted to contract administrator.

Laura Gracia joined Summit Mental Health as a licensed marriage and family therapist intern. Gracia also will continue her work with private clients as well as take on new Medicaid and insured clients working to improve their mental health.

Joyce Smith, Bank of Nevada’s senior director, commercial banking, was elected to the Nevada Bankers Association board of directors by unanimous vote. Smith oversees a portfolio of highly valued clients and manages the operations and employees of Bank of Nevada’s Hualapai and Centennial locations.

City National Bank hired Isabel Alvarado as vice president and branch manager of its Green Valley banking office located at 8475 S. Eastern Ave. She replaces Scott Sellers who was promoted to Nevada’s Field Sales Manager. Alvarado joins City National from Valley Bank of Nevada with over 16 years of banking experience. City National also appointed Dierra Luckett as sales officer in its treasury management group in Nevada. Luckett joins City National from Wells Fargo Bank with over nine years of banking.

Vegas PBS hired Jennifer Shell as its educational technology utilization and project management coordinator. She will manage the implementation and reporting of multiple grants and promote the use of instructional television and other distance education technologies provided through Vegas PBS for the Clark County School District.

The Downtown Vegas Alliance, a member-driven nonprofit organization committed to creating a vibrant and sustainable downtown Las Vegas, appointed Carolyn Wheeler as executive director. Wheeler comes to the role with an extensive leadership background from a 30-year career where she most recently served as director of philanthropy and corporate social responsibility marketing at Caesars Entertainment and director of the Caesars Foundation.

Intermountain Healthcare and the Raiders announced their naming rights partnership for the Raiders’ Performance Center and Corporate Headquarters under construction in Henderson. Intermountain Healthcare will also become the official health care partner of the Raiders and a founding partner of Allegiant Stadium.

Nevada State College was recognized as a top-ranked institution offering the best online RN to BSN degree programs by Intelligent.com. The college was listed among 60 other competing public and private institutions across the nation.

Advantage Capital, a venture capital firm and small business lender, expanded its Nevada team with the addition of Al Alvarez as director. Alvarez brings over 35 years of experience in the commercial banking and lending sector, most recently as director and principal market manager at the Bank of the West.

Credit One Bank added five vice presidents to further expand its corporate leadership team. The newly appointed executives are: Sonika Bisht, vice president of data analytics and reporting; Dan Grim, vice president of reporting and analytics; Timothy Hayes, vice president of prime market expansion and credit underwriting; Rajeev Nair, vice president of data sciences and risk management; and Terence Yu, vice president of campaign management.

UNLV named Dr. Marc J. Kahn the new dean of the School of Medicine. Kahn is currently a senior associate dean at Tulane University School of Medicine and was selected following a national search for the position. He takes his post at UNLV on April 1.

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This story appeared in Las Vegas Weekly.

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