PEOPLE ON THE MOVE:

The Notes: May 11, 2020

Bridge Counseling Associates selected OneSeven Agency as its agency of record to develop and implement strategic public relations campaigns. Bridge is Nevada’s only Urban Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic.

Clark County School District Police Chief Jim Ketsaa retired after nearly a decade on the job. He started as a campus officer after working as a firefighter and police officer in New York. Since being appointed chief in 2012, Ketsaa spearheaded a number of safety measures, including the random weapons search program, and implementation of the motors unit, K9 unit and SafeVoice.

SR Construction, a design-build general contractor, was awarded a 2020 Vista Award by the American Society for Health Care Engineering for Henderson Hospital. The hospital received Best New Construction recognition. The facility accommodates 170 private beds, an emergency department, six operating rooms and a top-floor women’s department that includes a 12-bed NICU. The Vista Awards recognize significant collaboration in creating optimal health care environments and celebrate teamwork and excellence in health care facility projects.

Nevada State College hired June Eastridge, Ed.D., MSN, RN, CNE, COI, as dean of the School of Nursing. She worked for more than two decades as a registered nurse specializing in trauma and critical care in New Mexico. During this time, Eastridge earned her tenure as an associate professor at the University of New Mexico, where she helped develop statewide nursing curriculums. She joined the Nevada State College faculty in 2014 as a lecturer and later became the pre-licensure program director, playing an active role in recent efforts to integrate caring science into the curriculum.

Caesars Entertainment received the Environmental Protection Agency’s regional WasteWise Award for sustainable business practices. Caesars is one of three organizations recognized for this achievement in the Pacific Southwest Region. EPA recognizes WasteWise partners who report year-to-year improvement in waste prevention and recycling.

Colliers International brokers Mike Mixer, managing executive director, and Grant Traub, senior vice president, were recognized by the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors for their 2019 real estate transactions. Mixer and Traub were recognized in the member-to-member category for having the largest dollar volume transaction, with the collaborative sale of a 50,747-square-foot alternative space for $21.1 million. Mixer was also awarded in an additional category for having the largest nonmember-to-member dollar volume transaction, with a 60-acre sale of land for $130 million.

Maria Montelongo was promoted to market manager for Nevada State Bank’s retail operations in Southern Nevada. Montelongo joins a newly formed team that includes two other market managers, Donna Haberman and Andrew Chewning, and is led by area retail region manager Ryan Jenkins. In Montelongo’s new role, she will assist bank branches on the northern side of Las Vegas and Mesquite, reinforcing and implementing processes and routines with a focus on growing revenue while providing extraordinary service.

The Nevada Department of Agriculture hired Dr. Amy Mitchell as the new state veterinarian. Mitchell will be stationed at the department’s Las Vegas office and travel throughout the state to oversee Nevada’s animal health programs, regulatory procedures and department laboratories. She joins the department from the private industry, where she managed a veterinary relief services business. She brings with her 18 years of experience in various aspects of veterinary medicine, including private practice and teaching. Her background includes large and small animal medicine, as well as herd health management.

Clark County School District appointed long-time Nevada educator Brenda Larsen-Mitchell as deputy superintendent of schools. Larsen-Mitchell currently is chief curriculum, instruction and assessment officer for the district. She has been a member of CCSD since 1994 and has held several positions, including teacher, dean of students, assistant principal, building principal, executive director in curriculum and school associate superintendent.

Gov. Steve Sisolak appointed Heather Korbulic as interim director of the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation. Since September 2016, Korbulic has served as executive director of the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange. She will continue to serve in an advisory role.

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This story appeared in Las Vegas Weekly.

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