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People on the Move: May 17, 2021

Capability Health & Human Services promoted Lisa Manning to the role of president and CEO. Manning has over 25 years of leadership experience and has served as Capability’s chief financial officer since 2019. As CFO, Manning has improved the operations and fiscal management of Capability Health while ensuring that the organization continues providing the highest quality of care.

Lt. Cols. Ivan and Jennifer Wild were installed as the new leaders of the Salvation Army Southwest Division—serving Arizona, New Mexico and Southern Nevada with more than 75 units of operation and a 2021 fiscal year budget of more than $73 million. They have served the Army for nearly three decades, most recently as the leaders of the Del Oro Division in Sacramento for the past six years.

MountainView Hospital and Henderson Hospital received “A” grades in the spring 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade—a national distinction recognizing achievements protecting patients from errors, injuries, accidents and infections. It was the sixth such rating for MountainView since 2018. For Henderson Hospital, its sixth “A” grade follows the hospital’s distinction as one of only 48 in the nation to be named a Top Teaching Hospital in December 2020. The award placed it in the top 2% of the more than 2,200 hospitals considered for the award by the Leapfrog Group.

The National Guard Bureau announced that Staff Sgt. Leah Cabusao was name the Army Guard’s Recruiter of the Year after receiving the National Guard’s Director’s 54 Award for 2020. Cabusao is the first Nevada Army Guard soldier to win the national award.

Dr. Arsalan Salamat joined OptumCare Breast Care, part of OptumCare Cancer Care, as a breast surgeon.

Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopters was the recipient of two Diamond Awards from the Federal Aviation Administration for excellence in maintenance and compliance. The awards are considered the highest industry honors within the William O’Brien Aviation Maintenance Technician Awards program.

Sahara Las Vegas appointed Candice Zabelny to senior national sales manager. Zabelny joins the property with more than 20 years of experience in hospitality sales in Las Vegas and proven success directing sales teams to create unique events.

Jacquie Rosen joined Cure 4 The Kids Foundation as a speech language pathologist therapist. Rosen has spent her professional career in various settings providing speech, language, cognitive, feeding and swallowing services to patients ranging from newborns to older adults.

Vegas PBS announced the station was nominated for six 2021 Pacific Southwest Emmy Awards. These nominations highlight the exceptional local productions Vegas PBS has created throughout a challenging year. Award winners will be announced in June.

Ecolife Development, a Las Vegas-

based construction and consulting firm, announced the expansion of its Las Vegas office and opening of a new office to service its Arizona clients. Both offices offer commercial and residential design, consulting and remodeling services for both exterior and interior spaces.

The Magnet Schools of America (MSA) honored Thurman White Academy of the Performing Arts with the Dr. Ronald P. Simpson Distinguished Merit Award. The designation comes with an award of $5,000. Thurman also received Top 20 Magnet Schools of Excellence designation and the school’s choir director, Athena Mertes, was named Region II Teacher of the Year. Additionally, MSA named Clark County School District administrator Gia Moore as its MSA National District Administrator of the Year. In total, MSA selected 36 CCSD programs at 34 schools as Merit recipients for 2020-21. Seventeen CCSD Magnet Schools were awarded Schools of Excellence designation and 19 were designated Schools of Distinction.

Boulder City promoted Marissa Adou to serve as the manager of the Boulder City Airport. With 16 years of aviation experience, Adou, who has been serving as interim airport manager since March, will replace Willy Williamson, who retired in late February.

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This story appeared in Las Vegas Weekly.

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