Michael Cruz joined Lewis Roca as an associate in the firm’s litigation practice group. Cruz’s practice will focus on commercial litigation. He has experience in real estate and construction litigation and has represented companies in all areas of civil litigation, including commercial disputes, personal injury and insurance bad faith. Additionally, Lewis Roca announced Adrienne Brantley-Lomeli was selected as a member of the inaugural class of the Business Bankruptcy Committee 20/20 Partners Rising Young Leader Award. This American Bar Association Business Law Section Business Bankruptcy Committee award recognizes the nation’s top young bankruptcy lawyers. She is one of 19 recipients to receive this award.
The Baller Dream Foundation, an uplifting nonprofit that supports children and young adults battling cancer, announced that philanthropist and long-time community activist Paige Maddux has joined the foundation as its first executive director in Las Vegas. Maddux previously served as director of philanthropy at Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego.
Amy Hunter joined Opportunity Village as vice president of human resources. Hunter previously served as Opportunity Village’s HR consultant. Prior to joining Opportunity Village, Hunter was managing partner at Simmons Group for 14 years, where she supported clients with strategic planning, managing human resources and business acumen consulting, working with companies to help fulfill their training, workforce hiring needs and development goals.
Chris Pritsos, director of the University of Nevada, Reno Experiment Station, was named chair of the national Experiment Station Committee on Organization and Policy and will provide support to Experiment Station directors across the country. ESCOP makes recommendations on budgets and policy to federal agencies and lawmakers related to food, agriculture and natural resources on behalf of the state agricultural Experiment Station directors and administrators.
Colliers Las Vegas announced that Patti Dillon, SIOR of the company’s office division, and Jennifer Kennedy of its property management division, were honorees of Connect Media’s 2021 Women in Real Estate Awards for the southwest region. Dillon received an award for Office Brokerage, and Kennedy for Property Management. This distinction celebrates leading women professionals who apply their talent and leadership to achieve influence and success in commercial real estate.
Dr. Ian Elliot, a trauma surgeon, and Brittany Hough, a physician assistant, joined Optum Care Orthopaedics and Spine to help meet the growing need for health services in the Las Vegas community.
The City of North Las Vegas announced that 58 local small businesses have been supported in either starting or growing their business since the city, UNLV’s Small Business Development Center, Employ NV Business Hub and Access Community Capital opened the NLV Small Business Connector on October 12. The NLV Connector is a one-stop shop at North Las Vegas City Hall that helps businesses launch and expand, provides loans at subprime rates to entrepreneurs, and connects job seekers with employers.
TSK Architects, in association with TVS Nevada Inc., Simpson Coulter Studios, Carpenter Sellers Del Gatto Architects, KME Architects and TSK’s consultant GRN Vision, earned three Green Globes for New Construction certification on their work for the Las Vegas Convention Center Phase 2 Expansion. Green Globes is a green rating assessment and certification system that ensures projects meet criteria in project management, site, energy, water, resources, emissions and indoor environment. TSK also announced Melanie Bailey as a new senior marketing specialist. In addition to developing and deploying strategies to advance marketing operations, she will mentor and train junior marketing specialists while overseeing staff to help elevate TSK’s business and community presence.