Allan M. Spooner is interim president and CEO, St. Rose Dominican Hospitals-Rose de Lima Campus. Spooner was the chief strategy officer for the Southern Nevada market of St. Rose Dominican Hospitals for the past four years. Before joining St. Rose, Spooner was a vice president for Ascension Health. He has an MBA in finance and policy studies from the University of Chicago and a bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College.
Robert L. Morris is a partner at Jeffrey Burr Ltd. Morris focuses on guardianship, probate, trust administration and estate litigation for the firm. Morris has a bachelor of Arts from Brigham Young University and a doctor of jurisprudence from the University of Nebraska. Before joining Jeffrey Burr, he was a deputy district attorney at the Clark County District Attorney’s office. Morris is a member of the Southern Nevada Estate Planning Counsel.
Jason Tate is senior vice president of operations at 777 Gaming Inc. Tate was vice president of gaming for the gaming/casino management company. Before joining 777 Gaming last year, Tate was a vice president with E-Gads, the country’s largest provider of interior casino displays. Tate has also worked for what was then Harrah’s Entertainment and attended Brigham Young University.
Rossi Ralenkotter, president and CEO of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, is first vice-chair of the US Travel Association, a position that traditionally leads to election as chairman the following year.
David Mayne is CEO of Intermedia Institute, a new social media marketing institute that offers classes in various aspects of social media.
Daron Dorsey has rejoined Snell & Wilmer’s Las Vegas office as an attorney focusing on administrative law, government affairs and commercial litigation. Dorsey first joined Snell & Wilmer in 2005 and returns after spending two years as the assistant men’s golf coach at UNLV. He remains actively involved n the Rebel Golf Foundation and the UNLV Foundation.
M. Magali Wysong is an associate with Pisanelli Bice PLLC. Wyson is a 2009 graduate of the William S. Boyd School of Law at UNLV. She was managing director of the Nevada Law Journal and received a Scribes Award from the American Society of Legal Writers.
Tim Sage is technical director, Michael Tajeri is facilities director, Ted Geiss as ticketing services manager, Angelo Stoebe
as director of information technology, Pilar Pava is event and retail sales manager and Amy Alexander-Kim is direct digital marketing manager for the Smith Center for the Performing Arts.
Will Pettaway is director of sales and marketing for Wingate by Wyndham Henderson.
Dan Ollman is funding department manager of BOSS Business Services, specializing in helping business owners obtain SBA and alternative financing and assisting with business credit formation and business credit consulting.
Leanne Drown is a social media specialist for MassMedia Corporate Communications and Tivona Betz is an account executive in the firm’s health care marketing division. Drown was an account executive at Racepoint Group in Boston and has a bachelor of science from Northeastern University. Betz was director of marketing for Radiant Smiles Dental Group and is vice president for the Young Professional Women’s Club
Eric Larkin is a sales associate on the Higgins Team of Voit Real Estate Services. Larkin was business development associate for the Higgins Team. Larkin has a bachelor’s degree from Washington and Jefferson College and a master’s degree from Regis University.
Tiffany Moreno is a marketing and administrative assistant at Northwestern Mutual Financial Network.
Gabriela Bobbio is executive assistant to Brian Cruden, president and CEO of Insurcorp. Bobbio has a bachelor of arts in psychology from UNLV.
The Nevada Minority Supplier Development Council announced the winners of its excellence awards: Sheldon Adelson, Andy Abboud, Norbert Riezler and Napoleon McCallum of Las Vegas Sands Corp. and Manuel “T” Bengochea and Amador “Chi-Chi” Bengochea of Bentar Development Inc. were inducted into the Minority Business Hall of Fame; Teresa Collins of the Las Vegas Valley Water District is buyer/purchasing agent of the year; Penny Marchell of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority is community relations specialist of the year; and Hannah Brown, president emeritus of the Urban Chamber of Commerce is advocate of the year.