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Terry Culp
Terry Culp, business manager for the Nevada Industry Excellence program of the Nevada System of Higher Education, has been recognized as Manufacturing Extension Partnership’s “Champion of the Year” for 2012. The award recognizes Culp’s efforts to support, train and advise Nevada businesses on manufacturing and product exportation. Culp has worked with the Nevada Industry Excellence program for 12 years after a career in manufacturing and export markets. Nevada Industry Excellence is the Manufacturing Extension Partnership center for Nevada.
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Tom Axtell
Vegas PBS Channel 10 General Manager Tom Axtell has been named the 2012 Scott C. Elliott Development Professional of the Year by the Public Broadcasting Service. Axtell has been credited for the station’s implementation of Vegas Virtual Online, a workforce training program that offers online instruction and certification courses to a broad population. He also was recognized for operating a “green” station, which led to the construction and design of Vegas PBS’ Educational Technology Campus, the first North American television facility to earn the United States Green Building Council’s LEED Gold certification. Axtell has been general manager since 1994.
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Mike Brown-Cestero is a sales engineer in the Las Vegas office of AVDB Group. He is a 12-year veteran of the commercial audio-video equipment and installation sales industry.
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Paul Joncich
Paul Joncich was hired to be co-anchor of the noon, 4 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. weekday newscasts for 8 News NOW. He assumes the role Aug. 13. Joncich also will report for the 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. newscasts. He has previously won Emmy awards, as well as honors from the Associated Press for investigative reporting. He has been an anchor at WOIO-TV in Cleveland for the past six years.
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Nikkole McCartin
Nikkole McCartin is director of the Executive MBA Program at the Lee Business School at UNLV, overseeing all aspects of the program including recruitment, marketing, corporate relations, alumni relations and social media. She is a graduate of the program and previously was marketing director for the Howard Hughes Corp.
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Several attorneys from Fennemore Craig Jones Vargas were recognized in “Super Lawyers” magazine’s annual statewide survey of lawyers. Recognized were Laurel Davis, bankruptcy and creditor/debtor rights; Gary Goodheart, John Mowbray, Craig Newman and Maria Toto, business litigation; Joseph Brown, business/corporate; Christopher Byrd, construction litigation; Jeffrey Steffen, construction/surety; Ann Morgan, employment and labor; Albert Pagni, personal injury defense/medical malpractice; Douglas Cohen, personal injury plaintiff/general; Bradley Schrager, political law; and Michael Buckley, William Davis, Jodi Goodheart and Mark Hawkins, real estate. Buckley, Davis and Mowbray were recognized on the “Top 100 Mountain States” list. Davis, Goodheart and Morgan were named to the “Top 50 Women Mountain States” list. Hawkins, Steffen, Toto and Schrager were selected “Rising Stars.” Fennemore Craig also was awarded national Gold Standard Certification by The Women in Law Empowerment Forum for integrating women into leadership positions. It was one of only three firms nationally that met or exceeded all of the group’s criteria.
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William Levy
William Levy, a shareholder with Marquis Aurbach Coffing, has earned an AV pre-eminent peer review rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
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Michael Cezar is food and beverage manager at the JW Marriott Las Vegas Resort and Spa. He most recently was food and beverage operations manager at the D.
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Jayne Cayton
Paula Lea
Jayne Cayton is vice president and Paula Lea is an associate with Voit Real Estate Services’ Las Vegas office. Cayton has more than 12 years of experience in the commercial real estate industry. She previously served as a vice president at CBRE, Las Vegas, and was named a top producer there in 2009. Lea specialized in commercial leasing and sales at CBRE for the past 13 years. In 2010, Lea partnered with Cayton to create the Cayton Office Team.
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Alexia Vernon was recently honored by the White House as a “Moxie Maven” for her women’s communication and leadership development work. Vernon is the creator of Step Into Your Moxie, a platform for women to develop their public speaking, negotiation, conflict resolution and coaching skills.
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Jennifer Carleton
Jennifer Carleton, a shareholder at the law firm of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, has been appointed to the executive committee of the gaming law section of the State Bar of Nevada.
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Liz Alzina and Helen Marshall of Benchmark Association Services have earned the Association Management Specialist designation through the Community Associations Institute. Alzina joined Benchmark in 2008 as the executive administrator to the president and CEO and has been promoted to the position of vice president. Marshall joined Benchmark in 2010 as a community manager.
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Matt Borg
Matt Borg is business manager of Borg Law Group. He began working for the firm in June.
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Jasmine Ware and Scott Hill are support specialists and Tomeka White is a customer service representative for NetEffect, a provider of computer and information technology support and consulting services. Ware has worked in the technology field for 10 years, and Hill has worked in technology for eight years. White has worked in the customer service industry for 10 years.
