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Danielle Hicks is a customer service specialist at Nevada Association Services, an assessment collections firm. She previously was a service administrator at Budget Rent-A-Car.
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Mehmet Erdem
Mehmet Erdem is director of hospitality technology and innovation at UNLV’s William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration. He works to centralize innovation and technology efforts at the college.
Michon Martin was appointed general counsel by Gov. Brian Sandoval. She will represent the state in complex, high-exposure litigation. Martin has served as counsel to the Nevada Department of Public Safety, Department of Motor Vehicles and Department of Corrections. She most recently served as the state’s chief deputy attorney general.
Miriam Lira-Hickerson is ombudsman of consumer affairs for minorities at the Nevada Department of Business and Industry. She oversees the department’s minority education and outreach programs.
Gregory Spierkel joined the MGM Resorts International board of directors. Spierkel served for seven years as CEO of Ingram Micro Inc., a global technology distributor. He retired last year from the company, which markets and distributes technology products.
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Rosamari McNulty
Rosamari McNulty joined the United Way of Southern Nevada’s Women’s Leadership Council. McNulty is senior director of human resources and volunteer services at Nathan Adelson Hospice.
The Women’s Chamber of Commerce named five women to its Hall of Fame as young professional leadership inductees. They are: Brittney Cobb, executive administrator, Suncoast; Lisa Santwer, director of marketing and public relations, Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada; Tammy Shaw, president and CEO, Las Vegas Women magazine; Rebecca West, director of human resources, Circus Circus; and Aynalem Workmeh, CEO, Hollywood Hair and Beauty Supply.
Eleven new people and companies joined the Las Vegas Hospitality Association. They are: Beth Carden, sales manager, Black Canyon River Adventures; Kim Davis, project manager, Lakeshore Audiovisual; Brennan O’Neal, owner, Liquid Courage; Elena Paige, director of sales, Mob Attraction; Randi Garrett, owner, Naakiti Floral Design; Cynthia Behr Warso, events coordinator, Neon Museum; Greg Olsen, president, and Audrey Newman, sales manager, Prop Gallery Events; Tammy Stephens, president, Sugar Factory; Thien-nga Palmer, owner and CEO, T Music Entertainment Group; and Vicki Savini, president, Table 23.
Geoffrey West was promoted to senior director of apartment investments at Cushman & Wakefield | Commerce. He has more than 17 years of experience in the Las Vegas market, working in commercial real estate lending and brokerage.
C. Roger Jeffries III and Edward Bassford joined Sun Commercial Real Estate. Jeffries specializes in net leased investments and storage facility sales. He previously worked for NAI Global. Bassford is a retail leasing and sales specialist with more than 38 years of experience. He previously worked for Weingarten Realty Investors.
Kim K. Metcalf will take over as dean of UNLV’s College of Education on July 1. She is director of institutional research and planning at the University of West Georgia and served as dean of that school’s College of Education for four years.
Feel Good Brands LLC, the developer of the Castle Walk Food Court inside Excalibur, hired Dana Piccolella, Laila Moravia and Stephanie Parisi. Piccolella is director of finance. Moravia is a financial analyst. Parisi is office manager.
Stacy Rocheleau participated in a panel discussion hosted by the Southern Nevada Association of Women Attorneys. The topic was “Combining Motherhood with the Practice of Law.”
Stuart Cohen is the western U.S. sales director for Newave, a software supplier for the gaming industry. He previously worked for NRT Technology Corp.
