Leadership Las Vegas class participants are selected every year from hundreds of applications. Leadership applicants come from all industries and job sectors and represent a cross‑section of the Las Vegas community.
Here is the most recent Leadership Las Vegas graduating class. The class of 2008 graduates join more than 900 others alumni who have successfully completed this award winning program since 1986.
Vince Alberta
Vice President of Public Affairs
Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority
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Linda Bell
Assistant Federal Public Defender
Federal Public Defender's Office
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Tony Berti
General Manager
Realty Executives of Nevada
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Nicole Bisterfeldt-Rainey
Development Coordinator of Special Events
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
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Denette Corrales
Senior Vice President
U.S. Bank
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Laura Cyr
Senior Vice President/Business Loan Manager
Sun West Bank
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Teresa Duke
Medical Staff Services Manager
St. Rose Hospital -San Martin
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Jhone Ebert
Assistant Superintendent, Curriculum and Professional Development Division
Clark County School District
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Dale Eeles
Director Corporate Communications
Las Vegas Events
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Katie Fellows
Attorney at Law
Jones Vargas
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Jason Frierson
Chief Deputy Public Defender
Clark County Public Defender’s Office
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Greg Gammon
Fire Chief
Las Vegas Fire & Rescue
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Sheldon Grauberger
Realtor
RE/MAX CENTRAL -The Grauberger Team
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Charles D. Harvey
Assistant County Recorder
Clark County Recorder's Office
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Pamela Hicks
Regional Trainer
Southern Nevada Regional Professional Development Program
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Keith Jackson
Staff Consultant of New Development
Nevada Power Company
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J. Michael Jaggers
Sector Lead Executive
Northrop Grumman Corporation
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Jean Sharon Jones
Realtor
RE/MAX Associates, The Krause Group
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James Kilber
Executive Director
Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada
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Norm Kirch
General Manager of Business Marketing
EMBARQ Corporation
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Michael I. Kling
Estate Planning Attorney
Kling Law Offices
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Carlos L. McDale
Staff Judge Advocate
Nellis Air Force Base
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Jason Michaels, M.D.
Cosmetic Dermatologist
Aspire Cosmetic Medical Center
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Frank Milligan
Manager, Environmental Health and Safety
Las Vegas Valley Water District
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Tamara Miramontes, CPA
Managing Shareholder, Las Vegas Office
Kafoury, Armstrong & Co.
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Debra J. Nelson
Vice President Corporate Diversity, Communications & Community Affairs
MGM MIRAGE
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John Oceguera
Majority Leader, Nevada State Assembly
Assistant Chief, North Las Vegas Fire Department
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John Osborn
Vice President Marketing and Sales
Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce
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Loraine Phelps
Chief Executive Officer
Solutions in Marketing, Inc.
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L. Erin Russell
Government Affairs Advocate
Kummer, Kaempfer, Bonner, Renshaw & Ferrario
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Melissa Saragosa
Justice of the Peace
Las Vegas Justice Court, Department 1
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Joshua Satterlee
Chiropractic Physician
Bio-Mechanics of Las Vegas
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Jennifer Sizemore
Public Information Manager
Southern Nevada Health District
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Ariel E. Stern
Attorney
Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP
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Mark T. Tavarez
Police Captain
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
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Anthony S. Tompkins
Owner/Principal
The Tompkins Companies
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Rick D. Van Diepen
Senior Associate
PGAL Architects
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Gary C. Webb
Colonel
United States Air Force
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D. Keith West
Financial Advisor
Merrill Lynch
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Carolyn Wheeler
Owner
Willow Blue Marketing
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Jess Whisnand
Vice President -Treasury Management Sales
Colonial Bank
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Michelle R. Wilson
Director of Human Resources
Academy of Healing Arts
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Carolyn B. Yucha
Dean, Schools of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences
University of Nevada Las Vegas
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June 20, 2008
Dear Leadership Las Vegas Class of 2008:
On behalf of the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce Board of Trustees, congratulations as you graduate from the Leadership Las Vegas program.
Lee Iacocca once said, "We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems."
Leadership Las Vegas is designed to give you the education and knowledge to recognize that the seemingly insoluble problems our city faces are actually opportunities to create a better community. Las Vegas has a rich heritage of innovative leaders embracing challenges and enhancing the quality of life we enjoy in Southern Nevada.
The 2008 Class has already demonstrated its commitment to community service. You are uniquely qualified and prepared to accept the responsibilities that come with being a leader, and to continue the Leadership Las Vegas legacy of creating a better community.
Good luck to each of you as you embrace the exciting challenges that lie ahead!
Fafie Moore '95
Chairman of the Board
Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce
Broker/Owner
Realty Executives of Nevada
June 20, 2008
On behalf of the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, we congratulate you on graduating from the Leadership Las Vegas program and thank you for your commitment to our community.
The Class of 2008 has already proven itself a unique group who is committed to the future of Las Vegas. Now as a graduate of Leadership Las Vegas, your responsibility to enhance and affect change becomes even greater.
Southern Nevada is counting on you to adopt the lessons you have learned through this program and apply them to improving the community in which we live and work. As our community navigates through particularly challenging economic times, your experience, creativity and innovation as a problem solver and passionate leader become even more vital.
We encourage you to maintain connections with your fellow classmates and establish new ones with graduates of other classes. The bond among Leadership graduates is strong and far-reaching.
We congratulate you again and wish you continued success in all your future endeavors.
Kara Kelley '98
President & CEO
Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce
Kimberly Rushton '04
Council Chair-Leadership Las Vegas 2008
Cooper Levenson Attorneys at Law