What is your favorite place in Nevada?

Six Nevada executives answer the question: What is your favorite place in Nevada?

“My favorite place in Nevada is Red Rock Canyon. It is absolutely gorgeous and a great place to hike. Getting to enjoy some fresh air and nature’s beauty is a perfect way to spend any weekend.” Lea Carrasco-Zanini • Executive Director, Golden Rainbow – “My favorite place is Lake Tahoe.  I love the quietness, natural… [More...]

What was the first thing you bought with money you had earned yourself?

What was the first thing you bought with money you had earned yourself?

Six executives share their answers:

Scott Meier • Co-Owner, Right Now Air; Andrew Economon • General Manager House of Blues Las Vegas; Morris Jackson • Northwest Las Vegas District Manager, Wells Fargo Community Banking; Stephanie Forte • Founder, Forte Creative Media PR; Boris Sapone • Owner, Colosseum Training Center; Darby Neagle • Co-Owner, Guns and Ammo Garage [More...]

What do you hope the legislators will accomplish this session?

Executives Weigh in on 2013 Nevada Legislature

Six executives share their thoughts:

Anne Calarco CMCA,AMS, PCAM, • President & Managing Partner, Level Property Management; Jamie Cogburn • Co-Founder, Cogburn Law Offices; Stephanie Shirit • CEO/Founder, Resource Associates of Nevada, Inc.; Kirk Jacobson, CPA/CFF/CITP, CFE • Shareholder, Johnson Jacobson Wilcox CPAs; Tara H. Popova • Vice Chair, Immigration Department, Marquis Aurbach Coffing Law Firm; Ronna Timpa • Founder & Chief Motivator, Workplace ESL Solutions [More...]

Who has had the greatest impact on your career?

Who has had the greatest impact on your career?

Six executives share their answers:

Daren Libonati • President/COO, Justice Entertainment Group; Lynn Rosenbach • Chief Executive Officer, Southwest Medical Associates; Dr. Andrew M. Cash • Orthopedic Surgeon, Desert Institute of Spine Care; Kimball S. Anderson • CEO, Southern Hills Hospital; Kirk Boylston • President, NAIOP Southern Nevada; Pat Taylor, CMCA • Board of Directors Secretary, Community Association Institute [More...]

What has the greatest potential to improve Nevada’s economy?

What has the greatest potential to improve Nevada’s economy?

Six decision makers share their thoughts:

Joselyn Cousins • Vice President, Community Development, United Way of Southern Nevada; Bill Spohrer, SPHR, CLM • Director of Administration, Jolley Urga Wirth Woodbury & Standish Attorneys at Law; Matthew Saltzman • Shareholder, Kolesar & Leatham; Buster Neel • Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration, Nevada State College; Jon Goldberg • Owner, CJ’s Italian Ice and Custard; Elizabeth Trosper • Principal, Trosper Communications, LLC [More...]

What is your hope for 2013?

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Six executives share thoughts on what their hopes are for 2013:

Lea Carrasco-Zanini • Executive Director, Golden Rainbow; Barry Meyer • President, Tuff-N-Uff Productions, Inc.; Lexy Capp • Owner and Founder, Nannies & Housekeepers U.S.A; Brian Burton • President and CEO, Three Square Food Bank; Patty Kelley • 2013 President, Nevada Association of Realtors; Gene Galloway • President and CEO, Plaza Bank [More...]

What is your favorite holiday tradition?

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Thoughts from:

Mary Musso • Corporate Broker and Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Distinctive Homes; Tommi Bryan • Human Resources Representative, Tronox Henderson Plant; Jeffrey Lowden • MBA, Broker, President, SkyWest and Companies; Philip Patent • President and Chief Operating Officer, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf Nevada; Michael D. Bosma • CPA, The Bosma Group; Stephanie Kirby • Executive Director, Susan G. Komen for the Cure of Southern Nevada [More...]

What has the most potential to improve education in Nevada?

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Six executives share their thoughts:

Dwight D. Jones • Superintendent, Clark County School District; Thomas L. Schwenk, MD • Vice-President of Medical Sciences and Dean, University of Nevada School of Medicine; Ron Knecht • Member, Board of Regents, Nevada System of Higher Education; Pedro Martinez • Superintendent, Washoe County School District; Kevin C. Melcher • Member, Board of Regents, Nevada System of Higher Education; Bart Patterson • President, Nevada State College [More...]

What was your very first job?

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Six executives share their answers:

Richard Bird • Regional Manager, Marcus & Millichap; Cale Ramaker • Morning News Anchor, 8 News NOW; Suzanne Domoracki • Program Director, Nevada Drug Card; Mary Arnold-Ronish • President & CEO, Tattoo Vanish Inc.; Cass Palmer • CEO, United Way of Southern Nevada;Stephen James • General Manager, Park Place Infiniti [More...]

Will Nevada’s economy be better this time next year?

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Six decision makers share their answers:

Brian D. Lawenda, M.D. • Clinical Director and Radiation Oncologist, 21st Century Oncology; Jamie Cooke • Financial Advisor and Partner, MC2 Wealth Solutions, LLC; Blane Johnson • President, Nevada Association of Realtors; P. Scott Voltz, MAI, MBA • Voltz Commercial Realty Advisors; Don Hamrick • General Manager, Chapman Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram; Frank Woodbeck • Director, Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation [More...]

What is the greatest lesson you learned from your parents?

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Six decision makers share their answers:

Sarah E. Harmon, Esq. • Partner, Bailey Kennedy;Jewell Creigh • President /CEO, Ute Construction; Joe DeHart • Owner and Operator, Leone Café and Yo Scream at Tivoli Village; Tim Quillin • President and CEO, Q ad | pr; Robert J. Caldwell, Esq. • Shareholder, Kolesar & Leatham; Christel K. Hall, APR CBC • Owner and President, PRowrite Public Relations [More...]

What does the “American Dream” mean to you?

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Six executives share their answers:

Blane Johnson • President, Nevada Association of REALTORS; Justin Woolard • Founding Partner and Interactive Creative Director, 1010 Collective; Patricia Taylor, CMCA • President, Taylor Association Management, Vice President, Community Associations Institute; Jody Walker Belsick • President, Walker Engineering; Michael D. Bosma, CPA • Managing Shareholder, The Bosma Group, P.C.; Scott Stolberg • President and CEO, A&A Midwest, North Las Vegas [More...]

What U.S. President do you most respect?

Six executives share their answers:

Kyle Nagy •Current President, Southern Nevada NAIOP, Director, Commercial Capital Advisors; Tony DePasquale • President, Elysien Private Wealth; Evangelin Lee • Associate Attorney, Smith, Currie & Hancock LLP; Joe Brown • President, Jones Vargas Law Firm; Kelly Thomas-Boyers • Executve Director, Adam’s Place; Ken Collins • Co-Owner, The Walking Gourmet
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What is a leader’s greatest attribute?

“A leader’s greatest attribute is the ability to forward think. Great leaders anticipate obstacles or challenges that may affect a team and can adjust quickly.” Carol Mayorga • District Manager, Wells Fargo Bank– The Horizons District “I don’t think there is a single greatest attribute. Vision, the ability to motivate and inspire people, providing clear… [More...]

What keeps you up at night?

“My children. Not so much in the traditional sense of making sure they’re safe and sound, but in the sense of their well being if something happened to my wife and I. We’re currently in the process of drafting our estate documents; designating guardians for our young children is of upmost importance at this stage.”… [More...]

What life lesson did you learn the hard way?

“I learned that the lack of loyalty I experienced with previous business dealings with other companies has made me take aggressive steps to make loyalty a core value in my company. This has been extremely rewarding and the main reason why we have been in business for over 50 years.” Jewell Creigh • President /… [More...]

What’s the biggest change you saw in 2011 as it relates to business?

“The biggest change was the emergence of the short-term foreclosure investor, who buys homes in homeowner associations at foreclosure sales.  Short-term foreclosure investors are only interested in a quick resale at a profit, not the long-term health of the homeowners association, and oppose any regulation or fee imposed by an association.” Paul Terry • President… [More...]

What are your hopes for the New Year?

“My hope for the New Year is that the thousands of families in this community with mothers and fathers that are willing and able to work find jobs. I also hope that our state legislators and governor strive to find common ground working for the future of this great state and put aside their personal… [More...]

What do you think is the greatest invention of our time?

“The iPhone – From an organizational standpoint (keeping one organized), ease of use and ability to have a record of your life, pictures, etc., it is by far the best invention so far.  Steve Jobs (God bless his soul) and his team have done an incredible job.  Our three year old was able to navigate… [More...]

What do you love most about Nevada?

“Nevada’s tremendous potential for growth. Defining the opportunities to rebound from the recession, and developing a specific course of action are the keys to realizing that potential. Nevada needs to move beyond old economic development paradigms and embrace a new economic diversification structure with a commitment to innovation and leadership.” Ross Miller • Nevada Secretary… [More...]

What Nevada industry has the greatest potential to contribute to a turnaround?

Six executives weigh in:

David Stone • President, Nevada Association Services, Inc.; Jacob Oberman • Director of Gaming Research and Analysis , CB Richard Ellis; Jennifer Carleton • Shareholder, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP; Mike Montandon • Managing Director, Voit Real Estate Services; Gino LoPinto • President of Sales & Marketing, VIVID Vodka; Greg Hawthorne • Owner, Hawthorne Plumbing, Heating & Cooling [More...]