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We want to hear from you. Send your information to news@vegasinc.com Eileen Rendulic-Moss and Jeremy Hume are wealth advisors at Nevada State Bank's investment services department, where they provide clients with financial planning and portfolio rendulic-moss hume management. Rendulic-Moss has more than 14 years of experience as a financial services and insurance specialist. She previously served as a financial services representative for MetLife in Ann Arbor, Mich. Hume has worked in the financial services industry in Southern Nevada for several years and previously served as a financial advisor for a national bank. Neurosurgeon Aury Nagy, M.D., opened Nevada Brain & Spine Care with offices in Las Vegas, Henderson and Bullhead City, Ariz. He was previously a partner with Las Vegas Neurosurgery & Spine Care. Besides his neurosurgery practice, Nagy serves as spine committee chair and neurosurgery section chief for Spring Valley Hospital as well as an adjunct clinical faculty member for Touro University. nagy Colby Balkenbush and Christopher Owen are attorneys at Kolesar & Leatham. Balkenbush has been with the firm as a law clerk since March 2012 and practices primarily owen balkenbush in the area of commercial litigation and corporate law. Owen is new to the firm, focusing on commercial litigation and construction law. Steven Chaffee is senior property manager of Harsch Investment Properties' retail south division. He brings more than 20 years of experience in commercial real estate, most recently managing and overseeing operations of the Redmond Town Center, in Redmond, Wash. bohlke Local physician Jorge Burgos is a recipient of a 2013 HealthInsight Quality Award. HealthInsight is a private, nonprofit, community-based organization dedicated to improving health and health care in Nevada, New Mexico and Utah. Scott Fewell and Jennifer Ballew are regional managers at 20140106_VI04_F.indd 4 Lee Butts, who has more than two decades of rodeo experience, is the executive director of the Helldorado Rodeo, which will be held behind the Smith Center from May 14-18. Since 1934, the event has raised more than $4 million — $100,000 in the past two years — for local charities. Donald Soderberg is administrator of the state's Division of Industrial Relations. He is based in the Las Vegas office and oversees the division's statewide operations. Soderberg has more than 25 years of legal and regulatory experience, including eight years as the chairman of the Nevada Public Utilities Commission. Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada and the Cure 4 The Kids Foundation have reached an agreement that allows for the move of two board-certified pediatric hematology oncology physicians — Drs. Alexandra Walsh and Nik Abdul Rashid — from CCCN to Cure 4 The Kids, where they will see patients at the Children's Specialty Center of Nevada clinic at 3121 S. Maryland Parkway, Suite 300, Las Vegas. Todd Keffury completed the qualifications to become one of Waddell & Reed's financial advisors who are authorized to offer the firm's Financial Wellness Program. It is intended to help employees build awareness of where they stand financially, then to educate them on how to establish and work toward their financial goals. Karen Newcomer is construction sales manager of SouthWest Electritech Service's Las Vegas office. She has more than 30 years of experience, including 15 in the Las Vegas market. Her fields of experience include distribution, operations management and outside sales. Newwave, a gaming software supplier, installed its Check Prove software at the Palms and all Station Casinos properties in Nevada. The program helps casinos safeguard against payroll check-cashing fraud. Bally Technologies will supply systems and interactive solutions to the SLS. Formerly the Sahara, the SLS is scheduled to open in the fall with more than 1,600 guest rooms, 800 gaming machines and 80 table games. The International Tourism Safety Association, the Las Vegas Security Chiefs Association and ISC West have agreed to co-locate their events in one venue in 2014. The International Tourism Safety Conference and ISC West will be held during the first week in April at the Sands Expo Convention Center. Yolie Kelley was promoted to marketing and IT manager at Nevada State Development Corp. She has been with NSDC since 2007. NSDC operates offices in Las Vegas and Reno, working with small businesses to help them purchase new or existing facilities. 4 Marla Hudgens, a member of the litigation department at Lionel Sawyer & Collins, is chairwoman-elect of the Appellate Litigation Section of the State Bar of Nevada. The Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce will make the Smith Center for the Performing Arts its new permanent home. It will be located on the ground floor space of the Boman Pavilion, home of Cabaret Jazz theatre. The move will take place in 2014, once office renovations are completed. Boyd Martin Construction completed chaffee construction of the Jerry Tarkanian Legacy project at UNLV. The project, created by Brian Hanlon, honors the longtime UNLV basketball coach. Brooke Bohlke is an attorney at Cogburn Law Offices. Over the past several years, Bohlke's experience included participating in the London Summer Legal and Parliamentary Studies Abroad Program at the University of London, and serving as the assistant prosecuting intern for district and juvenile court at the Jackson County (Mich.) prosecutor's office. FirstService Residential, a community management company. Ballew previously served as director of training and development as well as a community manager for FirstService Residential. Fewell previously worked with FirstService as a lifestyle director. He has seven years of industry experience. Cox Communications — Las Vegas will participate in Lifeline, a government benefit program that provides discounts on monthly telephone service for eligible low-income consumers. Cox Lifeline Service provides eligible consumers basic telephone service for $3.50 per month. Vegas PBS was awarded $89,539 by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to expand emergency alert and communications services in the community. National Healthcare Access Inc., a provider of individual and employer-based benefit plans with offices in Las Vegas, San Diego and Youngstown, Ohio, has acquired two established The Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada held its annual to honor local attorneys who together over the past year have provided more than 20,000 hours of free legal services for low-income Nevadans in Clark County. More than 1,500 clients are being provided pro bono legal representation through Legal Aid Center. Honored at the event were: n Andrew Kynaston of Kainen Law Group, 2013 Pro Bono Attorney of the Year. He worked on 13 pro bono cases and contributed more than 349 hours of pro bono services in 2013. n Gordon Silver, 2013 Pro Bono Law Firm of the Year. This year the firm committed 20 of its Las Vegas lawyers to performing more than 470 hours on 29 new pro bono cases. n Paola Armeni of Gordon Silver, Myrna Williams Children's Pro Bono Award for her work on behalf of abused and neglected children who are in the foster care system. n Laura Deeter of Ghandi Deeter Law Offices, Louis Wiener Service Award for her dedication to serving victims of domestic violence and clients in the area of family law. n Dan Waite of Lewis Roca Rothgerber, Vince A. Consul Memorial Pro Bono Award for his long-term commitment to ensuring access to justice for clients in civil law matters. n Justice James Hardesty and Justice Michael Douglas, Justice Nancy Becker Pro Bono Award of Judicial Excellence n Shannon Phenix, Public Interest Law Student of Distinction n Amber Robinson, Ask-A-Lawyer Community Commitment Award n Marti Ford, Volunteer Surrogate Award n Hutchison & Steffen (1,042 hours) and Lee, Hernandez, Landrum, Garofaolo & Blake (1,049 hours), Lied Award for most hours donated by a law firm n Kunin & Carman (34 case), Lied Award for most cases for a law firm n Cindie D. Hernandez (499 hours), Lied Award for most hours for an attorney n Israel "Ishi" Kunin (24 case), Lied Award for most cases for an attorney Additionally, dozens of attorneys who donated 50 or more hours or 100 or more hours of legal services in 2013 were recognized. insurance firms in Nevada: KIA Insurance Agency and Harrison Insurance Agency. Lamar Advertising Co. has signed a five-year transit advertising agreement with Sun Tran. Under the new contract, Lamar will sell exterior and interior ad displays on Sun Tran's bus fleet in Tucson, Ariz. Several local casinos and companies were recognized as part of the 20th annual World Travel Awards, voted on by travel agents worldwide. Local honorees were: MGM Grand, world's leading casino resort; Bellagio, North America's leading casino resort; Caesars Palace, United States' leading casino resort; Las Vegas Convention Center, North America's leading meeting and conference center. Las Vegas was also recognized as the world's and North America's leading meeting and conference destination as well as North America's leading destination. The Palms and Kirvin Doak Communications public relations team received two PR Daily Media Relations awards for work on the Palms renovation campaign. They were honored in two categories — Best Website and Best Media Relations Campaign Under $25,000. | 6 JANUARY 2014 | 1/2/14 10:10:29 AM

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