Piercy Bowler Taylor and Kern accountants Kade Stratton, Shannon Swaner and Richard Wilcock became Certified Public Accountants.
advertising
Advertising Mike Pena
Construction Kevin Hutchings
Construction Benjamin Bailey
Construction Kim Fruth
Construction Michael Richards
Finance Daniel Nehring
Finance Heather Wesolowski
Finance Jason Goodman
Finance Richard Justiana
Finance Marilyn Ash
Finance Kathy Stubbs
Finance Brent Yap
Gaming and Hospitality Carlos Engel
Gaming and Hospitality Timothy Spartharos
Gaming and Hospitality Jorge Hernandez
Gaming and Hospitality Arthur Keith
The Letizia Ad Team hired Mike Pena as a graphic artist.
awards
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce presented Congressman Jon Porter with its "Spirit of Enterprise Award."
The Geary Company received the "Best Television Campaign" award at the 2008 AIGA Work Show.
construction
Hardy Construction promoted Kevin Hutchings to vice president, Benjamin Bailey to senior project manager and Kim Fruth to accounting assistant.
HCI/Hardy Construction named Michael Richards estimator .
Burke & Associates Field Superintendent Pat Schueppert was named a LEED AP.
employment
Resources Global Professionals appointed Cliff Calhoun as director of recruiting and client service in its Las Vegas office.
Finance
MassMutual Financial Group named Daniel Nehring agency supervisory officer.
Nevada Association Services, an assessment collections firm, named Heather Wesolowski collections specialist.
Northern Trust Bank hired Jason Goodman as a banking relationship associate and promoted Richard Justiana to vice president, private banking manager.
Bank of North Las Vegas promoted Marilyn Ash to senior vice president, loan operations manager, Kathy Stubbs to vice president, controller and Brent Yap to assistant vice president, commercial loan officer.
Meadows Bank hired Russ Petersen as manager of its business development department.
food and beverage
Cafe Rio Mexican Grill opened at 6575 N. Decatur Blvd.
gaming and hospitality
Bally Technologies named Carlos Engel director of its Mexico sales and operations and Timothy Spartharos director of international gaming operations.
Arizona Charlie's Decatur promoted Jorge Hernandez from sous chef to executive chef.
American Casino & Entertainment Properties named Arthur Keith resident and general manager of the Stratosphere Casino Hotel and Tower.
Cannery Casino Resorts LLC appointed Clay Harris as sales manager for Eastside Cannery Casino & Hotel.
health and wellness
Professional Permanent Cosmetics and Tattoo Vanish promoted Linda Hine to director of operations.
law
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck hired Jason Jeskey as an associate.
Lionel Sawyer & Collins Shareholder Linda Bullen became the first Nevada attorney to join the American College of Environmental Lawyers.
real estate
Gatski Commercial Real Estate Services promoted Sharon Strehlow to vice president and controller and named Cynthia Holland and Jamie Wingard property managers.
Toyoda-Roberts Realty of Las Vegas hired Lucius Bowen III as a sales associate.
The Atalon Group named Robert Beville managing director.
Virtus Commercial, founded by Chris Emanuel, opened at 8367 W. Flamingo Road, Suite 102, in Las Vegas.
retail
Mattress Firm opened at 5775 S. Eastern Ave.
technology
Datanamics, a technology networking company based in Henderson, hired Nancy Smith as marketing manager.
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