LV business people

Monday, Nov. 30, 1998 | 11:26 a.m.

Brenda Mead is senior vice president and area manager for Bank of America's new private bank division in Nevada.

Jamie Hanlon is a personal banker at the Nellis branch of U.S. Bank.

Cam Usher, sales executive for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, received the allied member award from the American Society of Travel Agents.

Linda Weist is chief operating officer of Ascentra Medical Practice Management.

Judy Schaefer is office services administrator and Helga Smith is senior information management coordinator at CB Richard Ellis.

Joel Racker is general manager of the Las Vegas Convention Center Courtyard by Marriott.

Mike Martin of Michael T. Martin General Contractors in Henderson is 1999 president of the Associated General Contractors Las Vegas Chapter.

Plastering contractor Dick Peck received the annual Book of Golden Deeds Award from the Las Vegas Breakfast Exchange Club for his support of youth projects.

Sherman Rutledge Jr. of radio station KCEP was elected president of the Las Vegas Urban Chamber of Commerce.

Sarah Thornton is a public relations associate at Del Webb Corp.

Dawn Maiorano is media director at R&R Advertising.

Lynelle Berkey and her husband George Berkey were named vice presidents of marketing and sales, respectively, at the PortaCielo residential development at Lake Las Vegas.

Roger Morones is a project engineer at Carson Construction.

Members of the new College of Business Advisory Board are Dale Affonso of KPMG Peat Marwick, Scott Bogatz of the Rio hotel-casino, Bob Campbell of Nevada Bell Mobile Services, Jessie Emmett of Jessie Emmett Realty, Lou Emmert of Sprint, Paige Fleming of Nevada Woman magazine, Julie Foley of Casino Data Systems, Cindy Gilliam of Nevada Power, George Hofmann of Nevada State Bank, Somer Hollingsworth of the Nevada Development Authority, Kirk Clausen and Jay Kornmayer of Wells Fargo Bank, Bruno Mark of Bruno Mark Financial, Phillip Peckman of Greenspun Inc., Jeff Silbert of the Forum Shops at Caesars Palace and Buck Wong of Arcata Associates.

1999 directors of the Associated General Contractors Las Vegas chapter are Michael Martin of Michael Martin General Contractors, Dennis Davis of Kiewit Western Co., Linda Harris of L.F. Harris & Co., Gail Gibson of Gibson Construction, Jesse Paulk of TAB Contractors, Doug Carson of Carson Construction, Boyd Martin of Fremont Construction, Manual Mojicar of Millennium Associates, Steve Shoup of Granite Construction, Steve Bellew of Korte-Bellew, Grant Gibbs of Howa Construction, Dave Anderson of Tri Star Theme Builders, Peter Harvey of Clark & Sullivan Constructors, Brooks Williams of Jaynes, Dale Lay of New-Com, Chuck Darling of Darcor, J.A. Tiberti of Tiberti Construction, Steve Kalb of Kalb Construction, Frank Martin of Martin-Harris, Mike Roddy of Morrison-Knudsen, Robert Thorniley of Image Construction, Leo Durant of LND Construction, Charles Houston of PCL Construction, Dayton Blaine of Blaine Equipment, Dan Bratcher of A & B Asbestos, Tom Czehowski of Steel Engineers, Pat Deputy of Dunn-Edwards Paint, Gary Clarke of Helix Electric, Doug Saffles of Saffles Construction, David Rice of Rice Construction, Randy Capurro of Layne & Associates, Barbara Gomez of Gomez Consulting, Terry Remp of Sacramento Insulation & Fireplaces, Richard Dielman of Dielco Crane Service, Hank Swantack of Interstate Plumbing & Air Conditioning and Ernie Warren of ECCO Equipment.

1999 trustees of the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce are Chairman Robert Forbuss of Medical Transportation of America, Hugh Anderson III of Merrill Lynch, Pete Bannister of KTNV-TV 13, Joe Brown of Jones Vargas; Kathleen Nylen of Piercy, Bowler, Taylor & Kern; Jenny DesVaux Oakes of Sierra Health Services, Lou Emmert of Sprint; attorney Bob Miller, who is currently the governor; Billy Vassiliadis of R&R Advertising, Barbara Wood of Clark Place, Ed Crispell of the Imperial Palace hotel-casino, Timothy Cashman of Cashman Cadillac, Mark Brown of Howard Hughes Corp., Bill Wells of McGladrey & Pullen, Jeanne Hood of American Vantage Companies, Jay Kornmayer of Wells Fargo Bank, Charles Lenzie of Nevada Power Co., Steve Linder of Household Bank, Punam Mathur of Mirage Resorts, Barry Perea of Nevada Coaches, Felix Rappaport of the MGM Grand hotel-casino, Allen Kaercher of Kaercher Insurance Agency, Sue Brandt of Boulevard mall, Juanita Wilson of the Econo-Lodge and Ted Wiens Jr. of Ted Wiens Tire & Auto.

Tim Cashman of Cashman Cadillac received the 1998 Free Enterprise Award of Southern Nevada. It's sponsored by the Employers Association of Southern Nevada, the Las Vegas Breakfast Exchange Club and the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce.

Kathleen Nylen received the 1998 Sam Walton Business Leader Award sponsored by the Wal-Mart Foundation and the SAM'S Club in Las Vegas. Nylen was selected by the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce to receive the award because of her commitment to the local business community. Nylen is a principal of Piercy, Bowler, Taylor & Kern.