Business news

Monday, March 29, 1999 | 9:23 a.m.

Christopher Van Yergensen is general counsel at Realty Management.

Jo Ann Frank is a senior escrow officer at Fidelity National Title.

At Nevada State Bank, Barry Johnston is executive vice president, senior credit officer; Linda Lambiase is vice president, chief sales officer; Gary Jacobs is vice president, branch manager; Linda Kirk is vice president, employment manager; David Johns is a client service manager, Jackie Reynolds is assistant vice president, manager of the Mesquite office, Michael Sexton is manager of the Sahara/Durango office and Abraham Valdez is manager of the Tropicana/Jones office.

Daniel Doherty was named industrial broker of the year by the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties. He's with Colliers International.

Robbie Crockett, John Cryer, Monica Myers and Michael Dionne are local market managers for ALLTEL.

Gloria Richardson is outside plant supervisor and Nadine Karsten is a financial analyst at NEXTLINK Nevada.

Mark Howard, chief executive officer of MountainView Hospital in Las Vegas, was appointed chairman of the American College of Healthcare Executives.

Carlos Huerta is a land specialist and investment advisor at Insight Realty Associates.

Karin Tomcik is a public relations account executive at The Firm Public Relations and Marketing.

Art Jimenez is a sales executive at the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.

Daniel Carlson is vice president of environmental and waste management programs at Los Alamos Technical Associates.

Barry Walner is recruiting manager at Management Action Programs.

Ed Higginbotham is business development executive at HIH Insurance.

Frank Pankratz, general manager of Del Webb Corp.'s Sun Cities Las Vegas, will also oversee Del Webb's Northern California operations.

Kris Foate is vice president and general manager and Perry Boxx is station manager of KTNV-TV.

The Small Business Administration and the National Association of Women Business Owners named nine women "Women of Distinction" to mark Women's History Month. They are Tove Allen and Eileen Hayes of Nevada Opera Theatre; Leah Bryant of Kaufman and Broad-Lewis Homes; Cynthia Coletti of Sun West General Contractors; Jackie Delaney of Sun West Bank; Lois Greene of Bank West of Nevada; Linda Harris of LF Harris & Co.; Solveig Thorsrud of The firm; and Elizabeth Wilson of Cragin & Pike Insurance.