Business people

Monday, May 3, 1999 | 9:38 a.m.

Dr. Joseph Beck Comfort Dental.

Stephen Stoney, director of buildings and grounds for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, received the Facilities Management Administrator professional designation from the Building Owners and Managers Institute International.

Don Payne was honored with the prestigious Marco Polo designation by the Society of American Travel Writers. Payne is the former manager of the News Bureau, a publicity agency at the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.

Virginia "Jeannie" Robertson manages the Silver State Bank branch at Lake Mead Drive in Henderson.

Juan Rodriguez is senior vice president at ATI Title of Nevada.

Mark Bouchard is vice president of marketing and Bruce Richards is vice president of finance at Thomas & Mack Development Co.

Paul Ray heads the appeals division at the law firm John Peter Lee Ltd.

Bill Baumgardner is western area manager at the event management firm Nth Degree.

John Dvorak is senior property manager at Colliers International.

At Perini Building Co., Mark Caspers will become vice president of field operations following completion of his current assignment as general superintendent for the Paris Las Vegas hotel-casino construction project.

Brent Medovich opened BANKERSPEN, a consulting business for banks.

Dale Wright is marketing director at Wet 'n Wild.

Becky Watson opened Watson Creative, a design company.

Joe Whately and Tom Callahan are vice presidents of sales and marketing at Pulte Homes.

Dr. James Boswell is corporate medical director at Employers Insurance Company of Nevada.

At Nevada State Bank, Joe Laicona manages the Spring Mountain branch, Kathy Jumper is a branch manager, Robert Gerber manages the Rainbow branch, Kathy Asetta is consumer-installment quality control officer, Sarah Walker is a trust officer, Emelita "Mel" Murray is corporate trust manager and Lisa Perry is a trust officer.

Paul Beirnes is marketing director for TrizecHahn's Desert Passage retail development at the Aladdin hotel-casino. Grant Barbre is TrizecHahn's director of partnership marketing in its corporate office.

Pamela Wilson is a loan officer at Zions Small Business Finance.

Bonnie Smith is account supervisor and Marta Barone is media director at DSLV Lawlor Advertising.

Rita Fergason transferred to the Northwest office of Keller Williams Realty, where she's the citywide recruiter-trainer.

Guy Amato is vice president of sales and marketing and Rayna Peterson is a branch manager at Nevada Title.

Dave Knapper is senior vice president at Lee & Associates.