Business people: Recent appointments, promotions and honors

Monday, Aug. 6, 2001 | 8:34 a.m.

At Valence Technology, Kevin Mischnick is vice president of finance, Linda Montgomery is director of financial planning, Joe Lamoreux is vice president in systems engineering, Ellen Cartsonis is director of corporate communications and Bob Borron is director of human resources.

John Mowbray is president of the State Bar of Nevada.

Jeff Hein opened Hein Communications.

Melody Stephens is residential broker liaison and Sandy Moursy is escrow officer at Nevada Title Co.

At United Metal Technologies, DeAnna Osborn is vice president and general manager-gaming/sales, Patrick Cruzen is corporate controller, James Scocca is a plant manager, Carol Wencel is corporate administrator, Cynthia Giuffria is customer service manager, Karen Combs is assembly manager and Barbara Conrad is corporate accountant.

Theresa Logan Blazic and Roger Blazic opened Blazic Design and Advertising Services -- A Virtual Agency.

Dante Pistone is director of public relations for DRGM Advertising & Public Relations.

Daniel Ward and Darlene Turgeon are account executives and Maria Boyd is executive assistant at Manpower Inc. of Southern Nevada.

Joseph Brondon is general manager for Southern Nevada of XO Communications. Dennis Petarde is transport engineering manager and Greg Bramhall is senior account executive at XO.

Michael Boychuck is salon and color director of Canyon Ranch SpaClub Salon at the Venetian resort.

Rich Hill is the sales and marketing director for the e-business division at Cenicola-Helvin Enterprises.

Dana Veneklasen is a customer service representative at Desert Community Bank.

Melissa Blue is a senior accountant at Chavez & Koch.

Bob Glau is a sales executive at Madison Towers.

John Gray is associate director and Simon James is an associate at Rider Hunt Levett & Bailey, a property and construction consultancy.

Tony Digiralamo is president of the newly formed local chapter of BOMA (Building Owners and Managers Association).

Martin Greenbaum is vice president of marketing and business development at Health Imaging.

Robert Anderson is vice president of sales/custom home sites at the Seven Hills master-planned community.

Engineering manager John Nagle and civil designer Dawn Bryson joined RBF Consulting's Las Vegas office.

At Pardee Homes, Lee Dillingham is land development manager and Nanette Wachman is options coordinator for the Nevada Trails community.

Stacey D'Aquila is public information coordinator at the Nevada State Board of Architecture, Interior Design and Residential Design.

At the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, Theresa Finley and Andrea Dobias are employees of the month for May and June. And sales executive Meg McDaniel received a community achievement award from the Laughlin Chamber of Commerce.

Perry Muscelli heads the new Las Vegas real estate office of Cushman & Wakefield.

David Boggs is Southwest regional vice president and James Wolf is general manager in Las Vegas for ATC/Vancom, operator of the CAT bus system.

Mark Schanze is a sales associate at Coldwell Banker Commercial ETN Real Estate Services.

Robert Robotti and Marc Paul opened the Las Vegas office of real estate company SCI.

Kirt Klaholz is senior regional vice president overseeing the Las Vegas office of Stoltz Management.

John Wanderer of Las Vegas is president-elect of the board of governors of the Commercial Law League of America.

Louis Primak is vice president at Clark & Sullivan Constructors.

Peter Kingman, president of Nevada Trust Co., is chairman of the board and J. Stephen Voelker is chief executive of SouthwestUSA, a private bank.

Tony Brighi is sales and marketing director at Soil-Tech.

Flora Jackson is director of business development at Southwest Engineering.

Michael Sears is general manager for Star Trans and Star Limousines.

Dennis Schiffel is senior vice president and chief financial officer of Sierra Pacific Resources.

Robert Offerman is an independent information technology consultant for IT Strategies International Corp.

Warren Hardy is executive director of Associated Builders and Contractors Inc.

Nicholas B. Kellogg is a member of the National Republican Congressional Committee's Business Advisory Council.

Melody Stephens is residential broker liaison for Nevada Title Co.

Matt Lanning is vice president and real estate loan officer and Katherine Ruby is a commercial loan officer with Community Bank of Nevada. Marcus Phillips is a branch relationship manager for Community's Maryland Parkway location.

Rose Scott is vice president of marketing for North American Deed Co.

Edward Jamison of Community Bank of Nevada is 2001-2002 president of the Nevada Bankers Association.