On the move

Friday, July 23, 2010 | 3 a.m.

People

Georgia Neu is Nevada director of No Place for Hate for the Anti-Defamation League. Before joining the Anti-Defamation League, Neu served as the Southern Nevada representative for Nevada Humanities, a statewide nonprofit organization, where she helped coordinate the Vegas Valley Book Festival.

Brett Barratt is commissioner of the Insurance Division for Nevada. Beginning in February 2005, Barratt served as the insurance counsel/hearing officer for the division. In October 2009, he became the chief insurance assistant for the division, and since June, he has been the acting commissioner of insurance. A graduate of the Michigan University College of Law, Barratt earned his law degree in 2003. He is a member of the Nevada State Bar Association’s Insurance and Health Law Section.

Shan Davis is an associate in the Las Vegas office of Duane Morris.

Michelle Holbert and Marianne Foti are broker/salespeople for Exclusive Realty of Las Vegas.

Michele Ashley is practice administrator for the Gastric Band Institute of Las Vegas.

Sean Fellows, director of government affairs for Carrara Nevada and graduate of the program, will serve as the 2010-11 steering committee chairman of Leadership Henderson.

John Cunningham is senior vice president and direction of construction assurance services for Hill International’s construction claims group, operating from the company’s Las Vegas office.

Eric Cicalese is West Coast director of operations for Lolita’s Cantina & Tequila bar.

Jody Lake is senior vice president and general manager of M Resort. He is responsible for all facets of operations at the resort. Before joining M Resort, Lake was a general manager for various properties with Station Casinos.

Salvador Diaz III is wealth management adviser for Mutual of Omaha Bank. Based in the bank’s office at 8337 W. Sunset Road, Diaz will work with high net worth individuals and institutions in Las Vegas.

Goodwill of Southern Nevada President and CEO Steve Chartrand has been appointed by Gov. Jim Gibbons to serve on the Nevada State Rehabilitation Council.

Jackie Chambers is director of member services for the North Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce. Chambers will supervise membership sales, membership retention, advertising sales and event sponsorship sales.

The 2010-2011 leadership of the North Las Vegas Rotary Club is: Curtis Cummings, president; Scott Magee, president-elect and administration committee chairman; Rich Behrens, secretary; Harold Adler, treasurer; Aubrey Branch, past president; Gary Chapin, Clair Haycock and Dick Mysza, policy directors; Mark Huggett, membership committee chairman; and Bob Lillis, public relations committee chairman.

Doug Geinzer is CEO of the Southern Nevada Medical Industry Coalition.

Kristin Remfoff and Robin Styles of Terra West Property Management earned their Professional Community Association manager designation from Community Associations Institute.

Angie Wipper and Cody Villarreal are academic counselors at the Southwest campus, Lesley Hettinger is academic counselor at the Washington campus, Becky Stiltz was promoted to financial counselor at the Washington campus, and Nicole Mantu and Rachel Schoch are financial counselors at the Washington campus of University of Phoenix.

David Winchell is senior vice president of investments and financial adviser for UBS Financial Services in the company’s Summerlin office.

Awards

Dekker/Pericch/Sabatini was ranked among the Top 250 U.S.-based Design Firms by Architectural Record and among the Top 100 U.S.-based Green Design Firms by Engineering News-Record.

Gregory Kamer of Kamer Zucker Abbott, Gary Moss of Jackson Lewis, and Gregory Smith of Lionel Sawyer & Collins were named to the list of most powerful employment attorneys by Lawdragon and Human Resource Executive. Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America finalists (Lawdragon 3000) were: David Arrajj, Frank Schreck and Ellen Schulhofer-Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck; Michael Buckley, Jodi Goodheart and Kirk Lenhard-Jones Vargas; Anthony Cabot and Daniel Polsenberg-Lewis and Roca; Robert Faiss, Paul Hejmanowski and Jeffrey Zucker-Lionel Sawyer & Collins; Robert Eglet-Mainor Eglet Cottle; Paul Kaleta-NV Energy; and Gregoy Brower and Robert Kinas-Snell & Wilmer.

Lewis and Roca was ranked the 18th-largest trademark practice in the United States by Intellectual Property Today.

Shawn Satterthwaite received the President’s Ring of Honor from Pepsi Beverages Co.

Prudential Americana Group sales executive Jack Hay has received a Customer Service Excellence award from the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce.

Corporate Giving

City National Bank started its clothing drive to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Nevada. Clothing bins have been placed in all City National Bank and Sun West Bank offices and will be available through Aug. 8.

Miscellaneous

ARCPoint, a newly opened company that performs drug tests and criminal background checks for businesses, provides access to a list of businesses it has certified for consumers at www.arcpoint.info.

The Las Vegas NBC affiliate now goes by KSNV-DT, Channel 3.