On the move

Fri, Jun 11, 2010 (3 a.m.)

People

Thomas Durant is senior project manager with AndersonBaron Landscape Architecture.

Brooke Borg has opened Borg Law Group at 9555 Hillwood Drive, Suite 150. The firm provides business and estate planning services.

Bree Witt is market development manager for CenturyLink. Witt comes to CenturyLink from Edelman Public Relations, where she gained experience on a number of consumer marketing accounts, including AXE (a Unilever brand), Wal-Mart and USAA. She holds a bachelor of science degree in public relations from Illinois State University.

Carol Dickens and Susan Frush-Feller are agents with Exclusive Realty of Las Vegas.

Shannon Vivolo has been promoted to controller for Gatski Commercial Real Estate Services. Vivolo has previously worked as accounting manager and senior accountant for the company. As controller she will ensure fiscal accountability, oversee accounting systems, trust accounts and the accounting staff, as well as overseeing the preparation of monthly financial packages, budgeting, CAM reconciliations and lease setups for new properties.

Marceliano Panti is engineering field technician with Geotechnical & Environmental Services. Panti will be gathering field samples, performing construction materials testing and observations, and preparing detailed field testing reports.

Manville John Strand is engineering lab technician for the company. He will be preparing field samples, performing construction materials testing and observations and preparing testing reports.

Rob and Linda Graham, partners at Rob Graham & Associates, a law firm that handles business and personal bankruptcy, asset planning and probate masters, have been admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court. They were scheduled to be sworn in by Justice Samuel Alito on Tuesday.

Jeremy Jenson was promoted to vice president of Golden Route Operations by Golden Gaming. In his new role, Jenson will oversee and manage 200 locations and approximately 2,500 slot machines while fostering new business opportunities in Nevada, which include operations of small nonrestricted casinos. Jenson joined the Pahrump Nugget Hotel team in 2001 as a casino shift manager. Recently, he served as the general manager for the property. Before joining the company, he was with the Monte Carlo, where he served as a pit manager.

Shannon Keel was promoted to vice president and general manager of the Pahrump Nugget by the company. Keel joined Golden Gaming in 2006 and has served as assistant general manager of its three casinos in Black Hawk, Colo.: Golden Mardi Gras, Golden Gates and Golden Gulch. In her new role as vice president and general manager of the Pahrump Nugget, Keel will oversee the daily operations of the hotel and casino. Before joining Golden Gaming, Keel worked with the Hyatt Regency Hotel group in Lake Tahoe and Chicago.

Nichole Nalder is transportation scheduler for Helping Hands of Vegas Valley. Previously, she served as music co-director for Good Samaritan Lutheran Church, where she sang lead for Sunday morning services, organized all music and scheduled volunteer musicians. Before that, Nalder was the office financial manager for Radiation Oncology Centers of Las Vegas.

Three staff members of Houldsworth, Russo & Co. recently earned promotions. Jennifer Schwartz and Kunie Sugiyama were promoted to senior accountants, while Shelly Figueredo was promoted to manager. Schwartz has been with the company for more than seven years, Sugiyama for more than five years and Figueredo for more than three years.

Mark Dodds and David M. Grant are partners with Jeffrey Burr. Dodds serves as the firm’s chief financial officer, and Grant serves as its director of legal services. In addition, both attorneys handle estate planning and asset protection strategies for a variety of clients. The estate planning and probate law firm also launched a new blog (jeffreyburr.blogspot.com) covering estate planning, probate, tax planning and trust administration.

Michael D. Davidson is a partner with Kolesar & Leatham. Davidson has been practicing law in Southern Nevada since 1979 after receiving his law degree from the University of Arizona College of Law. Following 20 years in private practice as a civil and criminal trial lawyer, Davidson worked for five years in the Clark County district attorney’s office as an assistant district attorney supervising the civil and family support divisions, coroner’s inquests and death penalty assessments. After a brief return to private practice, Davidson was named chief deputy city attorney, criminal division, for North Las Vegas in December 2004. A member of the State Bars of Nevada and Arizona, Davidson is admitted to practice in all federal courts including the U.S. Supreme Court.

Ashley Tisdale leads the new clinic for Physiotherapy Associates at 600 S. Tonopah Drive, Ste. 230, in Las Vegas.

Nathan Vidrine is property manager for Sansone Development. He will oversee the company’s property management division, Sansone Realty. He will aid commercial property owners with management of professional buildings, including industrial, retail, mixed-use and office/medical space. He will also assist with building operations and maintenance, contract management and lease negotiations as well as product marketing and leasing.

Awards

Honorees at the Women’s Chamber of Commerce of Nevada were: Dorothy North from Elko, who was the chamber’s first member eight years ago; Humanitarian — Barbara Wood; Board of Governor — Lorraine Hunt-Bono; Government — Anita Laruy; Executive — Pam Cach, Romie Semenza, and Trudy Platzer; Philanthropy — American Family, Lizzette Villanueva, Charley Palmer, Richard Feminella, and MGM Mirage; Corporate Diversity and Community Affairs — Debra Nelson; Sponsor/Donations (Above and Beyond) — Karen Scherer, Sue Hoffman, Barbara Wilson, Cory Brooks, Sonya Washington, Robin Howe, Judy Sutton, Kathleen Gustafson; Minority Chamber Appreciation — Latin Chamber, Eloiza Martinez; and Nonprofit Member Appreciation — Cassandra Cotton, Nathan Adelson Hospice.

Corporate giving

Maurice J. Gallagher Jr., Allegiant Travel Co. founder, chairman and CEO will compete in the 2010 Race Across America, a 3,000-mile bicycle ride. Gallagher and his team, the Allegiant Travelers, have selected the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Las Vegas to receive all proceeds from the ride. The team, which includes Allegiant founding executive M. Ponder Harrison, Las Vegas area pain specialist Mike McKenna and Allegiant Air Cycling Team co-founders Andy Bestwick, Tony Gebbia and Jeff Johnson, will start the race in Oceanside, Calif., June 12 and finish in Annapolis, Md.

Dollar Loan Center has joined Fox affiliate KVVU Channel 5 in its annual “Heat Is On” program to benefit Opportunity Village. The company will donate $100 for every day through Sept. 19 that the temperature reaches at least 100 degrees.

New location

Michael and Jackie DiAsio, owners of the Visiting Angels franchise at 1701 N. Green Valley Pkwy., have opened a satellite office at 8430 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Suite 100.