On the move

Friday, Sept. 3, 2010 | 3 a.m.

People

Former Channel 3 Anchor Mitch Truswell is vice president of public relations for 10e Public Relations.

Brian Patje was promoted to project manager with Applied Analysis. He was senior research analyst for the company.

Todd Rich is deputy director of administration for the Nevada Business & Industry Department.

June Murray is vice president of family services for Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada. Murray served as the chairwoman of the social work program at North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University, chairwoman of the gerontology Program at Morgan State University and has maintained the practice of psychotherapy throughout her career.

Mariana Johnson is senior vice president and branch relationship manager of City National Bank’s Twain branch at 6085 W. Twain Ave. and Bart Roberts is vice president and branch relationship manager at its Hughes Center branch at 3883 Hughes Center Drive.

Norman D. Kirch was promoted to director of strategic account sales for Cox Business and Hospitality Network. Kirch was sales manager.

Jimmy Shih is a musculoskeletal imaging specialist, Benjamin Muir is a radiologist and Peter Uang-Yin Lee is a neuroradiologist at Desert Radiologists.

Tiffany Hauck is public relations manager at Golden Nugget. Hauck was with Kirvin Doak.

Mike Motil is Nevada region manager for Harris & Associates. The company employs 20 people in the Las Vegas area.

Elizabeth Trosper of Dan Hart and Associates is president; Brian Wehner of Levi Strauss & Co. is first vice president; and John Ramous of Harsch Properties, John Simmons of Simmons Consulting and George Garcia of G.C. Garcia are trustees of the Henderson Development Association.

Nick Giannini joined the land brokerage team of Hoffman Co. Giannini was vice president of land acquisition for SunCal Cos.

Brian Anderson is an associate in the commercial litigation group of Holland & Hart.

Kevin Kuhlman was promoted to executive vice president of live events for LMG. Kuhlman will oversee account management, business operations and strategic planning for the show technology and touring divisions of the company. Kuhlman has been with the company for more than 10 years. Corey Olson was promoted to director of show services and will lead the show technology division for the company. Olson has been with LMG for more than 13 years.

Steve Angelo is vice president of sales for Integrated Media Technologies, which recently opened a Las Vegas office at 9811 W. Charleston Blvd., Ste. 2445.

Jerry Lewis is chairman; Suzanne Lowden is treasurer; and Ed Nigro, Jim Prather and Paul Lowden are vice presidents of the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

Virgill Williams-Goss is group benefits broker for Orgill/Singer & Associates. Before joining Orgill/Singer, Williams-Goss was a loan officer with First Option Mortgage.

Ali Rizi is chief banking officer for Plaza Bank’s Las Vegas branch, which it acquired through the failure of Southwest USA Bank.

Marek Bute, an associate with Snell & Wilmner, was appointed to the Southern Nevada Disciplinary Board for the State Bar of Nevada. Bute will be asked to make rulings and recommendations regarding disciplinary complaints raised against licensed attorneys through screening panels and both formal and informal disciplinary proceedings during this three-year appointment.

Fred Schmidt was elected chairman of the Bar’s section on Energy, Utilities and Communication Law. Schmidt is a partner at Holland & Hart, practicing primarily in the area of regulatory and administrative law with special emphasis on public utility matters including electricity, renewable energy, natural gas, telecommunications and water.

Nathan Adelson Hospice President and CEO Carole Fisher is a director with Nevada Executive Women in Healthcare.

Vegas PBS Director of Emergency Response George Molnar received Fusion Liaison Officer certification from the Southern Nevada Counter Terrorism Center.

Brian Danfield is president of Verizon Wireless’ Southwest Region, which includes the Las Vegas area; Arizona; New Mexico; El Paso, Texas; and St. George and Cedar City, Utah. Before joining Verizon, Danfield was with the Zale Corp.

Corporate giving

Faith Lutheran Junior/Senior High School’s Business Advisory Council recently awarded the school $25,000 for digital projectors to be used in the classrooms. The Business Advisory Council has donated more than $350,000 since the group was formed in 2001. Donations have helped the purchase of state-of-the-art computer labs, mobile classrooms and other science labs.

John Anderson, owner of SH Architecture, donated services worth $10,895 to the Las Vegas Railroad Society Museum.

Office Depot donated 600 backpacks filled with school supplies to at-risk students to the After-School All-Stars Las Vegas on behalf of Bell Elementary School.

Rock & Rita’s Flair for the Cure event at Circus Circus raised $6,387 for the American Cancer Society Aug. 18.

Snell & Wilmer made a $55,000 grant to Lied Discovery Children’s Museum to be dispersed over a three-year period. The grant will go toward the museum’s early childhood education initiative.

Miscellaneous

ActionCOACH, a business and executive coaching firm, won two platinum awards at the Hermes Awards from the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals. The awards were given for the company’s Coaching for a Cause campaign in the welcome kit and overall pro bono campaign categories.

A new Allstate Insurance Co. office opened at 1221 S. Boulder Highway, Ste. 110, under the direction of Shaun Martin.

Las Vegas Valley law firms listed in the 2011 edition of Best Lawyers in America are: ADR Services, Boies Schiller & Flexner, Bonne Bridges Mueller O’Keefe & Nichols, Broening Oberg Woods & Wilson, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, Buckley King, Jeffrey L. Burr, Campbell & Williams, Fisher & Phillips, Gordon Silver, Greenberg Traurig, Greenman Goldberg Raby & Martinez, Haper Christian Dichter & Sluga, Hilbrecht & Associates, Holland & Hart, Jackson Lewis, Jenning Strouss & Salmon, Kamer Zucker Abbott, Kemp Jones & Coulthard, Laxalt & Nomura, Lewis and Roca, Littler Mendelson, McDonald Carano Wilson, Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, Oshins & Associates, Parsons Behle & Latimer, Prudhomme Law Offices, Rice Sibley Reuther & Sullivan, Santoro Driggs Walch Kearney Holley & Thompson, The Rushforth Firm, Watt Tieder Hoffar & Fitzgerald and Wright Stanish & Winckler.

Calvary Christian Learning Academy is replacing all of its fluorescent lights with LED lights to address a student’s health issues and as part of a green initiative to save electricity.

Cox Business received the highest ranking in the J.D. Power & Associates 2010 U.S. Major Provider Business Telecommunications Study.

Cartier opened a store at the Forum Shops at Caesars.

Students in the YouthBuild Las Vegas Program began construction of a Habitat for Humanity home at 1012 Miller Ave. in the Vegas Heights neighborhood Aug. 10. The home is being built in collaboration with Workforce Connections, GNJ Family Life Center and Habitat for Humanity Las Vegas. Funding from the Labor Department will underwrite building trade and education courses at Deseret Rose Alternative High School for young adults who did not finish a traditional high school experience.

Red Rock Harley-Davidson received Harley-Davidson’s Gold Bar & Shield Circle of Excellence award for 2009. The award is given to the top 25 Harley-Davidson dealerships in the United States.

The Lenz Agency Las Vegas merged with The Network.

Lotus Broadcasting is airing ESPN Radio programming on KWWN-98.9 FM.

Nevada State College Technology Fellows Institute has won a Catalyst Award from Blackboard in recognition of its commitment to using technology to advance excellence in teaching and student service.

Phoenix Physical Therapy & Longevity Center has opened at 950 S. Durango Drive. The company’s website is www.physicaltherapy.us.