The People: Sept. 12, 2011

By Ulf Buchholz

Monday, Sept. 12, 2011 | 3 a.m.

Steve Buuck is executive director of Faith Lutheran Jr./Sr. High School. Buuck was high school principal. He will oversee a staff of 125 teachers and administrators responsible for 1,300 students. Buuck also teaches at Concordia University Wisconsin’s distance learning MBA program and is a guest professor and doctoral dissertation adviser at Wisconsin International University.

Scott Fogo is high school principal of Faith Lutheran Jr./Sr. High School. Fogo was assistant principal at Orange Lutheran High School and is a former teacher at Faith Lutheran, returning to the school after a six-year absence. Fogo has a master’s degree in biology from Concordia University-Irvine. In his previous employment at Faith Lutheran, he was a teacher and head baseball coach as well as varsity football coach.

Cory Harris is adjunct instructor for the International Academy of Design & Technology. Harris teaches advanced mixing and mastering and studio concentration classes. He is the chief recording engineer, studio manager and in-house producer for Mayweather Music/Philthy Rich Records. Harris has worked with Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige, Beyoncé, The Notorious B.I.G., 50 Cent and Ludacris, among others.

Renae Russo is operations manager of Commerce Real Estate Solutions. Russo was business operations manager for Grubb & Ellis | Las Vegas. She manages a wide range of office operations and accounting duties, including supervision of the firm’s accounting staff. Russo has also worked for Colliers International as transaction manager and for Delta Air Lines.

Linda Kuhn is senior vice president and branch administrator at Meadows Bank. Kuhn was executive vice president and regional manager at Bank of Nevada.

Vance Adams, Chris Wilson and Roya Khavari of the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce earned the three top spots in the American Chamber of Commerce Executives annual sales contest.

Dylan Shaver is director of public affairs for the Nevada Mining Association. He will oversee the organization’s public policy and outreach efforts statewide. Shaver was in charge of legislative outreach for the Perkins Co.

Karla Wright is relationship manager in the North Summerlin branch of City National Bank. She is responsible for developing and managing new and existing client relationships through referrals and calling efforts as well as networking and trade organizations. Wright was business development manager for Nevada Commerce Bank.

Robin Suo is assistant property manager for Voit Real Estate Services. She will provide property management support to the company’s senior property manager, Ben Campbell. Suo was a property manager for American Nevada Company before joining Voit.

Leslee Ann Rogers is president, Myrtle Knipes is vice president, Diane Ireland is secretary, Hortense Valdes is treasurer and Major Rhonda Lloyd is Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary representative for the Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary.

Greg Brower, a partner in the Las Vegas and Reno offices of Snell & Wilmer, earned the Master of the Bruce R. Thompson Inn of the American Inns of Court designation. Brower’s practice is focused on complex civil and white collar criminal litigation as well as corporate investigations and administrative law.