Three Square Food Bank added three members to its board of directors: Lindy Schumacher of Fulfillment Fund Las Vegas, Catherine Raw of Nevada Gold Mines Operated by Barrick and Kirk Miller of Intermountain Healthcare.
The International Gaming Standards Association announced the results of its board of directors election. Reelected to lead the organization are Roman Czubak, Novomatic AG, chair; Earle G. Hall, CEO of Axes.ai, vice chair; and Paul Burns, formerly senior manager strategic gaming development at the Atlantic Lottery Corporation, and now an ex-officio member of the board appointed as treasurer and secretary. Returning as board members are Adrian Marcu, vice president of architecture for International Game Technology; Bala Kuthyar, vice president of engineering, Scientific Games; Martin Pedak, director of technical compliance, Playtech; Nimish Purohit, senior director of technical compliance at Aristocrat Technologies; and Syed Hussain, chief information officer, State of Oregon Lottery. Joining the board as a new member is Scott Cowan, manager of destination gaming, Atlantic Lottery.
Mark Wiley of the Mark Wiley Group was named by Keller Williams Luxury International as the head of the new Southern Nevada Luxury Division. In this role, Wiley will lead a team of agents representing some of the most exclusive home listings in the Southern Nevada real estate market.
The Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers announced that its board of directors approved the membership applications of six new companies, bringing the trade group composed of the world’s leading gaming suppliers to a total of 190 members, an all-time high, including Las Vegas-based House Advantage, which provides innovative loyalty marketing solutions through software products and services for resort, leisure and entertainment properties.
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck announced promotions of Emily Ellis, Chris Humes and Lindsey Williams to shareholders. Ellis focuses her practice on business, construction defect and real estate disputes as a member of the firm’s litigation department. Also part of the litigation department, Humes uses his employee benefits expertise to navigate issues with trusts, regulatory compliance, litigation and dispute resolution. Williams practices in the firm’s intellectual property department, advising clients in acquiring, protecting and enforcing intellectual property assets including trademarks, domain names, copyrights and rights of publicity.
NAIOP Southern Nevada, an organization representing commercial real estate developers, owners and related professionals in office, industrial, retail and mixed-use real estate, announced its newly elected officers and directors for 2021, led by president David Strickland, vice president of marketing and leasing for the Thomas & Mack Development Group. Additional board members include president-elect, Hayim Mizrachi, MDL Group; treasurer, Reed Gottesman, Harsch Investment Properties; secretary, Rod Martin, Majestic Realty Co.; and immediate past president, Julie Cleaver, the Howard Hughes Corporation. NAIOP’s directors for 2021 include Cassie Catania-Hsu, CBRE; Shawn Danoski, DC Building Group; Jay Heller, Heller Companies; Matt Hoyt, CommCap Advisors; Jeff LaPour, LaPour; Jennifer Levine, RealComm Advisors; Michael Newman, Newman Development Advisors; John Restrepo, RCG Economics; Brad Schnepf, Marnell Properties; Mike Shohet, Compass Development; and Katrina Bruce, Chapter Executive.
Helix Electric was honored with the Diversity Excellence Award by Associated Builders and Contractors in the subcontractor category. The awards recognize members that display exemplary diversity leadership in their company, workforce, supply chain and community with best in class recruitment policies, retention practices and training and mentoring programs.
This story appeared in Las Vegas Weekly.