Business people in the news

Jason Awad is chairman of the board of Business Bank of Nevada and its holding company Business Bank Corp.

Scott Higginson is vice president of government affairs for Del Webb Corp.'s Del Webb Communities.

Winifred Jacob and Charles Hill are attorneys in the new Las Vegas office of Practical Law Management. The California law firm Senn Palumbo Meulemans, specializing in employment, real estate and construction, opened Practical Law Management offices in Las Vegas and Reno.

Robert Barengo and Robert Hynote joined the board of directors of Saxton Inc. Barengo is the former speaker of the Nevada Assembly. Hynote is senior vice president, municipal finance at Lehman Brothers.

Yvonne Knowland is staffing manager at OfficeTeam.

Penny Jeffery joined the sales staff at KWNR/KFMS.

At Pioneer Citizens Bank, Sara Lawyer is vice president and commercial loan officer and Kathleen Gaffney is vice president and branch manager of the downtown Las Vegas branch.

Brent Hucks is a recruiting manager at Robert Half, a staffing service for accounting and finance professionals.

Sarah Ferranto is manager of the food service operations of Sportservice Corp. at the All-American SportPark.

Autumn Cole is accounting manager at Colliers International.

The American Marketing Association's Las Vegas chapter named its 1999-2000 board of directors: Jill Franzraich of Adventures in Advertising is president; Jacqueline Lanning of Research Solutions is president-elect, Vivian Scott of Southwest Gas Corp. is immediate past president, Sharla Juniel of Southwest Gas is vice president of administration, Tony Illia of Associated General Contractors is vice president of communications, Patrick Sterrett of Source Presentation is vice president of event production, Kimberly Travaglia of First Security Trust is vice president of finance, Gillian Naylor of UNLV is vice president of collegiate relations, Nancy Marcellus of Lawry's the Prime Rib is vice president of programming, Milli Clark of Planned Parenthood is vice president of hospitality and Scott Venezia of Power Marketing Concepts is vice president of sponsorship .

Debra "DJ" Jacobson is a sales representative at Mercury Reprographics.

Suzanne Burton is chief operating officer and Margaret Russitano is vice president of strategic initiatives at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center.

Mel Carter is Internet marketing manager at What's On magazine.

Carole Mandelstein is media buyer at Outback Media.

Bill Soard is vice president of finance for Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

John McDonough is associate vice president-investment officer at Dain Rauscher Inc.

Martin-Harris Construction named two senior project managers: Dave Wilson and George Coffman.

Robert Bennington, president, and Cort Christie, vice president and chief executive of National Audit Defense Network, received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award in the category of "Emerging Business."

Employment law attorney Kathleen England joined the law firm Kummer Kaempfer Bonner & Renshaw.

Lillian Havis is director of the AscentrA subsidiaries Home Medical Equipment, Nevada and Home Infusion Therapies.

Jaynie Studenmund is senior vice president of the western region of Fannie Mae.

Terence Lance Dutton is project manager/senior engineer at Poggemeyer Design Group.

Thomas Ernsperger is vice president lending at Nevada Federal Credit Union.

Cary Van Wagoner is director of customer service for Perennial Homes, a unit of Saxton Inc.

Andy Hamrock is sales manager at Sandvick Equipment & Supply Co.

D. Allison Copening founded AliKat Creative Services, which does public relations, special events and video production.

Anon Baez relocated his design business from Queensbury, N.Y., to Las Vegas. The company provides custom illustrations, logo identities, graphics and corporate communications.

Andrea Oram is a sales executive at the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.

Rudy Musiol is general manager at Las Vegas Harley-Davidson.

Rose McKinney-James of the Corporation for Solar Technology and Renewable Resources was elected to the board of directors of the Energy Foundation, a foundation promoting energy efficiency and renewable energy resources.

Erin Newton is an interior designer at Oceanview Interiors.

Mark Dodds became a shareholder and chief operating officer of the law firm Jeffrey L. Burr & Associates.

New officers of the Henderson Chamber of Commerce board of directors are Rod Davis of St. Rose Dominican Hospital, president; Ron Meek of the Community College of Southern Nevada Henderson Campus, first vice president; Phillip Peckman of Greenspun Inc. as second vice president; Dianna Fyke of Sprint as immediate past president and David Wood as treasurer.

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