Recent promotions, appointments and honors:

Thomas Flader is vice president of sales and marketing at Paragon Asset Management.

At Nevada State Bank, Kathy Gately is assistant vice president, compliance manager; Julie Sanchez is training officer, Anna Manrique is corporate assistant relationship officer, Sarah Riddle is client service manager at the Nellis Branch and Mary Rourke is branch manager at the Charleston and Hualapai branch.

Nathan Schweigart is a project manager at Commercial Roofers.

At MGC Communications, Rick Heatter is assistant vice president, legal administration; Pat Chicas is vice president, Internet and data services; Scott Bufton is director of Internet and data services; Michael Coppert is director of applications development and Michael Henderson is product development director.

Leah Bryant, president of the Las Vegas division of Kaufman and Broad of Nevada, was honored with the "Women of Distinction" award by the Southern Nevada chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners.

Lisa McDonald is the manager of the new Bank of America banking center at Cheyenne Avenue near Durango.

Rick Murphy is an air quality specialist at Doctor Duct, a division of Custom Cooling & Refrigeration.

Wendy Harrison is a Realtor liaison coordinator for the Green Valley area at Nevada Title Co.

Carla Hilts of Lake Mead Hospital was appointed to the national Emergency Nurses Association's 1999 Professional Development Vision Council.

Marc Cheiken is a copywriter and associate producer at Quillin & Co. Advertising and Public Relations.

At NEXTLINK Nevada, Jill Cartagena is assistant to the vice president/ general manager, Jennifer Victorin is a marketing coordinator and Richard Scheer is the regulatory and external affairs manager.

Michael Gordon is a retail financial consultant at Norwest Investment Services.

Al Hart is associate creative director at DSLV Lawlor Advertising.

At R&R Advertising, Dawn Maiorano is media director and Maureen Harper is media supervisor.

Michele Curran of Unique Enterprises is the Small Business Administration's Nevada small Business Person of the Year for 1999. Others honored are Raul Martinez of RAMAR Corp., small business exporter of the year; Maria Castillo-Couch of the city of Las Vegas and the Latin Chamber as minority small business advocate of the year; Roger Tokarz of the Nevada Commission on Economic Development as veteran small business advocate of the year; Karen Galatz of "Business in Nevada" as small business media advocate of the year; Edward Warren Sr. of Warren Tire as city of Las Vegas small business person of the year; and Mark Thompson, Tim Gallock and Rick McGuire of Black Mountain Graphics as city of Henderson small business persons of the year.

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