The People: April 11, 2011

By Ulf Buchholz

Monday, April 4, 2011 | 3 a.m.

Becky Wanta is senior vice president and CIO for MGM Resorts International. Wanta most recently was vice president of IT operations and chief technology officer for the company.  “Becky has a depth of experience and talent that is key to our operations, as information technology continues to grow in its prominence as a central tool in the gaming and hospitality experience,” said Aldo Manzini, executive vice president and chief administrative officer.

Angela Triché is president and CEO of Sunrise Children’s Foundation. Triché began with Sunrise Children’s Foundation as a program director more than a decade-and-a-half ago. She advanced to chief operating officer and was named president and CEO when Dee Ladd retired in February. She is a graduate of UNLV, where she received a master’s degree in education.

Carole Fisher is the leadership inductee into the Women’s Hall of Fame. Fisher, president and CEO of Nathan Adelson Hospice, is a member of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s governance and public policy committees, is a member of the Women Business Leaders of the U.S. Healthcare Industry and is a board member of the Nevada Hospital Association and of the Nevada Executive Women in Healthcare.

Anna Gaydusek is chief operating officer and Kassi Belz is vice president of corporate communications for MassMedia Corporate Communications. Belz joined MassMedia in 2005 as an account executive and was named director of client services in 2007. Gaydusek originally joined MassMedia in 2006 as an accounting manager. She returns to the firm in a new role after a brief leave of absence.

Gregory L. Wilde is Nevada office manager and shareholder and Kevin S. Sonderstrum, Matthew K. Schriever, Michael W. McKelleb and Helene C. Lester are attorneys with the newly opened Las Vegas office of Tiffany & Bosco. The firm will focus on bankruptcy, civil and commercial litigation, real estate law, foreclosures, forcible entry and detainer/eviction, mediation and arbitration.

Christopher Horning is executive chef of BRIO Tuscan Grille in Tivoli Village at Queensridge. Horning was a sous chef at BRIO in Town Square before his most recent promotion.

Samantha Dugan is a real estate operator for Voit Real Estate Services. Dugan was senior property manager at American Nevada Company.

Robert D. Hulshouser is now the director of risk management for Urban Environmental Research.

Bryce C. Loveland is an associate in the health care and ERISA litigation group of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck. Loveland was an associate with Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, focusing on commercial litigation, health care law and energy. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University and his law degree from the William S. Boyd School of Law.

Timothy R. Koval is an associate with Hutchison & Steffen practicing primarily in business and commercial litigation; and Jessica S. Taylor is an associate practicing primarily in medical malpractice, health care professional’s advocacy, administrative law and insurance defense.

Samuel P. Au and Brian D. Lawenda are radiation therapy physicians with 21st Century Oncology Centers.

Rick Kramer is local and national sales manager for Las Vegas Billboards.

Debby Kase is national sales manager responsible for Bally’s Las Vegas and Paris Las Vegas, Matthew Waltersdorf is national sales manager for Flamingo Las Vegas, Kelly Stone is regional sales manager for Bally’s Las Vegas and Paris Las Vegas,William Beine is sales manager for Caesars Palace, Donna Que is sales manager for the Rio, Ashley Riemer is sales manager for Flamingo Las Vegas, Wendy Woller is sales manager for Planet Hollywood and Destinee Walker is sales manager for the Rio for Las Vegas Meetings by Caesars Palace.

Nicole Wichman is a staff accountant with Lentz & Mercier CPAs. She is a recent UNLV graduate studying to become a CPA.

Shanon Paine-Ayala is director of community relations for The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, responsible for handling all print, media, book club and custom retail needs.

Wendy Kraft, co-owner of Kraft-Sussman Funeral Services, was appointed to the Senior Citizen Law Project Advisory Board to fill the senior citizen provider seat.

Public Utilities Commissioner and Latin Chamber of Commerce Chairman Luis Valera was appointed to the Southern Nevada advisory board of CityNational Bank. Prior to his appointment last month to the PUC, Valera was government relations director for UNLV.

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