Steven "Carson" Booth, '00 BA Computer Science, works for Starwood Hotels and Resorts as vice president of information technology for Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. He joined Starwood in 1996 as integrated property system projects manager. More recently he was senior director of IT for Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. He lives in Brussels, Belgium.
Michelle Scher, '00 BS and '06 MS Hotel Administration, works as a finance executive in Las Vegas.
Chris Mercado, '02 BS Business Administration, is president and CEO of Sapphire Realty/Emerald Mortgage in Temecula, Calif. He oversees all aspects of sales floor operations; trains new employees; and manages marketing campaigns, in-house call center operations, and internal information technology infrastructure. His hobbies include snowboarding; jet-skiing; shooting; playing guitar, bass guitar, and drums; nice cars; and video games. He is engaged and has one son. He lives in Temecula.
Chad Heese, '03 BS Management Information Systems, is a lending manager at Clark County Credit Union and has written two computer programs specifically for the company. His hobbies include working out at the gym, playing racquetball and chess, and building and repairing computers. He is married and the father of a son and daughter.
Melissa Beevers, '04 BA Psychology, was crowned Miss Black Nevada USA 2006. In October she will compete in the National Miss Black USA Scholarship Pageant in Washington, D.C. Her platform is promoting post-secondary education among low-income and disadvantaged students. The undergraduate commencement speaker in 2004, she now works as a GEAR UP school coordinator for UNLV's Center for Academic Enrichment and Outreach.
Jason Gonzales, '04 BS Biology, is a lab technician at the Nevada Cancer Institute.
Nate Salisbury, '04 BS Hotel Administration, is a food and beverage manager at Tower Tysons, a ClubCorp property. Previously, he was the beverage director at Maidstone Club in East Hampton, N.Y. He enjoys reading, wine studies, cooking, and spending time with his family. He lives in McLean, Va.
Michael Stamps, '04 PhD English, recently was notified by the University of Delaware Press that his critical variorum edition of Ben Jonson's Volpone -- a project that began as his doctoral dissertation at UNLV -- has been accepted for publication. Profiled as an outstanding graduate at commencement in 2004, he now teaches college composition and literature in southeastern Pennsylvania, where he lives with his wife, April, and their new daughter, Paloma.
"Jenny" Qin Yu, '04 BS Hotel Administration, is in the leadership development program of the Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino. She previously worked for Radisson Plaza Hotel in Hangzhou, China, and for Treasure Island Las Vegas. She is from Hangzhou.
Henry L. Schuck, '05 BS Hotel Administration, '05 BS Accounting, is pursuing a joint law degree/MBA at Ohio State University's Mortiz College of Law. He lives in Columbus.
