Richard Darder, '77 BS Hotel Administration, '91 MS Hotel Administration, is the chief executive officer of Sac & Fox Casino. He began his casino career as a pit clerk at the MGM Grand in 1975 while attending UNLV and credits much of his success to the masterÕs degree program in hotel administration. He lives in Holton, Kan. Christie Phillips Enzinna, '77 BA Psychology, is a behavior analyst working for the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation. She assists families in keeping mentally retarded family members from being institutionalized. She is married and has one daughter, Ashton, who is 9. She lives in Richmond. Michael Lantz, '78 BS Business Administration, is a partner in the certified public accounting/consulting firm of Stewart, Archibald & Barney. He is chairman of the board of directors of the Nevada Federal Credit Union, a member of the UNLV President's Associates, and a member of the Southern Nevada Estate Planning Council. He is also active in the Boy Scouts. |
He spent the previous 18 years with Marriott Lodging; his last assignment there was as vice president of sales for the western region. He lives in Coto de Caza, Calif. L. Laura Fritz, '81 MS Educational Foundations and Counseling, is vice president of development for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Las Vegas. In that role she is involved in the design, development, and implementation of a planned giving program. She previously served as executive director of development for the CCSN Foundation at the Community College of Southern Nevada and as director of athletic development at UNLV. She is a licensed marriage and family therapist. She has taught at the elementary level and also has taught continuing education courses at both UNLV and CCSN.
Jann Butler, '82 BS Hotel Administration, has been promoted to senior human resources manager for Microsoft Corp. She oversees human resources issues for the 4,000-person Windows division. She has achieved her lifetime certification in human resources. She lives in Redmond, Wash. Will Case, '88 BS Management, has been promoted to general manager of IntelliMark, a global information technology solutions provider. He previously worked for the company as a senior technical recruiter. Patricia Gene Greene, '88 MBA, has been appointed to the Ewing Marion Kauffman/Missouri Chair in Entrepreneurial Leadership in the Henry W. Bock School of Business and Public Administration at the University of Missouri, Kansas City. Before going to UMKC, she served as a scholar-in-residence at the Kauffman Foundation. Previously, she held the State of New Jersey Small Business and Entrepreneurship Chair at Rutgers University. While at Rutgers, she was honored for her teaching excellence. She earned a doctoral degree in sociology from the University of Texas, Austin. Dale R. Sarver, '88 BS Finance, is corporate director of purchasing at S. Schwab, a children's clothing manufacturer. Previously, he worked in inventory management for Sunrise Medical Corp. in Somerset, Penn. He received an MBA from Frostburg State University in Maryland in 1989. He is married and has three sons, Joshua, Caleb, and Andrew. He lives in Meyersdale, Penn. |
Eric M. Aanes, '92 BS Marketing, is vice president of the Security Benefit Group of Companies. Previously, he worked for three years for GE Capital as director of sales. He and his wife, Shelley, live in Kentfield, Calif. F. Travis Buchanan, '92 BS Business Administration, earned his law degree from Western State School of Law in 1997 and was admitted to the California Bar that same year. As a law student, he served as president of the Black Law Student Association and won a distinguished student award for his academic achievement and community service involvement. He now works as deputy city attorney for the city of Los Angeles. He prosecutes domestic violence, drug, theft, hit- and-run, and prostitution cases, among others. His wife, Carla Gibson-Buchanan, '95 BA Psychology, recently earned a master's degree in psychology from Pepperdine University. She teaches kindergarten for the Downey Unified School District in Downey. They live in Wilmington.
Vicky Burnette McCullough, '93 BA Art, and her husband, Steven McCullough, '91 BS Civil Engineering, had their first child, Ian Earl, on Oct. 3, 1998. They live in San Diego. John T. Santana, '95 BA Communication Studies, is editor of the Kent Reporter and the Auburn Reporter, two community newspapers serving Seattle's southern suburbs. He lives in Seattle. Ralph Tropf, '95 MFA Theatre Arts, is currently writing scripts for television. He produced his play, Shadow Hour, at the Stella Adler Theatre. He lives in Los Angeles. Rachel Ego, '96 BS Hotel Administration, is an assistant manager at The Country Club in Brookline, Mass. The Country Club was host to golf's 1999 Ryder Cup Tournament. |
Erik R. Boal, '97 BA English, is the sports editor of a weekly community newspaper, the La Canada Outlook. He also works as a substitute teacher at La Canada High School. He lives in Glendale, Calif. Mari Nakashima, '97 BA Communication Studies, was hired by the Shonkwiler-Marcoux advertising agency after completing a student internship at the company. She began her professional career there as a media assistant, but she has since been promoted to the position of media buyer.
Stephanie Rushia, '97 BA Communication Studies and English, is co-publisher of thePaper, an upscale Las Vegas city magazine that includes articles on lifestyle, food, and good living. It is distributed throughout Southern Nevada. Jill Reinhardt Duque, '98 BA Communication Studies, joined KSR Advertising in 1998. She worked as an account coordinator before being promoted to the position of account executive. Her responsibilities include managing the agencyÕs largest single account. Jacqueline Hooper, '98 BS Elementary Education, teaches first grade at Thorpe Elementary School in Henderson. She and her husband, John, had a son, John Mason, on March 14, 1999. They also have a daughter, Shaylynn, who turns 4 this month. They live in Henderson. DEATHS Linda Kim Todd, '88 MA Psychology, on July 8, 1998. She was participating in a bike-a-thon to raise money to combat sexual abuse of children when she was hit and killed by a car while she was stopped to change the tire of one of the youngsters participating in the bike-a-thon. A clinical psychologist who lived in Cottage Grove, Ore., she is survived by her partner, Tracy Durfee; daughter, Kadie Kim Todd-Durfee; parents, Max and Marie Todd; and brother Gregg Todd. Lori Elizabeth Wheatley, '90 BS Education, on July 21, 1998. A teacher, she is survived by her sister, Natalie Holder, and her niece, Aja Holder.
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