Elizabeth A. Daniels, '90 BA History, published her 24th novel, At Twilight, a historical adventure-romance set in 1868 Texas, under the name Beth Henderson. She has written suspense, romantic-comedy, young adult, and historical novels under four different names and has been published in 12 languages in more than 20 countries. More than 600,000 copies of her books have been sold worldwide. She also teaches English composition at Ohio's Edison Community College. In 1995 she earned a master's degree with an emphasis on creative writing from Wright State University in Ohio. She was featured in the spring 1993 issue of UNLV Magazine. She lives in Englewood.
Michael Robert Brunet, '91 BA English, is associate general counsel with Station Casinos Inc., practicing primarily in the areas of bankruptcy, copyrights, and trademarks. He was previously an attorney with Gordon & Silver Ltd. He married Michelle Silver in 2004 at the Hotel Bel Air in Beverly Hills, Calif.
James Covey, '91 BSBA Management, earned an MBA from the University of Wisconsin, Whitewater.
Andrea Beauchamp Hammond, '91 BA Political Science, '94 BA Criminal Justice, has worked in the legal field for 14 years. Employed by the State Bar of Nevada, she began as an admissions investigator and was promoted to assistant director of admissions in 2001. She conducts background checks on applicants sitting for the bar exam and administers the exam in Reno. She lives in Las Vegas.
Theodore Nelson III, '91 BS Business Administration, played football for two years with the Kansas City Chiefs. He then returned to Las Vegas and began a career with FootLocker. He started as a sales person, working his way up to his current position of district manager for the Los Angeles region. He and his wife, Valerie, have two daughters, Selene and Maya. He enjoys taking his daughters fishing and helping them with soccer. He lives in Corona.
Christopher Bond, '92 BS Hotel Administration, was appointed director of leisure sales for New York-New York Hotel & Casino. He has been in the leisure sales business in Las Vegas for 11 years.
Jack Daryanani, '92 BS Electrical Engineering, is the owner of American Merchant Systems, a Las Vegas-based credit card and check processing services company that operates worldwide. He enjoys skiing.
Anthony Taeubel, '92 MBA, is vice president and general manager of the Stardust Resort and Casino. He previously spent nine years working in Iowa and Mississippi, the last two as chief operating officer of Mississippi's Pearl River Resort. He and his wife, Kimberly, have three children, Brandee, Brock, and Brayden.
Jennelle Hopkins, '93 PPD in Professional Development, '03 MS Geoscience, was awarded the Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship by the U.S. Department of Energy. The 11-month fellowship in the geosciences directorate at the National Science Foundation in the Washington, D.C., area runs through July 31. She helps manage grants relating to geoscience education and promoting diversity in the geoscience field. An earth and environmental science teacher at Centennial High School, she has won many awards over the years, including the state Teacher Professional Development Award in 2000, the Mandalay Bay Teacher of the Month Award in 2001, and the Educator of the Year Award from Centennial in 2002.
Archie Perry, '93 BS Biology, specializes in general orthopedic and spine surgery at the Desert Orthopedic Center. He earned his medical degree from the University of Nevada School of Medicine in 1998. He then completed training in orthopedic surgery at the Mayo Clinic and training in spine surgery at the Twin Cities Spine Center in Minneapolis. He and his wife, LaTosha, have four children, Archie III, Armand, Alex, and Aliyah Samira.
Giovanni Delrosario, '94 BS Education, '96 Master of Education, is an associate professor at Los Angeles Trade Technical College and director of the culinary arts program at Los Angeles Harbor College. He was honored as vocational teacher of the year in 2004 and was named Miller Brewing Tools for Success Teacher of the Year in 2001. He lives in Lancaster.
Kimberly Lani Kushi, '94 BA Psychology, is the mother of a 5-yearold son, John. She enjoys jogging, shopping, and going to the movies. She lives in Wailuki, Hawaii.
Linda Marie Gray Norcross, '94 BA Political Science, '04 JD, passed the Nevada bar exam and is employed by Quirk & Tratos, a boutique law firm specializing in intellectual property, entertainment, Internet, art, and technology law. She is a charter member of the William S. Boyd School of Law Alumni Association and co-chairs its events/recruiting committee. She and her husband, Matthew, have a daughter, Shelby.
Jennie Cole Popick, '94 BA Communication Studies, is the first female partner in the Las Vegas litigation firm of Harrison, Kemp & Jones LLP. She and her husband, Aaron Popick, '95 BS Business Administration, have a 6-year-old daughter, Katie, who performs with the Rebel Starzz.
Ann Larimer Robertson, '94 BA Communication Studies, works as inhouse counsel for Scottsdale Insurance Company. She is married to fellow lawyer John P. Robertson. They live in Phoenix.
Robert Cortez, '95 Bachelor of Music, is director of bands and a music teacher at Boulder City High School. He has taught in the Clark County School District for 10 years. He is married and has three children.
Kristen Bernier McCabe, '95 BS Athletic Training, is a stay-at-home mom. She and husband Eugene have two daughters, Kaelan Rose, 5, and Molly Katherine, 21 months. Her hobbies are kickboxing, yoga, and home remodeling. They live in Utica, N.Y.
Mahika Chandrasena Bartholomeusz, '96 BS Hotel Administration, works in public relations for SriLankan Airlines, that country's national carrier. She recently earned a master's degree in public administration from the Postgraduate Institute of Management at the University of Sri Jayawardenepura in Sri Lanka. She wrote her thesis on service quality in the hospitality industry. She lives in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Larry Lee, '96 MBA, is the operations manager for the state of Washington's Guaranteed Education Tuition Program. He is beginning Ph.D. studies at the University of Washington. He and his wife, Kandace, have two children, Michelle and Bryan. His hobbies include traveling, volunteering at his children's school, doing audio/visual work at his church, and singing. He lives in Olympia.
Lee Hocking, '97 BA Communication Studies, recently was appointed assistant attorney general for Arizona. He represents the state department of economic security on child protective services issues in Kingman, Colorado City, and Prescott. He and his fiance´, Julie Eigner, plan to marry in September. He lives in Kingman.
Angela Smith Jones, '97 BA Communication Studies, is a publicist for Solomon Friedman Entertainment in Denver. The company handles publicity and promotions in the Rocky Mountain region for Hollywood film studios. Her accounts include 20th Century Fox, Fox Searchlight, Paramount Classics, MGM/UA, and Warner Independent Pictures. She married in 2003 and lives in Broomfield.
Andre Yates, '97 BS Elementary Education, '99 Master of Education in Curriculum & Instruction, '04 Master of Education in Educational Leadership, is an assistant principal with the Clark County School District. He also serves as a part-time instructor at UNLV and at the Community College of Southern Nevada. He and his wife, Rachel, have 3- year-old twin daughters, Amanda and Claire.
Sarah Foltman, '98 BA Psychology, is director of special events at St. Luke's Regional Medical Center and is the Children's Miracle Network director for St. Luke's Children's Hospital in Boise, Idaho.
Susan Hofius, '98 BS Education, recently moved from Colorado to Ramstein Air Base in Germany. She previously lived in Guam, where she taught full-day kindergarten for two years. She is the mother of a 5-yearold daughter and a 2-year-old son. She enjoys doing cross-stitch, reading, walking, and playing with her children.
Monti Levy, '98 BA Criminal Justice, graduated magna cum laude from Seattle University School of Law in 2002 and now is an associate at the law office of John J. Momot in Las Vegas. Her son, Maxwell Raiden Morrow, was born Sept. 17, 2004.
Victor Moss, '98 BS Post-Secondary and Adult Education, teaches management classes at the Community College of Southern Nevada. He also is owner and manager of the Las Vegas Cycle School, which provides motorcycle safety training, including training for Nellis Air Force Base. He earned a master of science in management from Troy State University.
Marina Younkin Ortiz, '98 BS Hotel Administration, is the stay-athome mother of a 2-year-old daughter, Carolanne, and a 7-month-old son, Anthony. She previously worked in front office operations, casino marketing, and internal auditing at several hotel/casino properties in Las Vegas.
Salvi Martinez Schulte, '98 BA Political Science, '04 Master of Social Work, is employed by the state Division of Child and Family Services. She works with children who are severely emotionally disturbed.
Michael Walton, '98 BA Theatre Arts, is pursuing both a career in acting and a career in the fitness and personal training industry. He lives in North Hollywood, Calif.
Robin Cunningham, '99 MS Accounting, recently was promoted to the position of business and finance manager of Odyssey Charter School of Nevada. The school's distance education program serves more than 1,400 students, grades kindergarten through 12, in the Las Vegas area.
