Executive Profiles

Name: Erick C. Sanchez Title: President Company: General Design & Construction Co., Inc. Location of Company: Las Vegas Years in Nevada: 26 / Native Years with Firm: 5 Type of Business: Commercial general contracting, project management, steel supply and fabrication. Biggest business challenge; Expanding and managing growth is always a top … [Read more...] about September 2006: Face to Face

Name: Amy Lessinger Title: Broker/Owner Company: RE/MAX Realty Affiliates Type of Business: Real Estate Firm Location: Reno Years in Nevada: 34 Years with Company: 1 Biggest Business Challenge? It is a constant challenge to deal with real estate agents who do not have the appropriate education and skill set required to navigate a real estate transaction … [Read more...] about August 2006: Face to Face

Name: Wayne Laska Title: Principal Company: StoryBook Homes Type of Business :  Homebuilder Location :  Las Vegas Years in Nevada: 38 Years With Company: 3 Biggest Business Challenge: Keeping up with the dynamic real estate market in Las Vegas; also, finding qualified and motivated employees. What do you like best about your job? Providing homes for … [Read more...] about July 2006: Face to Face

Name: Todd N. Ferguson Title: Managing Shareholder, Reno Office Company: Kafoury, Armstrong & Co. Type of Business : Certified public accountants providing audit and accounting, tax preparation and planning, and consulting services. Location: Reno Years in Nevada: 65 Years with Company: 21   Biggest Business Challenge:   CPA firms … [Read more...] about June 2006: Face to Face

Name: Kara Kelley Title: President and CEO Company: Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce Location: Las Vegas Years in Nevada: Life Years with Company: 10 Type of Business: Providing businesses with a unique mix of products, services and advocacy to help them prosper Biggest Business Challenge: Promoting a vibrant and business-friendly economy. Nevada’s robust … [Read more...] about May 2006: Face to Face

Name: Todd Nigro Title: President Company: Nigro Development LLC Location: Las Vegas Years in Nevada: 37 Years with Firm: 14 Type of Business: Real estate development company Biggest Business Challenge: The transition plan from our father to my brother and myself for estate and future planning took about three years and was completed in 2000. At that … [Read more...] about April 2006: Face to Face

Name: Paul B. Ranslow Title: President Company: Sierra Nevada College Location: Incline Village Years in Nevada: 37 Years with company: 1 Type of business: Four-year liberal arts college Biggest business challenge: Private (independent) colleges face the challenge of attracting resources for students and faculty. Tuition and fees cover only a fraction of … [Read more...] about February 2006: Face to Face

Name: David Evans Title: President Company: Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts Location: Las Vegas Years in Nevada: 7 Years with Company: 4 months Type of Business: Postsecondary education Biggest Business Challenge: Building our local student base; currently 77 percent of our business is from students who live outside Nevada. If you could start over … [Read more...] about January 2006: Face to Face

Name: Mark Harold Bouchard Title: Managing Director Company: CB Richard Ellis Location: Las Vegas Years in Nevada: 22 Years with company: 2 Biggest Business Challenge: Building a business environment that is predicated on the principal of WE. Some of the great entrepreneurs of the modern age built everything they did in partnerships with others. It’s my … [Read more...] about December 2005: Face to Face

Name: Garlyn Norris Title: President and Lead Engineer Company: Fair, Anderson & Langerman Information Technology Services Group (FALIT) Type of Business: Information technology services, advanced network systems support for small to medium-sized businesses Location : Las Vegas Years in Nevada:10 Years with Company: 6 Biggest Business Challenge: The … [Read more...] about November 2005: Face to Face

Name: Jeff Eigenman Title: Project Manager Company: Voit Development Company Type of Business: Commercial real estate development  Location: Reno Years in Nevada: 39 Years with company: 3 Biggest Business Challenge: Our biggest challenge is locating new development opportunities in the Reno/Sparks market. The market is tight, land is scarce and the … [Read more...] about September 2005: Face to Face

Name Elaine Barkdull Title Executive Director Company Elko County Economic Diversification Authority (ECEDA) Type of Business Non-profit economic development organization representing Elko County, Elko, Wells, Carlin and private industries Location Elko Years in Nevada 28 Years with Company: 1 Biggest Business Challenge: Rural Nevada is not quite on … [Read more...] about August 2005: Face to Face

Name: Mike McCabe Title: Vice president of leasing Company: DP Partners Type of Business: Industrial development Years in Nevada: 48 years Years with Company: 8 months Biggest Business Challenge: Bringing a build-to-suit 250,000-square-foot industrial facility to occupancy on a nine-month timetable without an executed lease or a selected site, with a winter … [Read more...] about July 2005: Face to Face

Name: Tommy Isola Title: Owner/Manager Company: Blue Heron Companies, LLC Type of Business Land acquisition and development Location: Las Vegas, Nevada Years in Nevada: 27 years Years with Company: 1 year Biggest Business Challenge: Our biggest challenge this year has been organizing a new company while simultaneously developing our first project. Our first … [Read more...] about June 2005: Face to Face

Name: Cornelius Eason Title: President Company: Priority Staffing USA Type of Business: Employment services, temporary staffing, executive recruitment Location: Las Vegas Years in Nevada: 7 Years with Company: 7 Biggest Business Challenge: Managing the transformation of a start-up business as it grows, without losing the flexibility and creativity that … [Read more...] about May 2005: Face to Face