FINANCE
• Nevada State Bank has promoted Marci Spearman to vice president/branch area manager for the Moana and South Carson branches. Spearman previously managed the South Carson branch from 2017 to 2022 before transferring to the Moana branch, where she has served for the past three years. In her new role, she will oversee staff, client services and operations at both locations.
Spearman has been in the banking industry for over three decades, beginning her career as a teller and advancing through various retail banking positions to become a branch manager. A highly regarded colleague at NSB, Spearman has received multiple internal awards, including the 2024 Open Door Award and the 2021 Living Our Values recognition for communication. She is also actively involved in community outreach and serves as a board member for United Cerebral Palsy of Nevada.
For information about careers at Nevada State Bank, visit nsbank.com/careers.
Nevada State Bank is a full-service bank offering a complete range of consumer, private and business banking services, as well as wealth management services, with a robust statewide branch network. Nevada State Bank’s colleagues regularly volunteer in their communities and have been dedicated to helping make Nevada a better place to live for the last 65 years. Zions Bancorporation, N.A. is included in the S&P 400 MidCap and NASDAQ Financial 100 indices (NASDAQ: ZION). For more information on Nevada State Bank, visit nsbank.com. A division of Zions Bancorporation, N.A. Member FDIC.
GOVERNMENT
• Billy Allen, Whitney Library branch manager for the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District, has been named as a recipient of the 2025 James Partridge Outstanding African American Information Professional Award. Allen was recognized for exemplary dedication, leadership and commitment to empowering communities through information services, underscoring his significant contributions to the field of library and information science.
His dedication to early childhood literacy is well-known in the neighborhoods and schools surrounding the Whitney Library branch. He also hosts “Storytime Adventures with Mr. Billy” on YouTube and @3kingvisions on Instagram.
Allen was formally recognized at the INFO Awards Night on April 11 on the University of Maryland College Park Campus, jointly presented by the University of Maryland’s College of Information (INFO) and Citizens for Maryland Libraries (CML).
The James Partridge Outstanding African American Information Professional Award honors the legacy of James Partridge, a distinguished library professional and advocate.
NONPROFIT
• Three Square Food Bank has announced Elizabeth Hunterton as chief development officer, and Lisa Segler as chief operations and strategy officer, bringing their extensive expertise to help the nonprofit in its mission of fighting food insecurity in Southern Nevada for a hunger-free community.
— Formerly serving as Three Square’s interim chief development officer since December 2024, Hunterton has become a permanent member of the leadership team. As chief development officer, she is responsible for annual budgeting and enabling continued operational growth to close the meal gap in Southern Nevada. In addition to philanthropy and grants administration, Hunterton oversees marketing, communications and brand awareness for Three Square.
Hunterton has more than 15 years of experience as a nonprofit executive with a proven track record in philanthropy, marketing, innovation and leadership. Prior to joining Three Square’s leadership team, Hunterton served as CEO and principal consultant at Crown Consulting Group. Adding to her commitment of positively impacting the community, Hunterton serves on the Pediatric Advisory Council for Intermountain Health Children’s Hospital and plays a significant role in Leadership Las Vegas, a program affiliated with the Vegas Chamber. Hunterton attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in international business and Master of Science in public administration, along with a minor in Japanese. She embraces the life that she has created in Las Vegas with her husband, three boys and two rescued dogs.
— Previously serving as Three Square’s chief strategy officer, Segler has been promoted to chief operations and strategy officer. In this new position, she oversees both strategic initiatives and core food bank operations, including food sourcing, inventory, distribution, agency partnerships, culinary operations and transportation. She also leads the organization’s anti-hunger strategies and supervises multiple departments focused on connecting individuals and families to food and vital resources through innovative programming, partnerships, education, and policy — all aimed at building a hunger-free community.
With nearly 20 years of experience leading teams and driving impact, Segler is known for aligning people, strategy and operations to achieve ambitious goals. Her career has focused on building effective systems and partnerships to address issues such as aging, health equity and childhood nutrition — always with an emphasis on community-driven solutions and strong, values-based leadership.
A proud UNLV graduate, Segler holds both a doctorate and master’s degree in public health. Outside of work, she loves spending time with her husband and two children.
A national model project inspired by Founder Eric Hilton with a grant provided by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, Three Square is Southern Nevada’s only food bank and largest hunger relief organization, serving Las Vegas and all of Clark, Lincoln, Esmeralda and Nye counties. Since opening in 2007, Three Square has provided more than 644 million pounds of food to hundreds of thousands of people in need and earned a reputation as one of the most efficient and effective food banks in the country. Three Square is a community collaborative partnership with businesses, nonprofit agencies, food distributors, higher education institutions, the Clark County School District, governmental entities, the media and thousands of volunteers working together to support food-insecure Southern Nevadans. Last year, Three Square provided more than 49 million pounds of food, the equivalent of more than 41 million meals, through its network of community partners. A member of the Feeding America network of food banks, Three Square remains committed to its mission of providing wholesome food to hungry people, while passionately pursuing a hunger-free community. For more details, connect at threesquare.org, Facebook (@ThreeSquareFoodBank), Instagram (@threesquarelv) and X (@threesquarelv).
• The Secure Community Network, the official safety and security organization for the Jewish community in North America, announced the hiring of Ken Mead as the regional security advisor for Nevada, the official security liaison for Jewish Nevada.
In this role, Mead will oversee the safety and security of approximately 70,000 Jewish residents and over 47 distinct facilities across the state. Additionally, he will administer the Federation’s community security programs, providing consultations, building and organizational assessments, training and drills, threat mitigation for Jewish organizations, and response coordination for critical incidents.
“Ken Mead brings exceptional law enforcement and security expertise to SCN’s mission of protecting Jewish communities,” said SCN National Director and CEO Michael Masters. “With his extensive background in counterterrorism, threat assessment and local law enforcement, Ken will be a tremendous asset in strengthening security and safety across Nevada’s Jewish communities.”
Prior to joining SCN, Mead served as regional prevention coordinator for Terrorism and Targeted Violence for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. For 26 years, he served in the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, including serving on the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force and program coordinator for LVMPD’s Threat Assessment Program for Targeted Violence (TAP). He concurrently served as the terrorism liaison to the Nevada legislative session in 2022-2023 and the LVMPD liaison to Interpol, coordinating international law enforcement requests in Southern Nevada.
“Ken Mead brings a wealth of experience that will undoubtedly elevate our security efforts and safety culture. We look forward to benefiting from his knowledge and leadership as we continue to build a safer and stronger community throughout the state of Nevada,” said Abbie Friedman, chair of the Executive Security Committee for Jewish Nevada.
“We are thrilled to have Ken join our Federation and statewide community as our new regional security advisor,” said Jewish Nevada President and CEO Stefanie Tuzman. “With the dramatic increase in antisemitic incidents and acts of hate since Oct. 7, Jewish communal security has never been more important. Ken’s tremendous knowledge, expertise and local law enforcement relationships and partnerships will help keep our state safe and secure.”
This hiring was made possible by SCN, local donors, community partners and national donors through the LiveSecure Campaign. The Jewish Federations of North America’s $130 million LiveSecure campaign is the largest philanthropic initiative in history to establish a standards-based collective security framework for every Jewish community across North America.
Jewish Nevada is part of a large and growing network of Jewish federations and communities that have partnered with SCN to launch or build upon existing community-wide security programs designed around an “all threats, all hazards” approach to preparedness, safety, security and resiliency. Each program is connected to SCN’s national operations, providing direct access to SCN’s National Jewish Security Operations Command Center and Duty Desk, as well as best-practice security resources and support related to policies, procedures, physical security, facility assessments, training, and incident response.
Jewish Nevada is Nevada’s Jewish Federation, serving as the representative organization for the 70,000 Jews in Nevada. It is the only organization charged with assessing and addressing the needs of the entire community. Jewish Nevada works diligently to build a vibrant community and sustain Jewish life throughout Nevada, Israel and around the world. It is committed to the values of Tikkun Olam (repairing the world); Tzedakah (righteousness and philanthropy); and G’milut Hasadim (acts of kindness and service).
The Secure Community Network (SCN), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, is the official safety and security organization of the Jewish community in North America. Founded in 2004 under the auspices of The Jewish Federations of North America and the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, SCN serves as the central organization dedicated exclusively to the safety and security of the American Jewish community, working across 146 federations, 50 partner organizations, over 300 independent communities, and other partners in the public, private, nonprofit and academic sectors. Learn more at securecommunitynetwork.org.
