Joe Romano took a circuitous route to becoming vice president of operations for PT’s Pub, PT’s Place, PT’s Gold, and Sierra Gold.
Joseph DeSimone Jr., the broker and owner of First Federal Realty in Henderson, made recent news by buying the Railroad Pass Hotel and Casino.
The elected officials in Carson City debate budget approaches that may allow us to address the core community ill of an under-performing education system. If they find enough cash, they’ll also take a bite out of the collateral challenge of being the largest urban area without a university-affiliated medical school.
When our state is paying for Nevadans to live in other states to receive adequate care, when care for our seniors is in competition with education for our youth and when our elected officials are debating how to resolve these competing demands, citizens cannot afford to sit back and hope for the best.
Las Vegas Business Academy celebrated its fourth anniversary of providing University of Nevada, Las Vegas graduate degree students with financial aid and mentoring resources from business, hospitality and law professionals. The current scholarship recipients — Daven Cameron, Keivan Roebuck and Tasha Schwikert — joined community leaders including Larry and Camille Ruvo of Southern Wine and Spirits; Rino and Marie Claire Armeni of Armeni Enterprises; and Mark Faber, senior vice president of global partnerships at AEG. Michael Mina, founder of Mina Group, and Steve Weitman, senior vice president of Wynn/Encore Las Vegas, were honored with the Mastership Award for showing an outstanding work ethic and philosophical approach to business while serving as an inspiration to young leaders.
The Las Vegas Business Press has selected 15 women to be honored May 21 at the Women Who Mean Business celebration at the Trump Plaza.
Sam Nicholson started his career in construction young.
