Tom Kulas has joined the University of Nevada, Reno Experiment Station’s Wolf Pack Meats facility as the new operations manager. Kulas will be overseeing the operations of the facility, which includes the slaughter, processing and packaging of livestock such as beef, lamb and sheep, swine and goat.
Saul Ramos has been selected as the new U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) director for the Nevada District Office, which covers 17 counties and about 297,000 small businesses. Saul has served as acting district director since December 2021, and as deputy district director since 2018.
Shari Davis has been appointed Director of Rural Economic and Community Development at the Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED).
Tamzen K. Stringham, a range land and riparian ecologist at the University of Nevada, Reno, received the Sustained Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Society for Range Management at the society’s annual meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Lexicon Bank has promoted Hilary Nelson as its new senior vice president and director of operations and compliance.
CenterWell Senior Primary Care has announced the addition of two new bilingual physicians to its Henderson center. The senior-focused primary care facility welcomes Dr. Angela Ortega-Bermudez and Dr. Clarissa BarrettoKo . With more than 29 years shared experience, both doctors will be serving patients, including those speaking Spanish and Tagalog, at the Henderson location, at 390 W. Lake Mead Parkway, Suite 120. Prior to joining CenterWell, Dr. Ortega-Bermudez and Dr. BarrettoKo provided care at Nevada Family Care.
Ben Tobin has recently been promoted to president of the Las Vegas division of Brown Brown. Prior to this, he had been promoted to vice president of sales one year earlier.
The city of North Las Vegas has hired Steve Manley, a 25 year veteran of the events and entertainment industry, as general manager of The Amp at Craig Ranch Regional Park. Opened in 2015, The Amp is the only large-scale outdoor amphitheater in the valley located inside Craig Ranch Regional Park with seating capacity up to 6,800.
Braintrust, a certified minority-owned business and leading integrated marketing agency with offices in Las Vegas, Nashville, New York and Los Angeles, has announced the recent promotions of Katie Stambaugh to vice president of finance and operations, and Sara Hall to vice president of client services.