Don Boone, '77 BS Hotel Administration, is the father of Paul Boone, '11 BS Hotel Administration, '14 Master of Hospitality Administration. He lives in Fort Worth, Texas.

Karen Siefman Chester, '06 Master of Education, is retired from her jobs as a teacher and as an adjunct professor at the College of Southern Nevada. Crafts, card making, reading, and being a soccer mom are her hobbies. She has three children, Lance, Sarah, and David Chester, '17 BA Art, and one grandson, Leland.    

Samuel Schumach, '12 BA Political Science, is a manager for Deloitte Consulting. He earned a master's degree in global security studies from Johns Hopkins University. Flying, photography, and hiking are among his hobbies. He lives in Washington, D.C.

A. Jordan Fischette, '10 BS Hotel Administration, has published his first book, To: The Ambitious, From: The Experienced: 26 Letters on Leadership, which was a best selling leadership book on Amazon. He serves as director of education for the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity and CEO of the Andrew Reid Consultancy. In 2015 he earned a master's degree in organizational management - human services from Nebraska's Chadron State College.

Eric Lum, '09 BS Biology, is a Realtor and works in the financial sector providing financial education. He said he originally was going to go into the medical field because it is what his family expected, but that after some soul searching discovered he was drawn toward business and finance. He said the journey has not been an easy one, but has been worthwhile. He said he enjoys playing games and sports, going on adventures, and spending time with family and friends. He and his wife enjoy singing and are writing a fictional story together.  

Tony Letendre, '98 BS Hotel Administration, is assistant general manager at Dove Canyon Golf Club. He also serves as Southern California PGA section president. Golf, and saltwater fish tanks are his hobbies. The father of one son, he is engaged. He lives in Santa Ana, California.  

Tracy Moody Skenandore, '00 BA Communications, has been named director of corporate communications and public affairs for Kirvin Doak Communications. She has more than 20 years of public relations, marketing, and corporate communications experience in Southern Nevada and spent more than eight years as manager of corporate communications and public relations for Republic Services. Most recently, she directed the communications effort for the successful Coalition to Defeat Question 3. She is an inductee in the Women’s Chamber of Commerce Women’s Hall of Fame, recipient of the InBusiness Las Vegas Top 40 Under 40 Young Leaders Award and the Las Vegas Business Press Rising Stars of Business Award. She is married to Michael Skenandore, '96 BA Communications.    

James P. O'Brien, '93 Master of Public Administration and '05 PhD Environmental Science, retired from Clark County office of emergency management in 2010. He previously worked as a training officer for Clark County Fire Department and spent 12 years as a National Park ranger.

Tibor Janos Molnar, '97 BSBA - Accounting, is the administration/finance officer at UNHCR in Homs City, Syria. In 2008, he earned an MBA - Finance from an institution in Budapest, Hungary.  

Larry Strate, '76 MBA, is the author of From Battlefields to Beet Fields. His second book, which was published in the fall, provides a glimpse into the prisoner-of-war camps in Montana's Bitterroot Valley during World War II. It explores in detail the little-known story of using prisoners of war in those camps to harvest the sugar beet crops. An emeritus associate professor of business, he retired from UNLV after 24 years. In 2015 he relocated to Hamilton, Montana.

Kassandra Moore, '18 BA Psychology, is a coach at UNLV Career Services. She also is pursuing a master's degree in higher education. She presented "Professional Development COLA 100L" at the 2019 UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo. In 2018, she presented "Networking 101" at the UNLV Student Affairs Conference.  

Sarah Thornton, '96 BA Communication Studies, was named 2018 Volunteer of the Year by the Clark County Bar Association for her exceptional service to the organization. She is president of the Las Vegas-based boutique public relations and marketing firm Sarah Thornton Public Relations, which was founded in 2007. When receiving the award she was praised for not only helping to plan activities and services for association members but also for recruiting attorneys to write articles for "Communiqué," to teach legal education seminars, to volunteer at Three Square, and to distribute blankets to the homeless at Project Homeless Connect. She has been a member of the association's Community Service Committee intermittently since 2008. She also currently serves on the board of directors for the Public Relations Society of America’s (PRSA) Las Vegas chapter and is an advisory board member for Cure For the Kids Foundation. She is a past chapter president and past regional board member of the International Association of Business Communicators’ (IABC) Las Vegas chapter, in addition to being a past president for IABC Colorado. She is also a past chapter president and assembly delegate for PRSA Las Vegas and a past board member for PRSA Colorado. From 2015 to 2017 she served on the board of directors for Kenzi’s Causes, formerly Dolls For Daughters, a non-profit in Colorado that serves children living in poverty.