Jim Luce

Jim Luce,  '80 BS Hotel Administration, has retired after a diverse career, including 21 years with Marriott as regional vice president of sales and marketing, four years with AmerisourceBergen as executive vice president of retail sales and strategic accounts, and 11 years as executive vice president of sales and marketing with Amneal Pharmaceuticals. Now he plans to expand his pursuit of skiing, mountain biking, ultimate disc, racquetball, travel, and photography. He also intends to pass the level three sommelier certification. Additionally, he plans to serve on some boards of directors and do a limited amount of consulting. He and his wife, who celebrated their 30th anniversary this year, have three grown children. The couple lives in Newport Beach, California.

Stephanie Sibley

Stephanie Sibley, '06 BA Psychology, is with Realty Executives Southern Nevada Properties. She says she balances her time between her family, her business, and her charitable activities. She is an active philanthropist in the Las Vegas community. In 2008, she and her ex-husband founded the Sibley Family Foundation, a 501(c)(3) foundation that supports many charities both locally and nationally. In 2011, she was inducted into the Cleveland Clinic 1921 Society for generous donations to support research for Alzheimer’s and many other neurological diseases. She also received an award from the Clark County Pro Bono Project for her support in seeing that all people, especially the needy, have access to attorneys who graciously volunteer their time to help those in need. She has served on the Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth Board and has chaired the Keep Memory Alive dinner committee for the past three years in support of the annual Power of Love Gala for the Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health. She also joined the board of Keep Memory Alive in 2015.  Most recently, she was appointed to the advisory board for Nevadans for Background Checks. Her career includes 10 years as COO of Nevada Legal News. In 2009, she founded Nevada Legal Support Services, a legal support and licensed process serving company which has grown to one of the largest process serving companies in the state, having completed more than 500,000 serves since its formation. She is a work out fanatic and hiker who also likes to meditate, do hot yoga, and travel. The parent of three children, she lives in Henderson.  

Shane Boehmer

Shane T. Boehmer, '01 BS Engineering - Civil Engineering, just finished a second year working for the Army Corp of Engineers. He spent December and January in Puerto Rico assisting in the hurricane restoration for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). During his time with the corp, he has provided input and direction that have led to improvements and changes in the inspection and structural design program. He recently returned from Afghanistan where he was part of a reach back program trip that provided structural inspections of existing buildings as well as design reviews for new construction on U.S. military bases there. He lives in Millington, Tennessee.

D. Alfred McDonald

D. Alfred McDonald, '91 BA Criminal Justice, is celebrating 23 years as a successful criminal defense attorney. Recently, he became a judge pro tempore in Marana, Arizona Magistrate Court. He lives in Tucson.

Steve Williamson

Steve Williamson, '14 BS Hotel Administration, is an event designer at By Dzign.         

Timothy Gupton

Timothy Gupton, '97 BA Romance Languages, was awarded a Fulbright U.S. Scholar grant for his research project "Language Innovation in Cibaeño Dominican Spanish" in the Dominican Republic in fall 2018. An associate professor of Spanish linguistics at the University of Georgia, he lives in Athens.

Dawn Ward

Dawn Nation Ward, '99 BA Theatre Arts, sat for and passed the February 2018 California Bar Examination. She now is licensed to practice law in California, Ohio, and Illinois. She is entering her fourth year as a professor of paralegal studies at Cerro Coso Community College. She lives in Ridgecrest, California.

Nancy Olson

Nancy Olson, '01 BSBA Finance, recently joined Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, a boutique appellate law firm in Los Angeles.

Lisa Segler

Lisa Segler, '11 Master of Public Health, married Kristofer Segler, '17 BS Electrical Engineering, in January. In March, she became director of senior hunger programs at Three Square Food Bank. She also is president-elect of the Nevada Public Health Association and will serve a three-year term. In 2017, she graduated from Las Vegas's premier leadership program, Leadership Las Vegas. She is pursuing a doctoral degree in public health at UNLV. Her hobbies include volunteering with the Junior League of Las Vegas, traveling with her husband, and taking their dog, Charlie, to the dog park. The couple lives in Henderson.  

John Piro

John Piro, '05 BA Criminal Justice, '10 JD, recently celebrated his sixth year as a public defender, now serving as chief deputy public defender for Clark County. This summer he will graduate in the Leadership Las Vegas class of 2018. In April he completed his first triathlon and plans to compete again in October. He is married to Leslie Nino Piro, '06 BA Political Science, '09 JD.

Aikaterine Vervilos

Aikaterine Vervilos, '01 JD,  works for Aetna as health law counsel supporting Medicaid and Medicare plans. She lives in Phoenix.

Colin Seale

Colin Seale, '12 JD, is the founder and CEO of thinkLaw, a company that teaches critical thinking skills to students using legal cases. Fairy tales and nursery rhymes are used to teach students in kindergarten through second grades because there are many shades in children's literature. The company operates in 11 states, including Nevada, and has impacted more than 200,000 students since launching in 2015.