Yu-Wen Sun, '23 BS Hotel Administration, is a wedding coordinator.

Joelle Silva, '19 BS Hotel Administration, Started within the hospitality industry as a hotel sales coordinator at Mirage in 2019 immediately following graduation. Silva then became executive meetings manager at Mandalay Bay, Delano, and Luxor in 2022 and has recently been promoted to convention sales manager for Mandalay Bay and Delano in 2023.

Breyen Canfield, '16 BA Philosophy and '19 JD, accepted an appointment to a position in the federal government after law school. He recently published a book called Plato's Barbell: What Ancient Philosophy Can Teach Us About Olympic Weightlifting. He started the book (edited by fellow UNLV philosophy grad, Shad Taylor) in undergrad after many conversations with some of the great professors in the UNLV philosophy department who were able to help him learn about Plato, Aristotle, and others by putting them in contexts that do not have any obvious connection to ancient philosophy. Canfield thought he could help those in another field he loves, weightlifting, learn more about that sport by drawing on lessons from ancient philosophers while hopefully generating an interest in strength sports in the philosophy field. The book is published by Jailhouse Strong, a company devoted to promoting education in all sports of strength and is available on Amazon. He lives in northern Illinois with his wife and kids.

Michael Serna, '96 BA Theatre Arts, is the executive creative director for Disney Live Entertainment (part of Walt Disney Imagineering). He assumed this new role over a year ago. He recently created a new experience for the World of Frozen land at Hong Kong Disneyland. Serna lives in Fullerton, California, with his wife and adorable dog. When not working for Disney, he directs local theater (keeping with the roots of my UNLV degree). Productions he's directed have been nominated and won awards over the past few years.

Joan (Camillo) Blair, '19 BSBA Business Administration, is controller of the Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance and has joined the board of directors of Junior Achievement of Southern Nevada. By leveraging extensive experience in the nonprofit sector, financial planning, grant compliance, and fundraising strategies, she will provide valuable expertise that will complement the work of the financial literacy nonprofit organization's dedicated board.

Jon Becker, '00 MS Civil Engineering, is nearly finished assembling a book from research on the limiting magnitude of nuclear energy (number, size, and type of nuclear reactors) that can replace the current magnitude of fossil energy (oil and coal) currently being consumed. The size of the recoverable oil reserves (taken from the BP Statistical Review of Energy) are used to determine the lifetimes of oil energy for the nine industrialized states and seven oil states. These comparisons and derivations define the necessity for world governmental support of the development and design of breeder reactors, and not dependency on financing by venture capital and index funds. It also examines why fusion energy will not save the world from economic collapse, for the simple reason that the available world oil reserves will be 95% depleted at least 10 years before the first commercial fusion reactor is available, and which may never be built for centuries to come. He hopes to have this book published in a couple more months.    Besides writing, Becker's other hobbies include online research into current news events, historical events, paleontology, astronomy, evolution, and geology (oil and coal formation).

Marina Abodeely Jezzini, '84 BS Hotel Administration, has proudly been helping families buy, sell, and invest in Las Vegas Valley for 30 years. She's been a Las Vegas resident since 1979. Jezzini trained with Century 21, Re/Max, and is currently with Urban Nest Realty and is in the top 2% in the Valley as a broker/sales associate. She's resided in Summerlin for 25 years and has extreme neighborhood knowledge of resale and new builders' inventory. In 2023, Jezzini was nominated and won the award for "Top 25 Women in Real Estate."  She has a 21-year-old son who graduated from ATP Pilot school and is married to an avid outdoorsman, engineer, and race car driver. Their motto is "Choose Thrilling."  For hobbies, Jezzini enjoys traveling overseas, yoga, hiking, and making Baklava for her friends.

Steven Gallegos, '11 BSBA Business, is the vice president at Mesquite Wealth Management Group, a private wealth advisory practice with Ameriprise Financial LLC. Licensed in 31 states, recently recognized as a Five Star Wealth Manager for 2023 is featured in Texas Monthly and Fortune magazine. He seeks to provide his clients financial peace of mind by collaborating with them through comprehensive financial planning. Gallegos was born and raised in Las Vegas but moved to San Antonio, Texas, in December 2020. He is married and has two children. He's a big fan of the Las Vegas Golden Knights and UNLV Rebel athletics. He also enjoys spending time at the library with his family.  

David Kohlasch, '84 Hotel Administration, started his executive search career in 2022 with his CDK Career Consulting company. Kohlasch enjoyed the first 30 years managing hotels and resorts around the U.S. and is now giving back to the hospitality industry by offering guidance to uprising hoteliers along with assisting them in seeking their next opportunity.  Kohlasch lives in Virginia with his wife and sons. He enjoys golf and strength and conditioning training.

Misty Lang, '08 BA Theatre Design and Technology, is a personal care attendant with BrightStar Care.

Homa Sayyar Woodrum, '03 BSBA International Business and '07 JD, started a position as general counsel for Nevada State Purchasing in the Department of Administration in Carson City, Nevada.

Matt Radmanovich, '12 MS Sport Management, recently joined Thrill One Sports & Entertainment as vice president of communications. Thrill One Sports & Entertainment is a cutting-edge content company that thrives at the intersection of sports, entertainment, and lifestyle. Established in 2020, Thrill One brings together the dynamic resources of Nitro Circus, Nitrocross, Street League Skateboarding (SLS), and SuperJacket Productions.