Doa Meade Ross, '98 BS Engineering - Civil Engineering, is director of infrastructure management for the Las Vegas Valley Water District (LVVWD) and the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA). Her department includes the planning & engineering services division, maintenance engineering division, asset management, and the startup team. Her department plans and reviews the expansion of the water infrastructure in support of the growth in Southern Nevada; assesses both LVVWD and SNWA infrastructure for preventative and predictive maintenance opportunities; supports facilities, operations and treatment by providing designs and contracts for infrastructure replacement or improvements; is actively involved in testing new innovation and technologies in the water industry; and provides plans, policies, and procedures for the control and performance for the systematic testing, startup, and initial operation of pumping stations, reservoirs, etc. She is a licensed professional engineer and has worked in the development and water industry for more than 21 years. Traveling, cooking,  special effects makeup for Halloween, building Halloween decorations, and all things related to Jeep Wranglers are her hobbies. She is happily married to her soulmate, Corey Ross, and loves being a stepmother to his two children, Addison and Adam.

Angela White, '92 BS Education, '02 JD, is a federal agency attorney advisor. Previously she served as deputy public defender for Nye County and 13 years as a teacher in Nevada public schools. Painting is her hobby. She lives in Henderson.

Nathan Taylor, '06 BA Political Science, has announced plans to run in 2020 to represent District 19 in the State Senate. District 19 includes parts of Clark, Nye, Lincoln, White Pine, Eureka, and Elko counties. In 2009, he formed Taylor Consulting Group, a land-use, zoning, licensing, and government affairs firm. During the past decade he has helped more than 1,000 small businesses obtain the licenses they needed to successfully operate.       

Jamie Evan Bichelman, '13 BA Psychology, left his job with Nevada state government in the spring to take a job at Harvard. He also is completing two master's degrees at Harvard, one in journalism and one in psychology. Additionally, he is working toward a business communication certificate and a marketing management certificate at Harvard. He, his fiance, and their rescue and foster animals, live in Framingham, Massachusetts.

Stacy Shavinsky, '00 BA Education, taught for nine years before becoming a school counselor. A professor at Touro University, she has two sons in high school. The oldest, a senior, is looking at colleges.   

Meredith Evans Gower, '05 BA Psychology, is the mother of UNLV student Adrianna Gower, who is a pre-med student pursuing a bachelor's degree in biology.

Aaron MacDonald, '07 BA Political Science, '11 JD,  is a staff attorney at Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada. He works in the consumer rights department where he protects low-income Nevadans.

Chase Alexandra Jansson, '10 BA Anthropology, will be joining Campbell Johnston Clark (CJC) as an associate in the firm's new Miami office, which will open Sept. 2. She is an admiralty and maritime lawyer licensed in Florida, New York, and the District of Columbia. CJC is an international law firm with established offices in London, Newcastle, and Singapore that specializes in shipping and international trade. CJC’s Miami office will be its first in the United States.

Carol Bontrager Wagers, '77 BS Education, '81 Master of Education, retired from her job as a guidance counselor at Green Valley High School in 2002 and now teaches two ukulele classes for UNLV's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI). One is a beginners' class, while the other is a workshop for more experienced players. In 2018, her workshop students were asked to headline a ukulele show at the Marta Becket theater at Death Valley Junction, California.  An experienced church pianist and organist, she also is certified as a master craftsman in counted thread techniques by the Embroiderer's Guild of America. A widow with three stepchildren, she attends three book clubs monthly.

Phil Ralston, '84 BS Accounting, is president of American Nevada Company. He recently joined the board of directors for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, the largest private funder of childhood cancer research grants. He got involved with the foundation to support a friend's daughter who was diagnosed with cancer. He has since become one of the leading Las Vegas fundraisers. As a St. Baldrick’s volunteer "shavee" since 2008, he has raised more than $309,000 for lifesaving childhood cancer research and his team, Bald by Design, has raised an additional $516,000 to help conquer childhood cancers. Ralston has challenged his team to raise $174,000 next year — its largest goal to date — to surpass $1 million raised for St. Baldrick’s 20th anniversary.

Kelly R. Kichline, '01 BSBA - Human Resource Management, '07 JD Law,  has rejoined Jackson Lewis in the firm’s Las Vegas office as a principal. Previously, she worked at Caesars Entertainment Corporation, where she was vice president and chief counsel, employment law. She has extensive experience handling employee issues in the hospitality industry, as well as employee issues arising in the heavily regulated gaming industry, including extensive federal and state compliance requirements. She also has significant experience advising and counseling clients in all areas of employment law compliance, focusing on claims prevention and efficient resolution strategies.

James Dold, '06 BA Criminal Justice and '06 BA Psychology, has been chosen by the Board of Directors of Human Rights for Kids as CEO of the organization. He founded the organization in 2017 after nearly 10 years of advocating for children in need. Dold, who earned a law degree from the Univeristy of Maryland, previously served as advocacy director for the Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth.