Craig Michie, '92 BS Business Administration, '98 MBA, serves as the film & television employees - craft representative for working men and women in the film, motion picture & television industry in Southern Nevada for the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees - IATSE Local 720. He says that going to college was a big deal for him and that graduating was even more special. To celebrate that special event he chose to purchase a lifetime membership in the UNLV Alumni Association. He said he felt that after all of the effort and hard work, he wanted to have some kind of lasting element to signify the commitment he had made to his UNLV education and the focus on personal self-improvement.  

David Raanan, '13 MA Communication Studies, is a communications professional with his own company, Raanan Representation. He says he has been fortunate to work with everyone from Lady Gaga to Floyd Mayweather and couldn't be more excited to join forces to flip commercial and residential properties with one of the most preeminent private real estate investors in New York and Florida. His hobbies include hiking Red Rock and Gold Strike Hot Springs, working out, playing tennis, and collecting quotes. 

Elissa Lafranconi, '16 BA Philosophy of Justice & Law, is program manager for the UNLV Community Garden, which hosts a farmer's market starting at 9:30 a.m. the last Sunday of each month through June.

Janice Conway-Klaassen, '10 PhD Educational Psychology/Learning & Technology, has been inducted as a Fellow of the Association of Clinical Scientists. She lives in Minneapolis.

George Alexander Pierce, '13 MBA, serves on the board of the Arthritis Foundation.

Jamie Bichelman, '13 BA Psychology, has worked as a full-time communicator/public relations person for UNLV's department of police services for two years. Now he will be taking his career to new heights by pursuing a master's degree in communication studies at UNLV. He will begin his studies in August.

Leon Symanski, '87 BS Business Administration - Management, '94 Master of Public Administration, '01 JD, has been an attorney at Craig P. Kenny & Associates since 1997, practicing in the area of personal injury. He played for coach Jerry Tarkanian's Runnin' Rebels from 1984 - 1987. His hobbies include golf, basketball, horse racing, reading, and live music. He is married to Lisa Gentile Symanski, '97 BA Communications.    

Matthew A. Cooney, '09 BA Spanish for the Professions, recently completed his Ph.D. in higher education administration from Bowling Green State University. He has accepted a position at Governors State University in University Park, Illinois, as a research analyst focusing upon student success initiatives. He lives in Orland Park.

Chris Cummins, '12 BS Human Services Counseling, is a full-time child and family case worker who is finishing his master's degree in marriage and family therapy at Regis University in Denver. An intern at The Marriage and Family Clinic, he recently had his blog published on the clinic's website. He is married to Amanda Gerber Cummins, '14 BA Psychology. They live in Broomfield.

Ronald Hedger, '79 BA Psychology, is a doctor of osteopathic medicine. After practicing urgent care and family medicine in Las Vegas for 25 years, he joined Touro University Nevada in its College of Osteopathic Medicine. He currently is an associate dean and director of the Regional Center for Clinical Simulation. He also is involved in regular teaching as an associate professor of family medicine at Touro. Additionally, he serves as president of the Nevada State Board of Osteopathic Medicine Licensing Board. Television and radio production is his hobby. He and his wife, Karen, and have three grown children, Shannon Hedger Cammilleri, '09 BA Communications; Christopher Hedger; and Lindsey Hedger, '16 BA Elementary Education. He and his wife have two — and soon will have three — granddaughters. He and his wife live in Henderson.  

Jeremy Cope, '05 Radiography Certificate, '07 BS Kinesiology, has been invited to speak at the Landauer Clinical Dose Optimization Symposium in Chicago in June. His presentation will be titled "Not Gambling on CT Dose: How Our Health System is Succeeding."

Wendy Callahan Roksvold,  '99 BA Communication Studies, is senior recruiter at Korn Ferry Futurestep. She also works part time as regional administrator for International Cultural Exchange Services. She says she always is looking for host families for exchange students ages 15 to 18. Her hobbies are hosting exchange students and photography. She lives in Henderson.