Chris Cummins
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
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
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 Roksvold
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.
Richard Sinderband
Richard Sinderband, '86 BS Hotel Administration, is the creator/owner of a new app that is about to launch on the Apple Store. iSaid-uSaid is a texting app designed to help improve communication between people in strained relationships. Its unique purpose is to help the user steer his or her troubled relationship by having meaningful conversations through the use of the iSaid-uSaid content. It serves those going through a breakup, separation, or divorce. It can help to rekindle or salvage a relationship, too. It keeps talks “quiet” if children can overhear loud discussions or arguments. The app offers content comprised of statement and comment cards to be texted, geared towards being at any stage of the relationship. He lives in Thousand Oaks, California
Steinar Skipsnes
Steinar Skipsnes, '05 BA Communication Studies, made a New Year's resolution for 2016 to meet one new person every day for one year. He documented the year on an Instagram account called even posted about it on his Facebook page. Skipsnes lives in Seattle.
Joseph Wagner
Joseph Wagner, '00 BS Hotel Administration, is vice president of casino marketing for Seminole Gaming. He lives in Tampa, Florida.
Matthew Mumm
Matthew Mumm, '14 BS Computer Engineering, is an engineer I with the company JT3. In this new job he will be updating and writing code for various programs. During his final two semesters at UNLV, he served an internship in the electronical engineering department of Bally Technologies. The department designed, programmed, and manufactured slot machines. There he says he learned a lot about the design process for circuit boards, wiring the slot machine, electromagnetic interference (EMI), and testing procedures. Later he worked as a test engineer at GLI, which tests gambling machines and games. The job required a good understanding of electronics and statistics. In that job he says he learned more about general gaming machines, the software on them, and testing for different areas. He lives in Las Vegas.
Carlos Blumberg
Carlos Blumberg, '95 BA Political Science, joined De Castroverde Law Group focusing on personal injury, real estate, family law, and other business-related cases. He is a founding member of the Nevada Dispensary Association.
Michael Valiente
Michael Valiente, '12 BA Political Science, '16 JD, has joined the Las Vegas office of Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial, a “Litigation Department of the Year” winner.
Megan Gardner
Megan Gardner, '16 BA Theatre Arts, is a 3G technician and community lighting designer. The North Las Vegas resident describes herself as a Californian with new roots in Las Vegas.
Blanca Ortega
Blanca Ortega, '15 Master of Education, is a developmental specialist for part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. She said she loves her job. The mother of three boys, she has been married for 22 years. The Las Vegas resident enjoys reading and painting.