Michael Gordon
President
Michael Gordon came to Las Vegas from Cape Town, South Africa in September 2006 on a Rotary International Ambassadorial scholarship. He received both his LL.B. (Bachelor’s degree) and LL.M. (Master’s degree) in Private Law from the University of South Africa…
Jim Kohl
President-Elect
Mr. Kohl received a B.A. from Guilford College in 1988 and a J.D. from the Villanova University School of Law in 1995. He has been a member of the Las Vegas Rotary Club since 1996. Mr. Kohl’s Rotary service includes being named 25 Club President, as well as…
David Thorson
Immediate Past President
David Thorson grew up in Michigan before obtaining his BS from the University of Arizona, an MIM from the Thunderbird School of Global Management and an MBA from ESADE in Barcelona, Spain. He is the immediate Past President of the Las Vegas Rotary Club and has…
Jackie Thornhill
Secretary, Rotary Foundation Committee
Jacqueline Thornhill is President of the Landmark Financial/DBA Landmark Divorce Solutions, Nevada EZ Divorce and Nevada Paralegal. Ms. Thornhill has assisted clients, attorneys, and financial professionals with issues relating to high net worth complex…
Tom Brooker
Treasurer
Tom was born in Windsor Ontario Canada. One of seven children, he moved with his parents to Las Vegas. Tom graduated from UNLV with a degree in Accounting. After graduation, he obtained a CPA license to practice public accounting in California and Nevada. Tom has been active in community service…
Kirk Alexander
Youth and Vocational Service
For the past 27 years, Kirk Alexander has successfully funded client’s mortgage loan requests, with the utmost integrity and honor to accomplish the desired results, a funded loan. The only goal of any real consequence is a satisfied, raving fan, homeowner.
Over that period of time he has…
Anil Melnick
Special Projects Committee
Since 2010 when Anil’s wife Brittney founded B With A Twist Catering, Anil has used his twenty years of business management experience to help grow the startup into a company catering more than 650 events a year throughout Las Vegas. After earning a BA…
Jamie Goldsmith
Administration Committee, Fellowship
Jaime Goldsmith, Catering Sales Manager at Treasure Island, has been a Las Vegas local since 2009. Originally from Jonesboro, Arkansas, Jaime started her hospitality career in 1992. After graduating from Missouri State University in 2000…
Rosalee Hedrick
Membership Committee
Rosalee Hedrick has been a Las Vegas resident since April 1999, actively involved in the community and her professional career of banking. She has served on the Board of Trustees for The Shade Tree, been a member of several committees for the Las Vegas…
Janice Lencke
Administration Committee, Fund Raising
Janice Lencke brings over 20 years of high-level event planning, catering, and hotel sales experience to the company. Janice has served in various event planning capacities at hotels and venues in New York, Philadelphia, New Jersey and since 2005, Las Vegas…
Dave Lester
Service Projects Committee, Local Community
Dave Lester began his career working for a small, family-owned insurance firm over twenty-five years ago. His knowledge of the business increased substantially and he joined Talbot Insurance ( a subsidiary of Safeco Insurance), a large regional brokerage…
Janet Linder
Membership Committee
Experience: 2008-2011 Ronald McDonald House, Las Vegas, Nevada Executive Director, 2004-2008 American Heart Association, Las Vegas, Nevada Executive Director, 2000-2004 United Way of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2000-2004 United Way of Southern
Melanie Muldowney
Service Projects Committee, International
Melanie Muldowney is an attorney, currently working for Allstate insurance. She was brought to Las Vegas by her father, also a Rotarian since 1986, when she was 2. She went to Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon and received…
Rob Telles
Public Image Committee
Rob Telles is dedicated to ensuring that you receive the best legal representation possible. He takes the time to listen to you. He also knows what it takes to get you results. Rob Telles has been a Las Vegas resident for 15 years. He is married and a father of three…
Karen Whisenhunt
Past President Representative
Karen Whisenhunt is the President and Owner/Operator of OMNI Communications West, a female privately owned communications company located and servicing the Las Vegas, Nevada area since 2002. The company focuses on providing communications for…
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