President’s Club Members

CEO & Co-founder

Jonathan Alvarez is CEO and Co-founder of Protective Force International (PFI).  PFI provides trained unarmed, armed, executive protection, mobile patrols and K9 Officers.  With 13+ years of experience with law enforcement, military, and security fields to include overseeing investigations and security operations on the Las Vegas Strip, Jonathan understands the need to blend hospitality and security in our growing economy within the resort corridor and recognizes that Las Vegas requires high standard security services.  He dedicates his time to industry training, advocating for better regulations, and assisting in community outreach programs.

VP of Business Development

Chet Opheikens has been employed by R&O Construction for 23 years. Chet is VP of Business Development for R&O’s Las Vegas Regional Office. Chet builds and nurtures client relationships that generate qualified construction leads and manages the pre-construction services team. Chet is involved in many local organizations such as NAIOP, ICSC, NPFMA, LVMCC, Nellis AFB Honorary Commander and currently sits as Chairman of the Board of the Henderson Development Association.

Local Government and Public Affairs Director

Business Exit Planning Advisor

Ryan D’Souza is a Business Exit Planning Advisor at RBC Wealth Management. He works with companies who are looking to do an  Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs), sale to a Private Equity Group, or utilize a Strategic M&A transaction.  Ryan is a member of the National Center of Employee Ownership (NCEO), ESOP Association, Exit Planning Institute (EPI), and the CFA Society of Nevada.

Executive Vice President

Executive Director of Talent Acquisition & Community Engagement

Lori Calderon is the Executive Director of Talent Acquisition & Community Engagement at Resorts World Las Vegas, where she oversees the property’s recruitment efforts. Additionally, Lori works to identify and facilitate relationships with community partners in support of the resort’s corporate social responsibility (CSR), volunteerism and philanthropic efforts. Lori has more than 27 years of valuable recruitment expertise in Las Vegas, having previously managed employment procedures for MGM Resorts International, The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas and more.

President & CEO

Sarah Lomas is the Chief Executive Officer and President of REVIV, global market leader in nutritional solutions. REVIV has scaled under Lomas’ leadership from one flagship clinic in 2013, to 90 clinics operating in 47 countries. Her mission is to change peoples’ lives by making available products and services that would historically only be accessible to the wealthier community. She has launched the HELIIX Health Passport which will allow businesses to thrive once again and is currently pioneering technology to ensure advanced nutritional genomics is accessible and embedded throughout the global food and beverage sector.

Managing Partner

Krisanne Cunningham has a broad-based transactional experience spanning 20 years and includes mergers and acquisitions, business law, corporate governance, securities, tax planning and non-profit organizations. Cunningham was named a Mountain States Super Lawyer for Mergers & Acquisitions and is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.  She graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law and received an L.L.M. degree in Taxation from Georgetown Law Center. Krisanne is currently the Chair of the Tax Section of the Nevada Bar and on the Board of Directors of the Nellis Support Team.

President

Since 2011, Renee Coffman has served as president of Roseman University of Health Sciences, a Henderson-based private, not-for-profit educational institution she co-founded in 1999. During her first four years as president, she has helped advance the university’s mission to positively impact the health, education, and wellness of the community through the establishment of a second campus in Southern Nevada, located in Summerlin, the expansion of medical research programs, and the founding of an allopathic College of Medicine.