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Nada Lena Nasserdeen
Rise Up For You
Founder and CEO
Nada Lena Nasserdeen is the founder and CEO of Rise Up For You, #1 Best Selling Author, and 2x TEDx Motivational Speaker. She can be seen and heard stages around the world and recently was featured on Canada's Global TV, Radio Canada, Amazon Prime TV, and Bloomberg TV. Rise Up For You, a company that enhances company culture and leadership through soft skills is featured worldwide and has worked with brands such as CBS, Google Next 19, LA Fitness, and various Fortune 500 companies and small businesses with a reach in over 50 countries. They’re Certified as a Women's Owned Small Business and Certified by the Society of Human Resources Management.
Teresa DiLoreto
Nevada Military Support Alliance
Managing Partner
Teresa DiLoreto has been executive director of the Nevada Military Support Alliance (NMSA) since its creation in 2010. Under DiLoreto’s leadership, the NMSA has raised more than $7 million for military and veterans’ projects to include resource centers at the University of Nevada, Reno, Truckee Meadows Community College, Great Basin College and three adaptive homes for severely injured disabled veterans. She serves on the City of Reno Building Enterprise Fund. DiLoreto is a life director and past president of Builders Association of Northern Nevada and is a Board Trustee of the Vegas Chamber.
Stacy Watkins
Lexicon Bank
President
As Lexicon Bank president, Stacy Watkins is responsible for connecting banking and investment resources to companies, small businesses, and individuals in Southern Nevada. With almost three decades in the business, Stacy has end-to-end banking industry experience at some of Nevada’s leading financial institutions. Stacy obtained her dual bachelor’s degree in business administration and management from the University of Phoenix, and a Business of Banking certificate from the Pacific Coast Banking School. In her free time, she is an active leader in the community, dedicated to furthering Las Vegas’ economic mobility and financial literacy.
Jaime Cruz
Workforce Connections
Executive Director
Jaime Cruz serves as Executive Director of Workforce Connections, Southern Nevada’s Local Workforce Development Board. Under his leadership, Workforce Connections has been recognized nationally for innovative partnerships and programs that help connect employers to a ready workforce. Cruz understands the barriers many face trying to improve their careers. As a young man, he worked as a dishwasher after immigrating from Peru despite his degree in Mechanical Engineering. Cruz worked his way back to the engineering field, holding executive roles in the hospitality industry before transitioning to the public sector.Proud Member Partners
