RSM US LLP
Senior Manager
Chris Plasterer is a Certified Public Account and serves as senior manager for tax services with RSM US LLP. As the 5th-largest accounting firm in the US, RSM US is the nation’s leading provider of audit, tax and consulting services focused on the middle market. Middle market organizations, which make up the “real economy,” are too big to be small and too small to be big. They have distinct challenges and opportunities around resources, labor, technology, innovation, regulation and more.
Cure 4 the Kids Foundation
President, CEO, Co-Founder
Annette is President, CEO, and co-founder of Cure 4 the Kids Foundation. She has worked in health care for more than 30 years and has been involved with nonprofits since 1985. Her visionary leadership has shaped and strengthened the foundation, and its clinic, enabling it to serve an increasing number of patients with diverse needs. She led the charge in the foundation receiving The Joint Commission Gold Seal of Approval® Accreditation. As a health care provider, she was troubled by our health care delivery system and answered her calling to ensure that kids receive the care they need.Viticus Group
CEO
Andrea Davis has worked in Vegas healthcare for more than 25 years, having served in COO/CEO roles at local hospitals, and is currently the CEO of Viticus Group (VG). Celebrating its 95th anniversary in 2023, Viticus Group is a 501(c)(3) that hosts one of the largest annual conferences in the veterinary industry and is the largest hands-on animal and human health education and training facility in the world. Davis grew up in Vegas and is a Bishop Gorman High School alum. She received her BS from OSU, and MPA from UNLV. Davis and her husband have two amazing teenagers.Brightline West
President
As President of Brightline West, Sarah Watterson is responsible for all aspects of business development and delivery of the high-speed rail system, including transit-oriented development and rail infrastructure strategy, design, & execution. She has a strong background in large-scale infrastructure projects, including the acquisition and restructuring of the Milwaukee Bucks and developing the 725,000-SF Fiserv Forum. Watterson most recently led development at Florida East Coast Industries, a multi-faceted real estate and transportation company, and served as CEO of Drive Shack (NYSE:DS). She graduated summa cum laude from Cornell University.