| 3/16/2021 |
Clark County Board of Commissioners
| Recognized as Recommended
Agenda note: DISCUSSION: In honor of Women’s History Month, the Board acknowledged the contributions and significant actions of women that had acted as trailblazers and glass ceiling breakers in the community, and presented tokens of appreciation to those named.
Commissioner McCurdy recognized Chef Natalie Young, entrepreneur and owner of Eat Restaurant; Astrid Silva, civil rights leader, and executive director of Dream Big Nevada; Luz Marina, founder of the nonprofit Immigrant Home Foundation; Margaret Murray, University Medical Center (UMC) oncology and orthopedic staff nurse and clinical instructor; Evelyn Pacheco, Nevada's first black female union plumber and founder of the Nevada Women in Trades (NVWIT), non-profit corporation; and Jeannie Beatty, who had a nursing degree, a cosmetology license, was a breast cancer survivor, and participated on multiple boards and organizations that promoted breast cancer awareness.
Commissioner Tick Segerblom acknowledged and expressed appreciation to Commissioner Kirkpatrick, Chair of the Clark County Board of Commissioners; then presented proclamations to Mercedes Maharis, local artist, filmmaker, advocate for the incarcerated, and member of the Nevada Silver Haired Legislative Forum; Roxanne James, principal at Jerome Mack Middle School; and Cherina Kleven, first female Las Vegas Fire Department and community activist for the Asian community and community development.
Commissioner Ross Miller recognized Brenda Talley, a fourth generation Nevadan, Executive Director of the Nevada Senior Olympic Games, and member of the Mt. Charleston Town Advisory Board; Elaine Sanchez, community activist and member of the Board of Directors at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center; and Elizabeth Blough, restaurateur, and founder and CEO of Blau + Associates, a restaurant development company.
Commissioner Justin Jones acknowledged Latoya Holman, Director of Community Outreach at the ?Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) Foundation, founding member of the Human Rights Campaign of Las Vegas (HRC), a member of the HRC National Board of Governors, and was a member of the National Executive Committee for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI); Amy Dockter Rozar, Principal at West Career and Technical Academy, and vice-president of the administrative division of the National Council for Technical Education; and Yvette Williams, a Las Vegas advocate for education, family, and criminal justice reform, chair of the Spring Valley Town Advisory Board, and the chair of Clark County Black Caucus. | |
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