Raised in Sidney, Ohio, Michelle Layton earned her B.S. degree in Marketing Education from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio and her M.B.A. degree from the University of Phoenix, Henderson campus, in 2007. Michelle launched her career in Ohio as …
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Michelle Layton
Debra Gulley-Collins
Debra Gulley-Collins, RN, BSN – Senior Program Manager at Workforce Connections (WC) has been with WC since 2009, with experience in health care quality and patient education, healthcare workforce. She provides oversight of Department of Labor training and employment funds …
Arash Ghafoori
Arash Ghafoori is the Executive Director of the Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth (NPHY), Southern Nevada’s most comprehensive service provider for homeless youth. Since becoming NPHY’s Executive Director in 2012, Arash has led an agency-wide overhaul and rejuvenation, growing NPHY …
Nancy E. Brune
Dr. Nancy E. Brune is the Executive Director of the Kenny Guinn Center for Policy Priorities, a statewide policy research center providing independent, data-driven analysis on issues of tax and fiscal policy, education, economic development, and natural resource security. She …
Fuilala Riley
Fuilala Riley, CEO for HELP of Southern Nevada (HELP) joined the agency in 2003, after 10 years in the casino/hospitality industry. Throughout her tenure at HELP she has had the opportunity to launch new impactful programming and grow existing programs …
Sharon Cornell
I have been with Clark County Parks & Recreation for over 25 years. I am also Vice President of the Nevada Recreation and Parks Society. I am very passionate about the power of Recreation. I have seen firsthand the difference …
Michael Maxwell
Dr. Maxwell has worked for over 20 years in education and social services. In 2017, he became Manager for the City of Las Vegas in the Youth Development and Social Innovation department. YDSI provides educational support programs in over 100 …
Arnold Stalk
Arnold Stalk PhD Bio
Arnold Stalk PhD has more than four decades of experience in the public and private sector and is responsible for dozens of notable residential, industrial and commercial projects in Nevada, California and throughout the U.S. as …
Elaina Mulé
Elaina Mulé collaborates with UWSN community partners and actively engages the community to create measurable results. She helps to mobilize the community to make effective collective decisions through the use of information, research and data. Mulé has an M.S. in …
Danielle Patrick Milam
Danielle Patrick Milam is an urban planner, community developer, and organizational innovator. Her practice over the past 18 years has brought together the worlds of urban development, civic engagement, and urban public libraries. As a member of the executive team …
