Our Team
Metropolitan Planning Organization
Deb Reardon, Regional Planning Manager
Michelle Larime, Principal Regional Planner
miguel dávila uzcátegui, Senior Regional Planner
Laura Sida, Regional Planner
Media and Marketing
Sue Christiansen, Media and Marketing Manager
Halley Metcalfe, Marketing & Communications Coordinator
Southern Nevada Strong Steering Committee
The Southern Nevada Strong Steering Committee guides the Southern Nevada Strong Regional Plan update, facilitates implementation within each organization, and tracks progress toward meeting regional plan goals. Members include planning, housing, economic development, transportation, health, and human services stakeholders. The committee meets quarterly or as needed.
| PLANNING | |
| ORGANIZATION | COMMITTEE MEMBERS |
| Southern Nevada Water Authority | Zane Marshall, Director of Water Resources (Chair) |
| Clark County | Sami Real, Director of Comprehensive Planning (Vice-Chair) Martin Gies, Planning Manager (Alternate) |
| City of Las Vegas | Seth Floyd, Director of Community Development Marco Velotta, Chief Sustainability Officer (Alternate) |
| City of Henderson | Eddie Dichter, Community Development Director Andrew Powell, Long Range Planning Manager (Alternate) |
| City of North Las Vegas | Alfredo Melesio, Land Development and Community Services Director Johanna Murphy, Principal Planner (Alternate) |
| Boulder City | Michael Mays, Community Development Director Jim Keane, City Engineer (Alternate) |
| Clark County School District | Chris Dingell, Real Property Management Director Dimitrios Karapanagiotis, Real Property Management Coordinator (Alternate) |
| HOUSING + ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | |
| ORGANIZATION | COMMITTEE MEMBERS |
| Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance | Betsy Fretwell, Chief Executive Officer Amber Stidham, Chief Operations Officer (Alternate) |
| Southern Nevada Housing Authority | Kathi Thomas, Chief Housing Officer |
| Urban Land Institute | Rick Van Diepen, Sustainable Development Product Council Member Minjia Yan, Public/Private Partnership Council Member (Alternate) |
| Brookings Mountain West | Dr. David Damore, Executive Director |
| TRANSPORTATION | |
| ORGANIZATION | COMMITTEE MEMBERS |
| Nevada Department of Transportation | Rebecca Kapuler, Assistant Planning Director Kevin Verre, Multi-Modal Program Chief (Alternate) |
| RTC of Southern Nevada | MJ Maynard, Chief Executive Officer Andrew Kjellman, Senior Director (Alternate) |
| RTC of Southern Nevada Board | Commissioner Tick Segerblom |
| HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES | |
| ORGANIZATION | COMMITTEE MEMBERS |
| Southern Nevada Health District | Nicole Bungum, Health Education Supervisor Mindy Meacham, Health Educator (Alternate) |
| United Way | Janet Quintero, Vice President of External Affairs |
| University of Nevada Las Vegas | Dr. Shawn Gerstenberger, School of Public Health Dean Courtney Coughenour, Assistant Professor (Alternate) |
