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Jessica Impallaria
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Jessica Impallaria '08 M.Ed.

Director of Development & Alumni Relations
Phone: 702-895-3078
Email: jessica.impallaria@unlv.edu

Events

Gretchen Grierson Portrait

 

2024 College of Liberal Arts Alumnus of the Year

Gretchen Grierson '92 '94 finds her passion in compassion. From her career to her philanthropy, Gretchen is always quick to lend a helping hand (and ear).

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2023 College of Liberal Arts Alumnus of the Year

The College of Liberal Arts Alumnus of the Year went from being uncertain about the future of his education to being one of the top residential real estate agents in the Las Vegas Valley.

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2022 College of Liberal Arts Alumna of the Year

Lindsey Ricciardi's dedication to treating eating disorders and serving the community makes her standout as the Liberal Arts Alumna of the Year.

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2021 College of Liberal Arts Alumnus of the Year

Josh Molina draws on his UNLV psych background in his role as a restaurateur.

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2020 College of Liberal Arts Alumna of the Year

Jill Campbell attributes her Sociology bachelor's as the foundation for her ascent to heights of corporate leadership.

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Class Notes

Angie Staples Abdelmonem

Angie Staples Abdelmonem, ’99 BA Anthropology, is completing her doctoral degree in anthropology at Arizona State University (ASU) with a research specialization in sexual violence, social movements, non-governmental organizations, transnational feminism, and Egypt and the Middle East. Her dissertation explores the cultural politics of grassroots activism to combat public sexual violence in Egypt. She is a faculty associate with ASU’s global technology and development program. She also is part of a British Academy-funded project exploring media, public sexual violence, and respectability. She is married and has three children. She divides her time between North Las Vegas, Arizona, and Egypt.

Sondra Cosgrove

Sondra Cosgrove, ’96 BA History, ’04 PhD History, is a professor and former Faculty Senate chair at the College of Southern Nevada. President of the League of Women Voters of the Las Vegas Valley, she also serves as first vice president of the League of Women Voters of Nevada.

Shifon Foster Berumen

Shifon Foster Berumen, ’95 BA Interdisciplinary Studies, teaches U.S. and world history at Chino High School in California. Her hobbies include hiking, kayaking, and motorcycle riding. She and her sons, Jared and James, have two dogs.

James Williams

James Williams, ’94 BS Computer Science, is a firmware engineer. Tennis and flying are among his hobbies. He lives in Reno.

Linda Gray Norcross

Linda Gray Norcross, ’94 BA Political Science, ’04 JD, recently transitioned from private practice to assistant general counsel for Aristocrat Technologies. Previously, she worked for the Las Vegas office of Howard & Howard. She was named a Mountain States “Super Lawyer” for 2015 by Super Lawyers. Also this year she was named to the “Legal Elite” and “Best Up and Coming Attorneys” lists by Nevada Business magazine.

Lynn Tynan

Lynn Tynan, ’92 BA Political Science, recently retired, but has her own jewelry business, is a professional actress locally, and does property management. She previously owned her own tour company, served as director of a women’s substance abuse center, and organized recovery events. She has sung with the UNLV Women’s Choir for more than 10 years, plays tournament badminton, and enjoys traveling to see friends and family, including her three grandchildren. She recently traveled to upstate New York for her 50th high school reunion.

Heidi Almase

Heidi Almase, ’92 BA Psychology, ’96 MA Psychology, ’01 JD, was elected to Las Vegas Municipal Court in 2011 and is serving a six-year term. In 2013, she was nominated to serve a two-year term on the Nevada Judicial Council. In February, she was named an alternate judicial member to the Commission on Judicial Discipline. She is married to attorney Caesar Almase. They have three children. 

Diane Hornsby Ferraro

Diane Hornsby Ferraro, ’90 BA English, is chief marketing officer for Solana Marketing and currently is providing marketing consulting services at Chapel of the Flowers on the Strip and at Tropicana LV Weddings at the Tropicana. More than 20 years of marketing experience in a variety of industries, including fine jewelry, luxury goods, mobile phones, earphones, educational products, and non-profit organizations, inspired her to start her own agency. Specializing in advising start-up businesses, family-run companies, and entrepreneurs with aggressive growth and expansion plans, she helps other companies with digital and traditional marketing and advertising, social media, and public relations. She lives in Denver.

Beth Daniels

Beth Daniels, ’90 BA History, earned a master’s degree in English composition from Wright State University. She now is retired from teaching English composition at two community colleges, but continues her career as a novelist. Her most recently published book is SUPERSTAR. She has published 29 books under various names. She is in the process of moving away from romance and into fantasy and mystery. She for many years served as around-the-clock caregiver for her parents. Now that both her parents have died, she has moved from her Ohio hometown and is settling into her new home in Louisville, Kentucky.

Shannon Hume Shogren

Shannon Hume Shogren, ’87 BA History, is homeschooling her youngest child and working from home for an online event ticket company. After receiving her law degree from California’s McGeorge School of Law in 1990, she passed the Nevada Bar exam and spent eight years working for the state of Nevada as an unemployment appeals referee. She also worked in human resources for a nursing home. Her hobbies include serving as musical director for the local community theater company and sometimes appearing on stage in small character roles. Her son, Carnell Johnson, ’06 Bachelor of Music, is a gondolier at the Venetian. She and her husband have a combined family of four children. They live in Cambridge, Minnesota.