Reagan Pfifer, '09 BA Anthropology and Theatre minor, is currently starring in the upcoming UNLV film project, Riot In Bloom, directed by Brett Levner, and slated to shoot in fall 2022. She is very excited to be part of such an amazing film.

Chelsea Milko, '09 BA Political Science and BS Kinesiological Sciences, recently celebrated one year as senior communications advisor in the U.S. Agency for International Development Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean. In addition, she joined the online publication Maryland Road Trips as a contributing travel writer. She spends her spare time restoring her Victorian-era row house in Baltimore, Maryland.

Lee R. Hocking, '97 BA Communication Studies, is a specialty courts prosecutor in the Appeals and Post-Conviction Proceedings Bureau at the Maricopa County attorney's office in Phoenix, Arizona. He is a career attorney in Arizona government whose prior work includes service at the Arizona Attorney General's Office as an assistant attorney general in the Child and Family Protection/Child Support Enforcement Division and elsewhere as a felony narcotics prosecutor and as a municipal law attorney. He lives in the Valley of the Sun.

Christian E. Hardigree, '93 BS Hotel Administration, was selected as the next regional chancellor of University of South Florida in St. Petersburg.

Amber Overholser, '16 PhD Public Affairs, was recently promoted to the title of associate professor at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia, Arkansas.  

Brian Kasper, '05 BS Elementary Education, was appointed as outdoor learning coordinator at Tashkent International School in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He has taught in Kuwait, Vietnam, Mozambique, China, and Uzbekistan over the last 13 years.

Lori Esteen-Hardy, '19 BA Journalism and Media Studies, has been invited to join a panel titled, "Behind the Magic! Women of Color (WOC) in Wrestling," at this year’s New York Comic Con. She will be on the panel along with fellow Black women in wrestling, including professional wrestlers, writers, and podcasters. Esteen-Hardy enjoys podcasting, traveling, and going to wrestling shows.

Matt Engle, ’91 BS Business Management, was recently named vice president of Insurance Office of America (IOA), voted in as a shareholder, and his Las Vegas’ branch was awarded the "Small Branch of the Year." IOA has 60 insurance offices across the U.S. and U.K.

Dennis Schebetta, '98 BA Theatre, is an assistant professor of acting and directing at Skidmore College and co-author (with John Basil) of Building a Performance: An Actor's Guide to Rehearsal, published by Rowman and Littlefield. He holds an MFA in theatre pedagogy from Virginia Commonwealth University and trained in the two-year Meisner program. He has directed productions off-off Broadway at Ensemble Studio Theatre, 29th Street Rep, and Brass Tacks Theatre. His plays have been produced off-off Broadway, regionally and internationally. The short romantic comedy screenplay MY DATE WITH ADAM won the Steeltown Entertainment Film Factory Competition and premiered at The Three Rivers Film Festival in November. The film won Best Comedy Short in the High Desert Film Festival and has been an official selection of New Filmmakers LA, New Filmmakers NYC, The Boston Sci-Fi Film Festival, The Phoenix International Film Festival, 4th Annual Robot Film Festival, Landlocked Film Festival, and the Sci-Fi London Film Festival. Recent stage acting credits include productions with Saratoga Shakespeare Co., Northeast Theater Ensemble, Pittsburgh Playhouse, and  Off the Wall Theater. Film credits include My Date with Adam, ​Mulligan, Before the 4th, Abduction, All-Sight, Monongahela, Black Kerchief, Roses are Red, and The Dark Knight Rises. He lives in Saratoga Springs with his wife, daughter, and two rescue dogs. He enjoys playing the harmonica and guitar, running, and golf.  

Alberto Pirozzini, '96 BA Hotel Administration, is managing director of Splendido, the legendary luxury hotel in Portofino, Italy. Pirozzini joins the Splendido team after three years as area general manager for Pellicano Hotels. He brings over 25 years' experience working in luxury hospitality. He started his career with Four Seasons and continued with The Ritz-Carlton, St. Regis Hotels, and Resorts and Salvatore Ferragamo Group. In addition, he's held many management positions working in the United States, the Bahamas, Cayman Islands, and Italy.

Tim Lafferty, '75 BS Hotel Administration, has had a long career, beginning in 1973 with Del Webb's Sahara Hotel and various positions with Summa Corp.'s Sands Hotel, Beverly Hills Hotel Corp., Flamingo Hilton, and The Showroom at the Venetian. More recently, he has been an industry consultant, joined the Baskow Talent Agency, and the Las Vegas Speakers Bureau as director of sales, based in Las Vegas. He has been married 48 years to Donna, a professional water media artist and signature artist with the Nevada Watercolor Society. Hobbies include fly fishing, which has taken him to Montana, Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico, and most recently tarpon fishing in Key West, Florida. He also enjoys archeological and historical travel and visiting national parks.

Jessica Cohen, '10 MS Accounting, is a Merrill Lynch Wealth Management Financial Advisor. She was recently recognized on the 2022 Forbes "Best-in-State Next-Generation Wealth Advisors" list, which recognizes the nation’s top 1,000 next-generation wealth managers. She joined The Cohen Group in 2014 and works alongside her father, Gary. She notes that the diversity in their age assists the firm in effectively communicating and building lasting relationships with clients from every generation. In addition to this recognition, she was also named to Forbes' “Best-In-State Wealth Advisors,” and "America’s Top Women Wealth Advisors Best-in-State” in 2022.