Matty Adrianzen

Matty Adrianzen, '17 MA Urban Leadership, is an assistant principal at Clark County School District. She is a mom of three and "glamma" of three. Adrianzen enjoys traveling.

Gary Trbovich Jr

Gary Trbovich Jr., '10 M.Ed. Educational Leadership, was named as the new assistant principal of the Early College Middle School and High School within the Canton City School District in Canton, Ohio.

Lori Esteen-Hardy

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.

Alicia Lerud

Alicia Lerud, '06 JD, is a court administrator/clerk of court for the Second Judicial District Court in Reno, Nevada.

Reagan Pfifer

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.

Amber Overholser, PhD

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

Eric Noone

Eric Noone, '16 BA Criminal Justice, is in the U.S. Navy. He enjoys cooking in his spare time.

Dennis Schebetta

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

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

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

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. 

Dawn Starrett

Dawn Starrett, '80 BS Biology and '85 M.Ed. Counseling and Educational Foundations, was a college instructor at UNLV for 15 years and for Baker College Online for 25 years. She was also a scientist/manager in support of the NNSS for 35 years. She is a licensed board certified behavior analyst who has worked with autistic children and their families since 2021. She also has a Ph.D. in psychology from Alliant International University. Starrett is a widow with two children and has plans to retire at "70-ish." Her hobbies include swimming, gardening, quilting, baking, traveling, and hanging out in a family cabin at Mt. Charleston.