Blanca Ortega, '15 Master of Education, is a developmental specialist for part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. She said she loves her job. The mother of three boys, she has been married for 22 years. The Las Vegas resident enjoys reading and painting.  

Mark Louis Walters, '85 BFA Art, is art directing the feature film Rampage starring Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, which will be shooting this summer in Atlanta, Chicago, and San Diego. He has been a Hollywood art director for nearly 20 years with such credits as Transformers (4 and 5), CSI:Miami, The King of Queens, and Babylon 5. He lives in Los Angeles

Jill Campbell, '80 BA Sociology, recently was appointed chairperson of the board of Girl Talk, a national nonprofit serving girls throughout North America and beyond. The organization is dedicated to inspiring all girls to develop the confidence to lead through peer-to-peer mentoring. She has been a board member since 2015.  Campbell currently is  executive vice president and COO of Cox Communications. Prior to her current position, she was senior vice president for Cox’s field operations. She joined Cox in 1982 as director of communications in Oklahoma and has served in multiple roles throughout the company. She was Multichannel News’ Wonder Women of 2002, a Betsy Magness Class X Graduate, and was named National Women in Cable Telecommunications Woman of the Year in 2008. She lives in Atlanta.

David Engler, '02 BA Theatre Arts, has been promoted to operations manager of Hampton Inn and Suites, Research Park in Huntsville, Alabama. He says that when his entire staff persists in asking who he roots for — Alabama or Auburn, he always replies that he roots for the UNLV Rebels. He lives in Harvest.

Anthony Guy Patricia, '04 BA, '08 MA, '14 PhD English, is an instructor of English at Concord University in Athens, West Virginia. He recently delivered a talk at UNLV, "Gender Trouble in Michael Hoffman's A Midsummer Night's Dream," that was sponsored by UNLV's English department. 

JC Sibley, '07 BS Kinesiology, and Sara Costanza Sibley, '06 BA Journalism & Media Studies, were married Sept. 24 in Los Cabos, Mexico, with their closest family and friends present. He was a member of the UNLV baseball team in 2005. She was a member of the UNLV cheerleading squad from 2002-06. They met while attending UNLV in 2005. She works for Southern Hills Hospital in the physician relations department. He is the wellness director at Tim Soder Physical Therapy. They live in Las Vegas.

Holly Balmer, '13 Master of Public Administration, serves as chief of staff to the dean of the The City College of New York School of Medicine, which is part of the City University of New York system. She lives in the Bronx.

Leo Poggione, '92 BS in Business Administration, was awarded the Manufactured Housing Institute's (MHI) Chairman's Award during the MHI annual meeting in California in September. The award is the trade group's highest honor. The president of Craftsman Homes in Reno, Poggione was recognized for his outstanding achievements, dedication, and service to the industry. During the early 2000s when traditional street retailers were struggling and closing doors all over the country, he was busy pushing the envelope of the retail sales center business model, learning how to utilize low-income housing tax credits, bidding on workforce housing projects, transporting homes on barges for projects in Alaska, purchasing homes for rental properties, and providing customer services that in good times a retailer would normally subcontract out to others. He also volunteered his time to serve in leadership positions at MHI and his state association. He is an MHI board member, has held leadership positions on the National Retailers Council, and has served on numerous MHI committees and task forces addressing some of the industry’s most challenging issues. Craftsman Homes is Nevada’s leading manufactured housing dealer and has won multiple awards for customer service and overall satisfaction. Poggione lives in Reno.

Chris Hill, '78 Biology, was a 7-Eleven franchisee in Southern Nevada from 1976 until just recently when he sold his last franchise and retired. From 1984 to 1995 he and his wife, Cindy, served as the adult coordinators for the youth ministry for high school and college students at Christ the King Catholic Church where one of their first student participants was late night talk show host and former UNLV student Jimmy Kimmel, who in 2013 received an honorary doctoral degree. Married since 1976, Chris and Cindy have three children, Joshua; Matthew; and Brenna Hill Schneider, '08 BS Comprehensive Medical Imaging. His hobbies include watching Rebel football, baseball, and sportscar racing.

John Santana, '95 BA Communication Studies, is a reference and circulation librarian at Columbia-Greene Community College in Hudson, New York. He will be teaching History of Rock Music during the 2017-18 academic year. He live in Albany.

Jackie Hwang, '04 BA Communication Studies, is Jucee Liu on HOT 97.5 KVEG. Southern Nevadans can listen to her on the air from 3 to 7 p.m. She has been with the radio station since 2003. She says her 2-year-old son and 1-year-old daughter keep her busy. Photography and dance are her hobbies.

Rhiannon Gladney, '16 BA Economics, started a dog entertainment company, You Lucky Puppy, immediately after graduating. Now, You Lucky Puppy is hosting dog events all over Southern Nevada. She says she is planning to take local dog entertainment to a new level by opening Las Vegas' first Dog Cafe. Once the company is more firmly established, she plans to return to UNLV to pursue an MBA. She says her hobby is dogs, dogs, and more dogs.