Leon Symanski

Leon R. Symanski, '87 BSBA Management, '94 MPA, '01 JD, is an attorney with Craig P. Kenny & Associates. Golf, reading, music, horse racing, and basketball are his hobbies. He is married to Lisa Gentile Symanski, '87 BA Communication Studies. They have a daughter, Noelle.          

David Schugar

David Schugar, '17 BA Philosophy, says philosophy, guitar, and golf are his hobbies. He is the father of Lauren Schugar, '02 BA Communication Studies.

Montgomery Paek

Montgomery Paek, '99 BA Criminal Justice, '06 JD, an attorney in the Las Vegas office of Littler Mendelson, the world’s largest employment and labor law firm representing management, has been elevated to shareholder. He represents and advises employers and management on a wide variety of employment matters, including class actions, minimum wage and overtime, trade secrets and non-competes, discrimination and harassment, and executive contract disputes. He is married to Mia Paek, '07 MS Accounting, a CPA and auditor with Nevada Gaming Control. They have one daughter, Miranda.

Melissa Polsenberg Chytry

Melissa Polsenberg Chytry, '14 JD, is an associate attorney at Hurtik Law & Associates. She and her husband, Stephan Chytry, '02 BA Communication Studies, welcomed a baby girl in July 2017. The family lives in Henderson.

Thomas Stewart

Thomas W. Stewart, ' 11 BA Political Science, '13 Master of Public Administration, '16 JD, is an associate at the law firm of Marquis Aurbach Coffing. He previously served as a law clerk to Nevada Supreme Court Justice Mark Gibbons.    

Laura Harbison

Laura Hatcher Harbison, '90 BS Business Administration - Management, is the owner of Realty Executives Southern Nevada Properties.  Having worked for Realty Executives International as a broker/salesperson and branch manager of its Henderson/Anthem location since 1997, she acquired the Clark County franchise in 2017. With more than 6,500 career transactions, she is ranked in the top 1 percent of all real estate professionals nationwide, and has consistently been a top producer worldwide for the Realty Executives International Franchise System. She is happily married to John Harbison, with whom she has seven children and three dogs. Two of the children attend UNLV. Son Joshua Harbison is a senior majoring in communication studies, while daughter Kameron Harbison is a sophomore who has not yet declared a major.