HEATHER PHILLIPPE has joined San Francisco-based SMALL POTATOES CATERING AND EVENTS as sales and marketing coordinator. Call 415/896-1296 …
MELINDA LEWIS has been named catering sales manager of the TULALIP RESORT CASINO in Tulalip, Wash. Call 866/716-7162 …
Phoenix-based PRO EM will open its new Design Center next month at 15551 N. Greenway-Hayden Loop, Suite 110, Scottsdale AZ 85260. Call 480/507-0999 …
Mentor, Ohio-based NUFURN has appointed McCOURT MANUFACTURING of Fort Smith, Ark., as the exclusive distributor in the U.S., Canada, Caribbean and Mexico of a key range of Nufurn products including its Gladiator, Wimbledon and Barrel resin chairs. Call 900/333-2687, ext. 226 …
IN MEMORIAM
KATHY NELSON, Ph.D, CSEP, CMP, a well-regarded professor of special events and entertainment at the UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS, died suddenly last week.
"The event industry has lost one of its finest," says Mary Litzsinger, CSEP, head of VP Events of Westlake Village, Calif. "Kathy was a leader in the special events industry and in particular in the role of educator. Her dedication to this industry was remarkable. She served as chair of numerous commissions for ISES at the International level as well as actively supporting the ISES Las Vegas Chapter. Kathy was a mentor to many of us who became Certified Special Events Professionals. She was an assistant professor at UNLV for 14 years. She authored and co-authored numerous books on a variety of topics for the event industry. She was always a smiling face at The Special Event conference as she loved sharing her experience with young as well as seasoned event professionals, or those just interested in the field. She was an amazing woman who loved her husband, Danny, and her beautiful daughter, Chloe. She had a great spirit, an infectious laugh, and she lived through her actions – not just her words. She was admired by her students as well as her peers. She was my dear friend."
A celebration of her life will held July 24 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Stan Fulton Building, 801 E. Flamingo Road, on the UNLV campus. For further information call 702/895-3930 …
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