DRI Research Foundation

Mike Benjamin • Chair,
Principal, Benjamin Enterprises
(Las Vegas)

Marlene Wheeler • Co-vice Chair,
Founder, Wheeler's Las Vegas RV
(Las Vegas)

Dan Barnett • Co-vice Chair,
COO, Vistage International
(Incline Village)

David Clark • Treasurer,
Founder, Janus Land & Building Company
(Reno)

Terry Van Noy • Secretary,
Principal, Van Noy Consulting Group
(Henderson)

Mike Benjamin • Chair

Ken Ladd • Immediate Past Chair

Dan Barnett • Co-vice Chair

Marlene Wheeler • Co-vice Chair

Terry Van Noy • Secretary

David Clark • Treasurer

Tom Gallagher • Finance Committee Chair

Nazir Ansari • Trusteeship Committee Chair

Jeff Shaw • Audit Committee Chair

Steve Wells • President, DRI (Ex Officio)

Nazir Ansari, Ph.D
University of Nevada, Reno,
Emeritus Professor of Management
(Incline Village & Reno)

Tom Atkinson
Certified Public Accountant
(Reno, NV)

Dan Barnett
COO, Vistage International
(Incline Village)

Erin Bilbray-Kohn
Political Consultant
(Las Vegas, NV)

Ralph J. Brodd
President of Broddarp of Nevada
(Henderson, NV)

Ken Ciriacks
Retired Vice President of Technology, AMOCO Corporation
(Tucson, AZ)

Kirk V. Clausen
Regional President/Nevada, Wells Fargo Bank

D. Allison Copening
Senior Public Relations Specialist, Las Vegas Springs Preserve
(Las Vegas, NV)

Chuck Creigh
Principal/Broker, NewMarket Advisors
(Las Vegas, NV)

Skylo Dangler
President of Real Estate, Wingfield Nevada Group
(Sparks, NV)

Roberto Denis
Senior Vice President, Energy Supply, Sierra Pacific Resources
(Las Vegas)

W. Michael Fagen
Venture Capitalist
(Reno, NV)

Tom E. Gallagher
President, Greylock Group, Inc.
(Las Vegas, NV)

Tom H. Gallagher
President and CEO, Summit Engineering Corporation
(Reno, NV)

Bob Goff
Founder and Chairman, Sierra Angels
(Incline Village, NV)

Charles R. Goldman
Professor of Limnology, Department of Environmental Science & Policy UC Davis
(Davis, CA)

Kathy Hone
Owner, Hone Company
(Gardnerville , NV)

Jeanne R. Jones
President & CEO, Alpha Services
(Las Vegas, NV)

Peter Kovacs
Kovacs Advisory Group
(Incline Village, NV)

Jim Kropid
President, James Kropid Investments
(Las Vegas, NV)

Ken Ladd
President U.S. Bank, Commercial Banking
(Las Vegas)

Paul Laxalt
Executive Director of Saint Mary’s Foundation
(Reno)

Hal Lenox
President, AT&T Nevada
(Reno)

Sandy Masters
Universal Cleanaire Technologies, Inc.
(Reno)

Kristin McMillan
Vice President &General Manager, Embarq Corporation
(Las Vegas)

Maureen Mullarkey
Chief Financial Officer/Treasurer & Executive Vice President of Finance IGT
(Reno)

Ray Nash, Jr., Ph.D.
Private Consultant
(Andover, Mass.)

Bob Noland
Chairman of the Board, Myricom, Inc.
(Carson City)

Rick Normington
President & Principal Consultant, Normington Consulting Group
(Reno)

Ed Ricks
Real Estate Developer & Broker
(Reno)

Ian Rogoff
Co-Founder & General Partner, Sierra Nevada Partners
(Incline Village)

Jeff Shaw
Chief Executive Officer, Southwest Gas Corporation
(Las Vegas)

K. Anne Street
President and CEO, Riverside Consulting Group
(Alexandria, Va.)

Terry Van Noy
Principal, Van Noy Consulting Group
(Henderson)

Marlene Wheeler
Founder, Wheeler's Las Vegas RV
(Las Vegas)

Arthur Anderson
Retired, IBM
(Prescott, Arizona)

Hal Furman
Chairman and Managing Director, The Furman Group, Inc.
(Washington, D.C.)

Sandy Miller
Former First Lady of the State of Nevada and educational leader
(Henderson)

Howard Wahl
Retired, Bechtel Group, Inc.
(Napa, Calif.)

Farouk El-Baz
Director, Center for Remote Sensing, Boston University
(Boston, MA)

Lou Emmert
Former Vice President and General Manager for Sprint of Nevada
(The Villages, FL)

Fred Gibson, Jr.
Retired Chairman, President and CEO of American Pacific Corp.
(Las Vegas)

Walter Higgins, III
Chairman, President & CEO, Sierra Pacific Resources
(Las Vegas)

D. Warner North
President & Principal Scientist, NorthWorks, Inc. (Belmont, Calif.)
Consulting Professor, Department of Management Sciences & Engineering Stanford University (Stanford, Calif.)

Tom Schoeman
President, JMA Architecture Studios
(Las Vegas)

Troy Wade, II
Chairman, Nevada Alliance for Defense, Energy & Business
(Las Vegas)

John Worthington
Retired Senior Vice President, MCI Corporation
(Reno)

Steve Wells • President, DRI

Chris Maples • Executive Vice President for Research and Chief Science Officer

Cleve McDaniel • Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration and Chief Operations Officer

Roger Jacobson • Vice President of Academic Affairs and Chief Officer for Faculty Relations

Kathy Badgett • Assistant Vice President and Controller

Peter Ross • Assistant Vice President of Campus Planning and Physical Plant

Ed Novak • Assistant Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer

2008 DRI Research Foundation Trustees