 Douglas E. Simms | Born 1947 in NYC Raised in Las Vegas, NV Gorman High School 1965 AA Menlo College 1967
BA from Stanford Univ 1969
MBA Columbia Business School 1971 Managing Director Desert Capital Group from 1983 to present. Cancer survivor President of The SIMMS Foundation |
|  Carlene A. Wieder | Born 1950 in Binghamton, New York. Raised in Binghamton, New York, moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1972. Attended Northland College in Ashland, Wisconsin. Works for Desert Capital Management from 1990-present. Secretary; Director of The SIMMS Foundation |
|  Karen Lasiter | Karen Lasiter was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. She attended St. Louis Community College at Meramec and Santa Monica College prior to pursuing a career in illustration and technical editing with Integrated Sciences Corporation. Karen married Dr. Nelson Lasiter in 1979 and has worked as an office manager and laboratory technician in his prosthodontic dental practice since their move to Las Vegas in 1981. In 1985, Nelson and Karen met Dawn Simms and her husband, podiatrist Dr. Robert Grzywacz. Since Dawn also managed Robert's office, they discovered that they had much in common, and a close friendship was forged. Dawn and Karen shared a love of their husbands and their dogs, as well as world travel, and both appreciated each other's quirky wit. Dawn's joie de vie and courage continue to provide daily inspiration to Karen. |
|  John Corbin | Born is Athens, Ohio in 1947. Raised in Las Vegas from 1950 through college. Graduated from the University of Oregon with a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Bachelor of Science degree. Developed and operated twelve Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburger restaurants from 1975 to 1985. Presently owns two Chuck E. Cheese Pizza restaurants in Salem, Oregon and Richland, Washington. Currently resides with his wife Kathy in Richland. They have three children and four grandchildren. Favorite hobby is playing golf. |
|  Sally Devine | Sally Devine was born in New Jersey in 1969 and relocated to Las Vegas in 1997. Along with being a mother to her son, her other passions include the
environment and community involvement. One of Sally's earliest
recollections of volunteerism is of accompanying her father to a soup
kitchen that served the homeless restaurant style, maitre d included.
Although nervous about her first trip there, the example of her father
showing, with ease, compassion towards the people being served left a
lasting impression. In 1998, Sally was employed by Dr. Robert Grzywacz and his wife, Dawn
Marie Simms. It was during that first holiday season at the practice
that she became involved in collecting socks for the needy in Las
Vegas. This project was dear to Dawn's heart, and after her death,
Sally felt it was important to continue the efforts. Sally is currently the Community Champion for the Gap store in
Summerlin, organizing volunteers from her workplace to take on
community projects ranging from trash pick up on the Las Vegas Strip,
to collecting used denim to distribute to the homeless. She is also
active in the St. Joseph Husband of Mary Church Outreach program.
Sally's organizational skills combined with her compassion for those
less fortunate have culminated into projects that have benefited
countless individuals in the Las Vegas Valley. Sally currently resides in Las Vegas with her husband, Michael, and their one son.
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