Sandy Raffealli is Owner/Partner in Bill Pearce Motors, Inc. in Reno, but came to that position in a round-about manner. As a young girl the family moved frequently as her father’s positions in the auto industry took him to many states. Finally settling in Reno, her father, Bill Pearce, was hired at the Waldren Motors […]
Washoe County
Lynch, Patricia A.
Reno native, Judge Patricia Lynch, graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno and then entered McGeorge School of Law as one of 5 women in her class of 200. Her career started as a VISTA attorney, and then a legislative assistant in Washington D.C. for Congressman John Moss from Sacramento, Calif. Patricia came back to […]
Gibbons, Dawn
Dawn Gibbons, Nevada’s 28th First Lady, former State Assemblyman, and successful business owner, has led an interesting life. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Dawn moved to Nevada in 1974. She worked for her mother and stepfather in their wedding chapel businesses and graduated from UNR. At the age of 28 in 1982 she purchased the business […]
Del Cohen, Shayne
Shayne Del Cohen first came to Nevada as VISTA volunteer with the Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada. Her interest in community development caused her to go all over the world looking at such efforts but most of her professional life has been spent with various minority populations across the USA. Shayne helped create the first tribally […]
Bufkin, Marjean Huddleston
Decatur, Mississippi native, Marjean Huddleston Bufkin describes her family’s three room home as having no electric lights, running water, or refrigerator, and a wood stove was used for cooking and heating. Transportation consisted of walking or a wagon. The first vehicle, a truck, was purchased when she was 10. Although the family of nine lived […]