Special Appreciation

  • MS. FAITH JESSIE, News 3 Reporter
  • MR. KENDALL TENNEY, 10e President
  • MR. ERNEST G. GREEN, Partner at Matrix Advisory
  • SENATOR RICHARD H. BRYAN, Former Governor and U.S. Senator from Nevada
  • MR. PETER GRAHAM COHN, ESQ., Secretary/Treasurer of the NAACP National Voters Fund Board of Directors
  • MR. ANTHONY GLADNEY, Vice President, National Diversity Relations, MGM Resorts International
  • MR. BART PATTERSON, President, Nevada State College
  • PASTOR JORDAN, 1st Vice President, Ministers Alliance Association of Southern Nevada
  • REVEREND JAMES MICHAEL JANKOWSKI, Pastor, St. James the Apostle Roman Catholic Church
  • DR. JESUS F. JARA, Superintendent, Clark County School District (CCSD)
  • CHEYENNE HIGH SCHOOL JROTC COLOR GUARD
  • UNLV THE CENTER FOR ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT & OUTREACH (CAEO)
  • COLLEGE OF SOUTHERN NEVADA
  • NEVADA STATE COLLEGE
  • THE RONNIE ROSE BAND
  • LAS VEGAS UNIVERSAL STEPPERS
  • MS. JUDI STEELE, President and CPO, The Public Education Foundation
  • DR. GRETA MILLER-PEAY, Infinity: Diversity Matters, LLC
  • MS. BRENDA WARD and MS. LYNELL LUCAS, Determined Grandmothers & Grandfathers
  • MS. ROZ KNIGHT and MRS. BECCA WEEKS HOWARD, City of the World, Inc. – ARTZTOGO
  • MS. GWENDOLYN K. WALKER, Local Artist, Crafter, Poet, Spoken Word, Historian
  • Ms. KAREN BUFORD, Local Artist and Visual Arts Teacher, CCSD
  • Ms. MELISSA PACHECO, Artist and Owner, Artistic Touch Gallery I & II
  • Ms. YVONNE PARKER, Local Artist
  • DR. MARY BACON, Images of a Culture
  • MR. KENNY ELIASON, CTO and Founder, NeONBRAND
  • MRS. SHELLY SEVERIN, Supervisor, Graphic Arts Center, CCSD
  • MS. HAYLEY BISCHOFF, Graphic Designer, Graphic Arts Center, CCSD
  • MR. DAVID MORRITT, Owner, Morritt’s Resort, Grand Cayman Islands, BWI
  • MR. CHRIS BUTCHER, Morritt’s Resort, Grand Cayman Islands, BWI
  • BENNIE PALMORE, B&P Photography
  • MS. KERI MACANAS, MR. DAVID KOHLBACHER, and STAFF, JW Marriott
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERS OF THE VILLAGE FOUNDATION, LJP