Hear the inside scoop from LVHA scholarship recipients and what our leading hospitality schools are doing for the future of Las Vegas.

Join us for our virtual luncheon to meet the 2021 LVHA Board, learn more about the LVHA scholarship offerings, and learn more about the world class hospitality programs at CSN and UNLV. 

Panelists:

Marcus Johnson
Dean of the School of Business, Hospitality and Public Services at CSN

As the Dean for the School of Business, Hospitality and Public Services, Dr. Johnson is responsible for the oversight of four major academic departments. These departments include the Department of Accounting, Finance, and Computer Office Technology; the Department of Hospitality Management; the Department of Business; and the Department of Public Safety and Human Services. Dr. Johnson Provides leadership and management oversight to the school providing higher education opportunities to students at one of the largest community colleges in the United States.

Joe Gormley
Chair of the Hospitality Management Department at CSN

Joe Gormley is the Chair of the Hospitality Management Department at the College of Southern Nevada.He is a 30 year resident of the Las Vegas Valley. Prior to his 10 years of instruction and leadership at the collegiate level, Mr. Gormley owned several companies in the Las Vegas area including an Italian Ice company, a multi-unit concession company, and an 8,000 sq. ft. full service restaurant, Moose’s Beach House Bar & Grill, located next to University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Stowe Shoemaker
Dean of the William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration at UNLV

Stowe Shoemaker is the dean of the William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration at UNLV. Prior tobeing named dean, Shoemaker served as a LincyProfessor at UNLV and the Donald Hubbs DistinguishedProfessor at the Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel Administration at the University of Houston. For manyyears he was a member of the executive education faculty at the Cornell University School of HotelAdministration, and for a time he maintained an appointment in the Division of Diagnostic Imagery atMD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.

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