Thanks to our Judges
Sincere thanks to our panel of Judges.
You are recognized as leaders in our community and we appreciete your efforts in selecting Northern Nevada's 2009 Saleswoman of the Year.
Ellen Oppenheim
President / CEO, RSCVA
Prior to joining RSCVA, Ms. Oppenheim served the City of San
Diego as Deputy Chief of Neighborhood and Customer Services,
Deputy City Manager, and Director of Parks and Recreation. She
has also served as General Manager for Los Angeles Department
of Recreation and Parks, Vice President/General Manager for GES
Exposition Services, managing the Northern California office,
Director of Conventions, Cultural and Visitor Services for the City
of San Jose and Associate Dean of Students at Stanford University.
Joseph Andrejchak Galata
Executive Director, Sierra Association of Foster Families
With an international career as an Arts-in-Education Specialist,
Joseph has worked as a keynote speaker, workshop facilitator,
writer, storyteller, director, producer and ethnic dancer. His
workshop, television and theatre programs have been presented
throughout the United States, and many other countries. His books
on healing from grief, Linda: Our Eyes and Her Soul (for adults)
and The Final Is NeverThe Final (for children and teens) are being
published this spring and summer.
Erin Meehan Breen
News Anchor, KTVN Channel 2 News This Morning
Ms Breen was born in New York, raised in Louisiana and attended
the University of Washington in Seattle. She came to Reno in 1982,
after working as a reporter/anchor and news director in Eureka,
California, and has been a staple in Northern Nevada media ever
since. Working in all aspects of the media, she has spent decades
in commercial television, provided public affairs programming,
political analysis and documentaries to Public Television, and
provides an award-winning weekly column to the Reno Gazette
Journal.