Tom Warden has been with The Howard Hughes Corporation since 1999 and serves as the senior vice president of community and government relations in Summerlin. Mr. Warden grew up in the suburbs of Detroit, but his broadcast television career took him to West Palm Beach, Buffalo, and Boston before landing in Las Vegas, where he worked as a news anchor and reporter with KLAS-TV and earned an Emmy Award® for investigative journalism. Prior to joining The Howard Hughes Corporation, he was the director of public communications for Clark County. In addition to SNPT, Mr. Warden serves on numerous nonprofit, environmental and professional association boards.
Clark Dumont has been vice president of communications and public affairs for the opening of the Nevada Cancer Institute. He was chief of staff and senior vice president of corporate communications for MGM Resorts International. His professional experience includes broadcast journalism. Mr. Dumont has a master’s in communications management from Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Communications. He is accredited in Public Relations by the Public Relations Society of America. He has served on the boards of New Hampshire PBS and New Hampshire Public Radio. In Las Vegas, he has been the chair of the Red Cross of Southern Nevada and on the board of the Neon Museum, and on the Dean’s Advisory Council at the University of Las Vegas Greenspun College of Urban Affairs.
Nora Luna is the 4H Youth Development Programs Coordinator at the University of Nevada, Cooperative Extension (UNCE). She oversees 4H programming in Clark County. In her prior position, she was the Director of Diversity and Grant Funding for Nathan Adelson Hospice, the only non-profit hospice in Southern Nevada. She developed, implemented, managed and evaluated hospice and palliative care outreach programs for diverse cultural communities. She facilitated partnerships with Latin organizations and other diverse groups. She led the organization’s diversity and inclusion priorities and was responsible for grant writing and reporting as well. In 2013, she was the recipient of the Vegas Inc. Women to Watch award. Under her leadership, the Nathan Adelson Hospice Latino Outreach Program was awarded the California Hospice and Palliative Care Organization “Outstanding Program Achievement Award” in 2013. Ms. Luna formerly served as an Assistant Professor and School Retention Specialist for UNCE. She developed, implemented, monitored, and evaluated programs to enhance school engagement, prevent high school dropout and increase college attendance among underrepresented youth in Clark County. Before that, she served as the Associate Director of the U.S.-Mexico Border Communities Alliance for the Western Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (CAPT) at UNR. She provided training and technical assistance related to evidence-based substance abuse prevention and youth development to state, school, and community personnel in the western region and the U.S.-Mexico border. During her employment at the YMCA of Southern Nevada, Ms. Luna implemented positive youth development programs, parenting programs and after-school tutoring programs.Ms. Luna has a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and a master’s degree in Education from UNR. Ms. Luna is the daughter of Mexican immigrants and was born in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Kim Walker is a 3rd generation Las Vegan who received her accounting degree from the University of Santa Clara. She became a Certified Public Accountant and has worked in public accounting for the past 38 years. In 1989, she opened her own accounting firm which she still maintains. She specializes in tax and financial issues related to both individuals and small businesses.Ms. Walker is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), chair of Southern Nevada Public Television’s Planned Giving Council, the Lions Club, officer and district director of Toastmasters, and serves as the alumni president of the Las Vegas Santa Clara Alumni organization.
About SNPT
Southern Nevada Public Television (SNPT) was originally founded in 1971 by Charlotte Hill as Friends of Channel 10. Its mission is to provide financial, promotional, governmental and volunteer support for Vegas PBS.
Friends of Channel 10 recruited volunteers for pledge drives, conducted special fund-raising events, provided information to policy makers, applied for grants, assisted with business operations of online adult education and managed endowment funds for public television.
In 1999, Friends of Channel 10 restructured the board to assist KLVX-TV / Vegas PBS with the federally mandated conversion to digital television. The board was renamed Southern Nevada Public Television and restructured to include several councils with up to twenty members each. Today, Tom Warden serves as President of the board and Tom Axtell, General Manager of Vegas PBS, serves as Executive Director.
About Vegas PBS
Dedicated to enriching lives in Southern Nevada, Vegas PBS uses television and other technologies to educate and empower individuals and to amplify the effectiveness of community organizations.
Vegas PBS Channel 10 is one of America’s most-watched PBS stations and offers five unique secondary channels: Create, VEGAS PBS KIDS, Worldview, Rewind and Jackpot! Vegas PBS also collaborates with strategic partners to create content that examines current and historic regional issues.
Vegas PBS provides outreach programs to assist students of any age, from childhood through adulthood; professional development services for teachers; literacy and health workshops for families; educational materials for the deaf, hard of hearing, blind or vision impaired; and 24/7 online access to content via an array of devices and media.
For more information, visit VegasPBS.org or find us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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