Sidney Roxton Whitmore is the son of Roxton and Adella Whitmore. He was born in St. Thomas, Nevada on December 31, 1921. He graduated from Overton High School and served in the Army during World War II. He met and married his wife, Suzette Fortune Ziza, in 1946 while stationed in Algeria. After the war, the couple returned to the United States and Whitmore earned his law degree at George Washington University. He practiced law in Las Vegas. The Las Vegas City Commission appointed him city attorney in 1960 and he was later reelected.
Jack LeVine was born in 1954 and was raised Columbus, Ohio. He first started visiting Las Vegas, Nevada whenever his truck driver routes allowed him to visit his parents who had moved there in 1977. They owned a downtown sandwich and catering business called “Your Place or Mine.”
Ann Meyers (born Anna Sipl) was born on April 26, 1943, in Krindija, Yugoslavia, now Croatia, near the Danube. Her family was part of the ethnic German population that was persecuted, massacred or expelled by Marshal Josip Broz Tito’s Partisans to the neighboring village of Gakowa, which became a concentration camp during World War II. After struggling for years in Austria, Meyer’s father applied to immigrate to the United States. They were refused asylum twice, the first time because of her Oma's [grandmother’s] and again because of Michael's infirmity.
Marlon Tinana is a real estate investor and supporter of the Las Vegas, Nevada gay community. In 1993, Tinana was hired along with Edmund Ueling as managers to transform The Cave Nightclub into a gay nightclub, with the eventual goal of making an LGBTQ+ district in Las Vegas. Tinana and Uehling had experience in managing the Gipsy, a popular gay nightclub in Las Vegas, and also co-owned a gay bookstore, Get Booked, until 1995.
Janellen Radoff was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her mother was a local radio/TV personality with her own show and her father was a successful real estate entrepreneur. Radoff attended the University of Michigan studying at the school of architecture and design. Before moving to Nevada, her career path included Restaurant Associates, a short stint as a Girl Friday for Johnny Carson, and freelance product design while starting a family.