Eddie Anderson is a political and social activist based out of Reno, Nevada. In the 1990s Eddie Anderson was spokesman for NO HATE (Nevadans Organized for Human, Advocacy, Tolerance and Equality). His work is focused on fundraising for multiple sclerosis, political campaigning for the Democratic Party, and equal rights for minorities and women. Much of his work is concentrated on gay rights and promoting tolerance. Anderson had a career in the 1980s and 1990s as a radio talk-show host where he discussed many of these issues.
Laura Sussman was born March 26, 1956 in Cleveland, Ohio where there was a robust Jewish community. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1997. The Jewish Community Center (JCC) hired her as its first executive director. She was a director for eight years, then executive director at Temple Beth Sholom. Sussman met her wife, Wendy Kraft, through their work with the JCC and love followed. Several years later, in 2009, so did their new business, Kraft-Sussman Funeral and Cremation services.
George Levine is a former maître d' of the Sands hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Born on February 28, 1925 in Sommerville, New Jersey, Levine began waiting tables at the Sands shortly after he moved to Las Vegas in 1963. He worked his way up the ranks and was maître d' of the Sands from 1979 until the hotel closed in 1996. Levine's daughter is former United States Democratic Congresswoman Shelley Berkley.