Harry Fagel was born May 05, 1968 in Vancouver, Canada, but moved to Las Vegas, Nevada that same year. Fagel graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and started working at his cousin’s restaurant, Piero’s Italian Cuisine, and for Circus Circus Hotel and Casino. Fagel served the Las Vegas community with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department for nearly 30 years. He was also a respected poet who wrote for the public and for commission.
Steve Riback is a Detective Sergeant for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. He has been with the police force for nearly twenty years. Riback is popularly referred to as the Kosher Cop and authored a book, My Journey Home, about becoming an observant Orthodox Jewish officer and his struggle for the right to wear his beard and a yarmulke while on duty.
Leonard Gang was born in New York in 1935. Leonard graduated New York University School of Law in 1961. He moved to Las Vegas to clerk with the Nevada Supreme Court. Both Len and his wife Bobbie grew up with Jewish traditions in New York and became members of Temple Beth Sholom upon moving to Las Vegas. Len is a Navy veteran, former Deputy District Attorney (1965-1966), District Court Judge, Clark County (1971-1974), accomplished criminal and civil litigator.
William "Bill" Laub Jr. was born in Pasadena, California on April 6, 1951. He moved with his family to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1958, and his father was the CEO of Southwest Gas Company. Laub Jr. served as a trustee for KNPR Radio in Las Vegas, Nevada and was an active participant in the grant that established the radio station in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1977. He also worked for the Las Vegas-based gas company, Southwest Gas Company, from 1978 to 2016, where he provided industry advice and analytical support.
Nafeesa Sallee was born In Cleveland, Ohio on March 10, 1946. Sallee married in 1968. Her husband was offered a teaching and wrestling coach position by the Clark County School District in 1978 and they moved to Las Vegas, Nevada. Nafeesa secured a job as the "oldest teller on the line" at the First Western Savings & Loan. Over the course of the next three-plus decades, she would work her way from teller to vault teller to new accounts manager and into branch management for what eventually became Wells Fargo Bank.
Eddie Wright Jr. was born in Altheimer, Arkansas. Eddie James Wright, Jr. and Johnie B. (Sparkman) Wright are a retired couple who met, married, and raised their family in Las Vegas. Eddie, whose family roots were in Arkansas, arrived in 1953 shortly after graduating from high school. His first job was at the Greyhound Bus terminal, where he worked his way up to become the first black ticket and information clerk. He worked there 19 years and supplemented his income as an auto mechanic.
Susan (Greenspun) Fine is a Las Vegas, Nevada philanthropist and former member of the Women's Philanthropy Council of the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas. She was born September 16, 1945, in Springfield, Massachusetts and her family moved to Las Vegas in 1946. Her father, Hank Greenspun, was the editor and owner of the Las Vegas Sun newspaper. She was married to real estate developer Mark Fine and is currently married to Max Spilka.
"Mel was well-known for his marketing expertise as executive vice president of Circus Circus properties for 20 years. He was also known throughout the NASCAR community for racing in his early career days and was instrumental in the inception of the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Mel was in the U.S. Air Force, which sent him to Luke Air Force Base, where he met the love of his life, Marilyn. He then owned and operated a drag strip in the Phoenix area before coming to Las Vegas and joining the Circus Circus team for Bill Bennett."
Joseph Pavlikowski was born in Pennsylvania to Anna Sarada and Casmire Pavlikowski on March 25, 1928. He received his Bachelor of Arts from St. Bonaventure University and Doctor of Laws from the Washington (D.C.) College of Laws. He served in the United States Air Force from 1950 to 1954 as a fighter pilot in the Korean War. He lived in Las Vegas, Nevada and married Betty Cummings.
Ramont Williams travelled from Crip to Christ. The first official Crip in Las Vegas, Williams migrated this culture to Las Vegas from the Los Angeles area. He founded the GQs who later became known as the Donna Street Crips. The Street was known as the bloodiest street in Clark County. On August 14, 1980, Williams was sentenced to 61 years in prison. Divine intervention put him back on the streets three times. That is why you will find Ramont Williams in the streets addressing the needs, hurts, and interests of those touched by gang violence.