Anthony Marnell II was born in Riverside, California and grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada. He attended the University of Southern California School of Architecture. After designing McCarran Airport's A and B Gates, he teamed up with Lud Corrao in 1974 to form Marnell Corrao Associates, the first design-build firm in Southern Nevada. Marnell Corrao built many of Southern Nevada's most iconic hotel-casinos
Brian Cram was born in Caliente, Nevada. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1939. Cram worked as Clark County School District Superintendent from 1989 to 2000.
Louis La Porta grew up in Tuckahoe, New York. He served in the United States Air Force. He moved to Henderson, Nevada during World War II. La Porta served on the city concil of Henderson, Nevada, and the Board of Clark County.
Chuck Degarmo was born in Santa Monica, California. He grew up in Pacific Palisades, California. Degarmo attended Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, California.