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Transcript of interview with Marla Letizia by Barbara Tabach, August 26, 2015

Date

2015-08-26

Description

In this interview, Letizia discusses her career, and breaking gender barriers in both broadcasting as well as in advertising. She also talks about how her family ended up settling in Las Vegas, and the evolution of her relationship with Judaism from childhood to adulthood, eventually leading to her leadership roles with Congregation Ner Tamid as well as Jewish Federation, where she is on the Board of Directors.

Marla R. Letizia is the founder of Big Traffic Mobile Billboards in Las Vegas, Nevada. The company operates mobile billboard advertising trucks and employs brand ambassadors to carry WOBI? walking billboards for retail, gaming, and entertainment clients such as Caesars entertainment, Tropicana, and Cirque Du Soleil. Letizia founded Big Traffic in 2001 after leaving a successful broadcast journalism career to raise her two children. She met her husband, Tom Letizia, while working at KLAS-TV Channel 8 as an assistant production manager. She later became the first female director of live television news broadcasts in Las Vegas at Channel 8. She also developed a TV show called "Las Vegas Turnaround" and a syndicated production called "The Parenting Network." Letizia grew up in Las Vegas, and is a former president of Congregation Ner Tamid and a founding member of the board of trustees of the Meadows School in Las Vegas. In this interview, Letizia discusses her career, and breaking gender barriers in both broadcasting as well as in advertising. She also talks about how her family ended up settling in Las Vegas, and the evolution of her relationship with Judaism from childhood to adulthood, eventually leading to her leadership roles with Congregation Ner Tamid as well as Jewish Federation, where she is on the Board of Directors.

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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, November 21, 1991

Date

1991-11-21

Description

Includes meeting agenda and minutes. CSUN Session 22 Meeting Minutes and Agendas.

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Program for The Wedding event at Temple Beth Sholom, June 6, 2010

Date

2010-06-05

Description

Booklet for the Wedding celebrations and vow renewals of couples at Temple Beth Sholom.

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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, September 22, 1997

Date

1997-09-22

Description

Includes meeting agenda and minutes. CSUN Session 27 Meeting Minutes and Agendas.

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