Hank Gordon was born in Los Angeles, California.

Lamar Marchese was born December 11, 1943 in Tampa, Florida. Marchese and his wife, Patricia, graduated from the University of Southern Florida and relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1972.

"Occupation: President and CEO, Las Vegas Latin Chamber of Commerce; Latin Chamber Pioneer:Born in Havana, Cuba, Otto Merida came to America as a political refugee in 1961. He made his way to Las Vegas in 1974, where he worked for the Nevada Department of Education and the Comprehensive Employment and Training Program. In the late 1970s, Merida helped establish the Las Vegas Latin Chamber of Commerce. Today, it has more than 1,500 members. Merida also is the past chair of the Las Vegas Housing Authority. In 1999, Gov.

Ron M. Portaro was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He attended Pennsylvania State University at Altoona. He also attended University of Toledo. Portaro moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1993.

Eva Garcia Mendoza was raised in McAllen, Texas. Mendoza works as an attorney.

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.