UCCSN Board of Regents Approves New Trustees for DRI Research Foundation

Ten new trustees were recently appointed to the board of the DRI Research Foundation. The new board members were approved by the Board of Regents of the University and Community College System of Nevada at its December 6, 2001 meeting.

The new foundation members include Lou Emmert, vice president and general manager of Sprint, Las Vegas; Dr. Jamie A. Grodsky, associate professor of law, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Fred Hamilton, publisher of the Reno Gazette-Journal, Reno; Walter M. Higgins III, chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of Sierra Pacific Resources, Reno and Las Vegas; James J. Komadina, president and chief executive officer of AngloGold North America, Inc., Englewood, Colorado; Kenneth G. Ladd, U.S. Bank's state president for Nevada, Las Vegas; D. Warner North, president and principal scientist for NorthWorks, Inc., and consulting professor in Stanford University's Department of Management Science and Engineering, Belmont, California; Dr. Lee J. Suttner, professor of geological sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana; Troy E. Wade, chairman of the Nevada Alliance for Defense, Energy and Business, and retired former deputy manager of the U.S. Department of Energy's Nevada Operations Office, Las Vegas; retired attorney John R. Worthington, former senior vice president of MCI Corporation, Washoe County, Nevada.

Former Nevada First Lady Sandy Miller, of Las Vegas, and Lyon County Commissioner and Nevada agricultural industry leader David Fulstone II were named co-vice chairs of the DRI Research Foundation. Health care consultant Terry Van Noy, of Las Vegas, continues as the Foundation's chair.