Name: Arthur Song Title: Project Manager Company: Perlman Architects # years in the industry: 20
Where are you originally from and how long have you lived in Las Vegas.
Los Angeles – Born
San Francisco – 5 years
Las Vegas – 5 years
What has NAIOP provided you that has helped you grow professionally or personally? Great people, current information and valuable industry insight.
What has been your favorite experience or story that happened at NAIOP event? Line dancing at the Members Only Mixers at Stoney’s Rockin’ Country
Who have you met at a NAIOP event that has influenced you or that you have become close friends with? Christy Bojda has been great.
What do you want your legacy to be in the Southern Nevada community? To building trust with our community and to be helpful and courteous while housing all those without homes.
Name: Guy Gugino Title: Vice President / Business Development Officer Company: Union Bank # years in the industry: 30
Where are you originally from and how long have you lived in Las Vegas. I’m from Niagara Falls, New York. My family came here 44 years ago, in the Spring of 1978, after huge blizzards in Western New York.
What has NAIOP provided you that has helped you grow professionally or personally? NAIOP provides me access to professionals in and related to the development of commercial real estate. The Monthly Breakfasts, educational opportunities and the Government Affairs Committee provides me valuable knowledge.
What has been your favorite experience or story that happened at NAIOP event? I have a great time at all the events. I partiality for the Golf Tournament as I have worked on the committee for many years, and always enjoy the event. One of my best experiences is receiving the Rayburn P. Jones Memorial Trophy in 2019. It meant a lot to me.
Who have you met at a NAIOP event that has influenced you or that you have become close friends with? I’ve meet so many great people though NAIOP. Rick Myers from Thomas and Mack Development Group is someone who I have gotten to know through NAIOP. Rick has been a great mentor, friend and professional contact.
What do you want your legacy to be in the Southern Nevada community? I hope I am recognized as someone serves his community well.
Name: Rick Van Diepen Title: Principal & Founder Company: GRN Vision Sustainability Consultants # years in the industry: 10 Where are you originally from and how long have you lived in Las Vegas: I’m from Modesto, California in the central San Joaquin Valley (home of Gallo Winery and George Lucas).
What has NAIOP provided you that has helped you grow professionally or personally? NAIOP has given me access to prominent business leaders who have been willing and eager to help young businesses like ours succeed by making warm introductions for us to their colleagues and clients.
What has been your favorite experience or story that happened at NAIOP event? NAIOP has given me access to prominent business leaders who have been willing and eager to help young businesses like ours succeed by making warm introductions for us to their colleagues and clients.
Who have you met at a NAIOP event that has influenced you or that you have become close friends with? Jim Slack with Waymaker Consulting is more than just an amazing business development talent; he is also an incredibly good-hearted and generous human being which is the main reason why we have become good friends which first started through our involvement in the Education committee.
What do you want your legacy to be in the Southern Nevada community? More than anything I want to be remembered as a Giver who was dedicated to improving the community and the environment in our Southern Nevada home.
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Name: Dylan Heroy Title: Associate Company: CBRE # years in the industry: 4 Where are you originally from and how long have you lived in Las Vegas: I’m born and raised in Las Vegas!
What has NAIOP provided you that has helped you grow professionally or personally? NAIOP has provided me with the opportunity to learn from industry experts, expand my professional network and develop leadership skills.
What has been your favorite experience or story that happened at NAIOP event? My favorite NAIOP experience so far has been the DLI retreat. The 2020 DLI Class formed friendship and made memories that will last for a life time.
Who have you met at a NAIOP event that has influenced you or that you have become close friends with? Someone that has influenced me both professionally and personally is Cassie Catania-Hsu. She encouraged me to join NAIOP when I first started in the industry and has been an incredible mentor along the way.
What do you want your legacy to be in the Southern Nevada community? The legacy that I would like to leave in the Southern Nevada community is that I was someone who worked hard, always did the right thing and tried to leave the world a better place.
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Marianna Hunnicutt has been named a recipient of the National NAIOP 2021 Developing Leaders Award, honoring rising industry professionals throughout the nation. NAIOP selected five young professionals nationally to receive this prestigious award. Finalists were selected by a diverse group of NAIOP board members, and Hunnicutt represented Southern Nevada.
She has been an active member of NAIOP Southern Nevada since 2016 and she has been involved in numerous committees over the years. These include serving on the Communications, DLI, Programs and Sustainable Development Committees. Hunnicutt is an alumni of the DLI Class of 2019 and won the Developing Leader of the Year Award at this year’s NAIOP Southern Nevada chapter Spotlight Awards.
Hunnicutt works as a licensed civil engineer and project manager in the Southern Nevada private land development sector for Kimley-Horn, specializing in retail, industrial, mixed-use, multifamily, military, sports venues and gaming development.
Established in 2006, the Developing Leaders Award has been given to rising industry professionals from across NAIOP’s chapter network in all sectors of commercial real estate. The annual award honors up-and-coming professionals under the age of 35 for their extraordinary professional accomplishments, strong leadership and community involvement.
The DLA winners were announced at CRE.Converge 2021 in Miami Beach on Sept. 28 before 1,000 industry colleagues.
Name: Justin Knippel Title: Vice President Company: Bergelectric Corp. # years in the industry: 25
Where are you originally from and how long have you lived in Las Vegas: I’m originally from Wisconsin but made my way to Southern California where my career at Bergelectric began. I relocated to Las Vegas in August 2008 (yes, 10 minutes before the great recession of 08) and have been here ever since.
What has NAIOP provided you that has helped you grow professionally or personally? Networking Consistency. I took a break from NAIOP for a couple of years, after finding myself too busy to take advantage of what NAIOP has to offer and I decided to let my membership coverage lapse. I know, what was I thinking right? After a couple years hiatus, I renewed my membership and quickly found a lot of the same familiar faces that have been with NAIOP for years. It’s a great place to connect with industry friends and hopefully make some new ones along the way.
What has been your favorite experience or story that happened at NAIOP event? After we all have gone through over the past year, my favorite experience(s) are simple… breakfast meetings, golf tournaments, bowling tournaments, spotlight award dinners, etc. The ability to shake someone’s hand and see people’s faces without masks are some basic highlights! Over the past year, I sure hope we’ve all learned not to take it for granted…. our lives can get turned upside down and we need to be thankful for what we have, when we have it!
Who have you met at a NAIOP event that has influenced you or that you have become close friends with? I have met some great people through NAIOP and throughout this industry. Luckily, a few of them have become close friends and they know who they are.
What do you want your legacy to be in the Southern Nevada community? I’m very fortunate for where I’m at, for my family, for my friends, clients and colleagues. In fact, many of us are very fortunate for all of the same. However, so many in our community are less fortunate, so when we have the opportunity to give back to the community, we need to. Our legacy should not be one of fame, but simply being good people. Help your friends, your family, your neighbors; lift others up and do what you can to help others succeed!
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Name: Emily Dobbins Title: Marketing Specialist Company: Nigro Construction
Where are you originally from and how long have you lived in Las Vegas: I was born and raised in Las Vegas, so 25 years!
What has NAIOP provided you that has helped you grow professionally or personally? NAIOP has provided me with life long friendships and connections. I have learned many valuable lessons especially through the DLI Program.
What has been your favorite experience or story that happened at NAIOP event? I always have a great time at the Octoberfest event each year. I really get a kick out of watching the beer holding contest!
Who have you met at a NAIOP event that has influenced you or that you have become close friends with? I would say my DLI classmates have influenced me the most. They encourage me to grow in the industry and it is amazing that I have made some genuine friends through the program.
What do you want your legacy to be in the Southern Nevada community? I just want to make a positive impact on people through helping them grow the community in the CRE industry. The community is always changing and growing so being a part of helping in that process is something that I take pride in.
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Name: Arthur Song
Name: Rick Van Diepen
Name: Dylan Heroy
Name: Justin Knippel
Name: Emily Dobbins
