Ralph Hartmann of Hartmann and Associates, a bookkeeping and business consulting firm in Sparks, will serve as chair of the Reno-Sparks Chamber of Commerce during 2009. He succeeds Valerie Clark of Clark & Associates, who remains on the chamber's board.
New members of the chamber board include Gina Brooks of The Glenn Group and Mike Uboldi of Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center.
Other members of he board include Dan Allen of ITS Logistics, Steven Ascuaga of John Ascuaga's Nugget, Randy Brown of AT&T, Jennifer Capurro of RE/MAX Realty, Tom Clark of Holland & Hart, Audrey Damonte of International Game Technology, Daryl Drake of Daryl E. Drake Commercial Real Estate, Niki Ewing of New York Life, Stephani Foust of the University of Nevada, Reno, Sean French of Wells Fargo, Bruce Gescheider of Moana Nursery & Florist, Arne Hoel of Swift Management, Larry Hunt of Bayer Properties, Jim Hunting of Sierra Pacific Federal Credit Union, Doug Kurkul of the Reno Sparks Chamber of Commerce staff, Jowel Laguerre of Truckee Meadows Community College, Jim Miller of Renown Health. Bill Newberg of Grove-Madsen Industries, Leo Ramos of CNS Media, Lisa Ruggerio Rogers of LR2 Consulting Group, Tim Ruffin of Colliers International, Idora Silver of I Silver Management Group, Inc., Mary Simmons of NV Energy and Grant Sims of CB Richard Ellis.
