Our Team
Karla Vazquez
Director of Development
Karla Vazquez is the new Development Director at Southern Nevada Conservancy. With over a decade of experience in the business development sector, Karla has dedicated her professional life to making a positive impact. She has helped secure donations, drive innovative fundraising campaigns, and build strong relationships with donors, partners, and stakeholders. Known for her strategic vision and results-driven approach, Karla is committed to propelling SNC to create meaningful, lasting change in the community. She believes that living close to nature and its beauty is a key component of living a free life, and our responsibility is to preserve and enhance the earth’s natural resources.
Tom L. Coriz
Controller
Tomasito (Tom) L. Coriz is a native American originally from the state of New Mexico and has spent over 20 years as a controller with a diverse background. Tom lived in Hawaii for 15 years, holding a leadership position with Southern Glazer’s of Hawaii as their Controller. Most recently he worked at The Animal Foundation in Las Vegas as their Controller. Tom and his wife moved here in 2017 and love the Las Vegas area which is rich in culture and adventure. Tom looks forward to working at Southern Nevada Conservancy, whose core values of educating the public on using and preserving public lands align with his.
Raine Williams
Director of Retail
702-998-9776
Before moving to Las Vegas nearly 3 years ago, Raine and her husband lived in Taos, New Mexico, where she was the Museum Store Manager at the Harwood Museum of Art, and merchandiser with Angel Fire Resort. More recently, she was Store Manager at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area – Visitor Center, in Boulder City, NV., and Showroom Manager with Diverse Marketing at the World Market Center in Las Vegas, NV. Raine enjoys visually coordinating stores and creatively showcasing products. Beyond her merchandising background, she is an avid bird watcher and never without a pair of binoculars! Growing up in the Pacific Northwest, Raine considers herself a true Grunger. She learned to scuba dive while living in Florida, had an extensive rose garden in Texas, and learned to ski and love it in New Mexico.
Meet our Team
Jaine Hawk
Retail Buyer
702-998-9776
Jaine joined SNC in March of 2022. She comes to us with over 35 years of retail experience. Jaine has worked as a buyer and import product developer in NYC and Pittsburgh, as well as a manager in both big box and boutique stores. Jaine enjoys running and participates yearly in the Hood to Coast relay in Oregon. She also enjoys her off time traveling with her husband, and cheering on the Penn State Nittany Lions, her alma mater!
Holly Bell
Asst. Manager of Retail – Red Rock Canyon
702-998-9776
Holly joined SNC in April 2021 as Assistant Retail Manager and was promoted to Director of Retail in October 2022. She has over 4 decades of Retail Management experience working for department stores and specialty stores including The Walt Disney Company and The Neiman Marcus Group. Holly enjoys sharing her passion of the outdoors with customers in our gift stores by offering them unique, educational keepsakes that serve as a lasting reminder of their trip to Nevada’s spectacular public lands.
Janis Kadlec
Director of Interpretive Programming, Red Rock Canyon NCA
jkadlec@redrockcanyonlv.org
702-515-5380
Janis joined the Interpretive Department at Red Rock Canyon NCA in 2001, after working in education for the Poway Unified School District in San Diego, California for over 14 years. Janis has had a life-long interest in the spectacular way nature works, including wildlife, botany, and celestial events. She enjoys interacting with visitors to Red Rock Canyon NCA and explaining fine details for a wide variety of wildlife and plants, or how to find the planets in the night sky. As an Interpreter, one of her special interests is visiting classrooms in schools throughout the Las Vegas Valley to connect students with public lands, especially Red Rock Canyon NCA. Throughout each school year she engages 4th Grade students in the Federal Every Kid Outdoors Program. She also delivers environmental education and interpretation during field trips to Red Rock Canyon NCA for students of all grade levels. Janis is an active member in several relevant organizations including, the National Association for Interpretation, Public Lands Alliance, and the Friends of Red Rock Canyon and can often be found providing a tabletop presentation with many specimens for the wildlife common at Red Rock Canyon NCA.
Rosa Prasser
Site Operations Manager, Go Mt Charleston
programs@gomtcharleston.com
As a child, Rosa was outside all the time searching for reptiles, taking long hikes, building forts in the woods, playing in the snow, sleeping under the stars, and riding her bike to the creek. Her parents encouraged her to explore the outdoors and because of that, it feels like a second home. Rosa’s passion lies in teaching people about the outdoors, especially kids, and feels education is empowering and important to set children up for success so they can walk confidently in the future. Her forest and desert ecosystem programs incorporate science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics. When not working on the mountain, Rosa can be found exploring the outdoors through birding, running, day hiking, backpacking, canoeing, skiing, and snowshoeing.
Paul Gregory
Operations Manager, California Trail Interpretive Center
pgregory@snconservancy.org
775-738-1849
A native of Elko, Paul brings with him extensive connections in the community. A photographer and avid outdoorsman, as well as head of a local non-profit theater organization, Paul brings with him a passion for both public lands and the theatrical arts which parlays nicely into the interpretation of culture and history. Since coming onboard at the California Trail Interpretive Center in 2016, Paul has been a constant presence at the facility managing retail operations, marketing, graphic design, social media, as well as assisting with demonstrations and other programming, and supporting BLM personnel.
Jon Moats
Fee Booth Manager
Jon Moats has managed the Fee Station at Red Rock Canyon NCA for over a decade after retiring from the hospitality industry. Living in Las Vegas for 40 years, he has worked extensively with the Boy Scouts of America, allowing him to attend the Climbing Instructor School and Leave No Trace training. While teaching local scouts to climb, he brought many groups to Red Rock and fell in love with the Canyon during those trips and wanted to help conserve the area for future generations.
Teresa Moats
Human Resources Director
tmoats@snconservancy.org
Teresa has lived in Las Vegas for 40 years, where she married and raised her family. Her education is in Human Resources and Accounting, with extensive experience with non-profits through volunteering and helping the community grow while teaching young people the skills and importance of exploring the outdoors.
Ashton Melendez
Volunteer Coordinator
volunteer@gomtcharleston.com
Ashton acts as Volunteer Coordinator primarily for Go Mt Charleston’s robust volunteer programs, serving over a thousand volunteers each year. They work with folks in the community who want to make a positive impact in the Spring Mountains. Ashton has lived in Nevada for three years and has come to love the area. They were inspired to be active in public lands after a school trip to Yosemite in high school. Since then they’ve done what they can to keep public lands healthy, and they love being able to enjoy the mountain while at work. When Ashton is not spending time with their partner and son, they enjoy painting and writing in their free time.