IDI Leadership


Executive Director

Robert Rueter

Board of Directors

Latoya Holman

Chief Development Officer,
Public Education Foundation

Jennifer Burns, CPA

Chief Auditor, AICPA

David Torres

Senior Program Manager,
Accenture

Robert Rippee, Ph.D.

Executive Director, UNLV Office of Economic Development

Bart Patterson, Esq.

President Emeritus,
Nevada State College

Mark Garcia

Director of Villa Services, The Mirage

James Napoli, Esq.

Managing Partner,
Diceros Law

Riah Gonzalez-King

Emeritus President,
Equality Chamber of Commerce


Distinguished Fellows

Liz Sweigart, Ph.D.
Paul Bringer, Esq. JD, MBA
Tamina Chowdhury, Ph.D.
Gabriella Kusz, MPP

Non-Resident Senior Fellows

John P. Ryan, Ph.D.
Stephanie Lau, Ph.D.
D. Ramesh Rao, Ph.D.
Madeline Martiniere
Rabble / Evan Henshaw-Plath
Liz Steininger
Jennifer Oyedele
Christina Bowen
Swarnav S. Pujari
Dan Aronson

Non-Resident Fellows

Hudson Headley
Parsa Sheikholeslami
Nikhil Raghuveera
Ethan Reese

Independent Fellowship

Asia Korkmaz