Rodriguez named president of development agency

Larry Rodriguez of Wells Fargo Bank will take office July 1 as president of the Northern Nevada Development Authority.

Other officers of the authority based at Carson City will include:

Rafael Cappucci of Vision ASP, vice president; Paul Tibma of Freeman and Williams, treasurer; Christina Slade of Nevada Job Connect, secretary; and Bruce Robertson of Sperry Van Ness, past president.

Members of the NNDA board will include:

Mark Amodei, Kummer of Kaempfer, Bonner & Renshaw; David Archer of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology; Gary Bacock, Fernley city manager; John Breternitz of Q&D Construction; James Cavilia of the Allison Mackenzie Law Firm; Chuck Davies of Granite Construction; John DiMambro of Sierra Nevada Media Group; Leroy Goodman of Nevada Cement; Kathy Halbardier of the UNR Small Business Development Center; Daniel C. Holler, Douglas County manager; Donna Kristaponis, Lyon County manager; Jarrod Lopiccolo of Noble Studios; Miya Mackenzie of MacWest Marketing; Bill Miles of Miles Brothers Construction; Dan Newell, Yerington city manager; Tim Rubald of the Nevada Commission on Economic Development; Linda Ritter, Carson City manager; David D. Rund of Taiyo America, Inc.; Teresa Shouppe of Nevada State Bank; and Pat Whitten, the Storey County director of administration & budgets.