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Lutheran Social Services of Nevada Board of Directors appointed in 2008 a
new executive director to manage the work of the agency. Armena Mkhitaryan,
former Workforce Development Coordinator for the United States Veteran's
Initiative, recently took the helm of the agency. Ms. Mkhitaryan is a
graduate of Yerevan State University in her country of origin, Armenia. She
received her Masters of Public Administration from the University of
Delaware in 2000. Her extensive experience as Director of Operations and
Development with Mission Armenia, a 15-million dollar public agency with
international branches and 28 regional offices, prepared her for the
challenges and opportunities of expanding the social services currently
offered by Lutheran Social Services of Nevada. Search team chair, Pastor
Marta Poling-Goldenne of New Song Church in Henderson, comments: "Armena
brings to LSSN a unique combination of social service administration
knowledge, passion and hands-on experience working with people who have been
marginalized through the struggles and tragedies of life. Her life
experiences, coming of age in her native nation during the aftermath of a
deadly earthquake and in the shadow of the demise of the former Soviet
Union, shaped her character to be a woman of compassion, vision and action.
The Board of Directors is pleased to welcome a leader with such tremendous
gifts and stature to the vital work of this important Las Vegas area
agency." Ms. Mkhitaryan began her work with Lutheran Social Services of
Nevada in mid-August.
Patrick Montejano received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Government with an
emphasis in public administration from Eastern Washington University in
2001. At EWU, Patrick was employed by the Chicano Education Program and EWU
Freshman Orientation Program. During this time, Patrick traveled to rural
high schools to promote post secondary education to first generation
students. He also assisted incoming freshman with resident hall living and
accessing campus services. In 2002, Patrick was employed with the American
Cancer Society promoting cancer awareness and raising funds for cancer
research. Patrick raised over $300,000 to help the fight against cancer and
served on planning committees to promote early detection. In addition, he
provided support to cancer patients that were facing breast and prostate
cancer. In 2004, Patrick moved to Ft. Mohave, AZ and joined Arizona's
Children Association as a Program Supervisor for the Healthy Families of
Arizona program. In this capacity he provided individual and family service
plans for their clients. Patrick recently moved to Las Vegas and joined
Lutheran Social Services of Nevada as their Emergency Food & Services
Program Manager in June of 2007. Patrick oversees all programmatic services
of the agency as our Social Services Director.
Thomas Maatta comes to LSSN with a diverse combination of business and service experience. After
graduating from the University of Notre Dame with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology, he attended
the University of Pittsburgh's Katz Graduate School of Business, where he earned his Master of Business
Administration degree in 2000. He has served as a business broker with Maatta Consulting Services, a
waste management mergers and acquisitions consulting firm, and as the Vice-President of Sales for
Mobot, Inc., a start-up robotics company affiliated with Carnegie Mellon University. Following his
ordination into the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in 2006, Tom served as the Pastor of a
Central Pennsylvania congregation and as an Adjunct Professor of Business Ethics at Penn State Altoona
until September of 2009. His contributions to the community include service on the Board of Directors
of the Altoona Symphony Orchestra and the Blair County Advisory Board of the American Cancer Society.
Tom began his current position as Development and Marketing Director in October of 2009.
William A. Vigil earned his Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from
San Diego State University in 1981. Mr. Vigil has over 25 years of
experience in accounting and financial management. As a Senior Finance
Manager at a non-profit hospital in New Mexico, he was responsible for the
day-to-day financial operations of the hospital that maintained an operating
budget in excess of 10-million dollars. As a Business Consultant, he
provided financial accounting services for companies that wanted to improve
their financial performance and streamline their existing operating
systems. Serving as an Administrator for a Federally Qualified Health
Center, Mr. Vigil administered Federal and State grant compliance and
management. In addition to his professional appointments Mr. Vigil has
volunteered and served as a board member for the University of New Mexico
Health Council and Taos/Colfax Community Health Services.
In an environment where needs exceed supply and every dollar is stretched to
serve more clients can be extremely challenging but very rewarding. It is
for that reason that Mr. Vigil prefers to utilize his skills and talents in
the non-profit environment.
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