Associate Board

Associate Board President

Amy Chong

Malek Sadri

Ivana Cvejic

Co-Founder & Recruiter, Renhead

Ivana Cvejic is Co-Founder of Renhead, an end to end vendor and workforce management technology provider headquartered in Las Vegas, NV. An expert in the recruiting and staffing industry, Ivana has built her decades-long career building sales strategy while focusing on talent development for major companies like Wells Fargo and Morgan Stanley. Her natural ability to uncover efficiencies in businesses of all types has allowed her to follow her passion for people and business which carries into the culture that Renhead was built on.

Ivana is most passionate about joining HCF because of the people, leadership development, and being part of a great cause that gives back and helps a community flourish. She is excited to help build the program in terms of donors and help with branding within the expansion effort. Ivana believes that with proper education and employment opportunities for Nevada’s students we can help better our community overall.

Ivana is a graduate from the University of California - Riverside, with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature. She lives with her husband primarily in Las Vegas, NV and works from their cattle ranch in NY State during the summer.

AJ Song

Ben Sison

Supervisor for the Premium Clubs, Allegiant Stadium

Class of 2019

Ben Sison is an HCF alumni who graduated from UNLV with a degree in Hospitality Management in 2019. Benjamin is currently working as a Supervisor for the Premium Clubs at Allegiant Stadium.

Ben joined the HCF board because of their mentorship and impact they have in all aspects of college student’s lives, whether it be personal, professional or educational. “I want to help contribute to the life change HCF promotes and executes year after year. I have felt from first-hand experience how big of a role HCF plays in aspiring student’s lives, and I want to do anything I can to help progress and continue their amazing work.”

When not working at Allegiant Stadium or volunteering in the community, Ben loves being involved with sports, his family and people!

Maria Miranda

Assistant General Manager, The Signature MGM

Class of 2019

Maria is an Hospitality Charitable Foundation alumnus who graduated in 3 years from the University of Nevada Las Vegas in 2019 with her bachelor’s degree in Hospitality Management. While completing her degree Maria completed a culinary internship with the former Caesars Entertainment. Her love for the hospitality industry has always been around, but it flourished when she completed an internship in high school for the Golden Nugget Las Vegas.

Maria is extremely passionate about the hospitality industry and is always eager to learn and grow, she is excited to see where her career will take her. In her down time Maria enjoys exploring new coffee shops and loves to paint.

Jordan Moore

Assistant to the Director, City of Las Vegas Department of Youth Development and Social Innovation

Class of 2014

Jordan Moore is an alumna graduate of the Hospitality Charitable Foundation. After spending her undergraduate years in the hospitality industry and graduating from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) in 2014, she received an offer to work for the city of Las Vegas which has allowed her to fulfill her passion to serve her community. In this capacity Ms. Moore would be able to coordinate events for the City while fulfilling her passion to serve the community.

Jordan serves as the Assistant to the Director of the City of Las Vegas Department of Youth Development and Social Innovation established in January 2016 to formalize efforts around educational supports and community based problem solving.  Some of her more notable efforts accomplishments include leading efforts for winning the All- America City Award- a first for the State of Nevada, coordinating the October 1 Prayer Vigil with Vice President Mike Pence, serving as a founding board member for Mission High School (one of the nation’s only public recovery high schools) and working with many companies businesses on their corporate social responsibility efforts.

Jordan holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Hospitality Administration and is currently pursuing her Master’s Degree in Public Administration.

Mia Salomon

Assistant Front Office Manager, Encore Tower Suites

Class of 2019

Mia Salomon was born and raised in Las Vegas. She is an HCF graduate who graduated in 3 years from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2019 with her bachelors in Hospitality Management.

During her time with Hospitality and being a full time student at UNLV, Mia held a position as a Front Desk Agent at Caesars Palace. She then went on to complete an internship at Nobu Hotel. She then held a position at Encore Resort as a Front Desk Agent, Rooms Coordinator, and Head Cashier until she was promoted to the Front Office Supervisor. Mia is the first Front Office Supervisor to supervise all 4 front desks at Wynn & Encore. This includes Wynn Resort, Encore Resort, Wynn Tower Suites, and Encore Tower Suites, all of which are 4 & 5 star Forbes rated. During her career in hospitality, Mia has also completed internships with Texas Station & Cirque du Soleil.

Mia is extremely passionate about ensuring that every guest she encounters has a 5 star experience & she is excited to see where the growing hospitality industry in Las Vegas takes her. Mia is passionate about HCF because she understands how life changing being a member of the foundation is. Her mentors played an integral role in her successful college career, and she one day hopes to do the same for future HCF students. In her free time, Mia enjoys traveling to new places and dining all around Las Vegas.

Maya Komadina

Marketing & Communications Consultant

Director of Marketing, Virbela

Founder, Novo Communications

Maya Komadina is a marketing and communications professional with 20+ years experience working with B2B and B2C companies from startup through IPO. In previous roles, she’s led global communications strategy, messaging and media relations for Motorola, Pinterest, and Yahoo, to name a few. She is currently the head of marketing at Virbela, an enterprise software company that builds virtual worlds for remote work, learning and events. Maya has always enjoyed working with organizations to help them identify and share their unique stories with the world.

After moving to Las Vegas in 2019 she began her own consulting firm, Novo Communications, where she advises early-stage companies and their founders on how best to position themselves in the market to build awareness and drive long-term brand value / ROI. Her work includes partnering with VCs and their portfolio companies to build integrated programs that advance business and marketing objectives, resulting in top-tier press coverage, from Bloomberg to CNN, and successful exit strategies. Maya is excited to join HCF because of its commitment to education and the local community, and looks forward to bringing her expertise in the art of storytelling to help drive awareness for the organization and its scholars.

Maya is a graduate from Pepperdine University, where she holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Business. She enjoys spending time with family and friends, exploring the Las Vegas restaurant and art scenes, local hiking and outdoor activities, as well as using her passport to explore new cultures whenever she has the chance.