Influence - Las Vegas Sun
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36A | INFLUENCE • 2005<br />
Good Health Begins<br />
With Healthy Communities<br />
MANUFACTURING<br />
IN BUSINESS LAS VEGAS<br />
Thomas “T.J.” Matthews<br />
IGT, Chairman of the Board, President, CEO and COO<br />
Th o m a s<br />
Mat thews<br />
joined International<br />
Game<br />
Technology in<br />
2001.<br />
He has served on<br />
the board of directors<br />
since December<br />
2001 and is a<br />
member of the executive<br />
committee.<br />
Positions held with<br />
IGT include president and chief executive<br />
officer since 2003, and chief operating officer<br />
since 2001.<br />
Matthews held a number of key positions<br />
at Anchor Gaming from 1994 until<br />
it was acquired by IGT in December<br />
2001, including president, chief executive<br />
officer and chairman of the board. He<br />
previously served as president of Global<br />
Gaming Distributors, Inc. until it was acquired<br />
by Anchor Gaming in 1994.<br />
Matthews holds a Bachelor of Science<br />
in finance from the University of Southern<br />
California.<br />
Danielle Birkin<br />
Carole Carter<br />
EGADS, President and Owner<br />
That’s why<br />
Amy Sparks, M.D.<br />
supports community<br />
involvement.<br />
Dr. Amy Sparks is Chief of Staff at<br />
Summerlin Hospital Medical Center.<br />
She’s a family practitioner and a mother<br />
of three. And she enthusiastically<br />
supports the hospital’s many community<br />
outreach programs.<br />
Summerlin Hospital’s commitment to<br />
healthy women and their families is<br />
evident by its emphasis on the early<br />
detection of breast cancer through its<br />
participation in KLAS-TV’s Buddy Check<br />
program; its 12 childbirth education<br />
and infant development classes; its<br />
co-sponsorship of the Meadows Mall<br />
play area; its annual Teddy Bear Clinic<br />
for area children and its ongoing<br />
programs to help boost the spirits<br />
of pediatric patients.<br />
The hospital’s oncology program has<br />
partnered with community cancer<br />
groups on research projects, charitable<br />
events and classes that help build<br />
awareness of cancer and support for<br />
those who have the disease.<br />
All four hospitals in The Valley Health<br />
System focus on community health by<br />
offering programs such as:<br />
• Babies Are Beautiful, a prenatal care<br />
access program for moms<br />
without maternity health insurance.<br />
• Health fairs<br />
that offer free<br />
or low-cost<br />
screenings for eyes,<br />
ears, feet, osteoporosis,<br />
glucose, peripheral vascular<br />
disease, blood pressure,<br />
laboratory screenings and more.<br />
• The Senior Advantage program for<br />
adults ages 55 and older, that offers<br />
free health-related education programs,<br />
a discount prescription program, and<br />
waiver of Medicare Part A for<br />
hospitalizations for a nominal,<br />
one-time fee.<br />
• Mother-child health programs<br />
that include childbirth education,<br />
breastfeeding, exercise classes and<br />
support groups.<br />
• Sports physicals for teen athletes.<br />
And that’s not all. Our hospitals<br />
also hold quarterly blood drives, CPR<br />
classes and weight-loss surgery seminars,<br />
as well as sponsoring a wide range of<br />
health-related activities produced by<br />
organizations such as the American<br />
Heart Association and the Juvenile<br />
Diabetes Research Foundation.<br />
Desert Springs Hospital Medical Center • Spring Valley Hospital Medical Center<br />
Summerlin Hospital Medical Center • Valley Hospital Medical Center<br />
Centennial Hills Hospital Medical Center – Coming soon<br />
www.valleyhealthsystem.org<br />
Carole Carter<br />
is president<br />
and owner<br />
of <strong>Las</strong> <strong>Vegas</strong>-based<br />
Electric Gizmos and<br />
Display Systems.<br />
Before her current<br />
position, Carter was<br />
chief operating officer<br />
of United Gaming<br />
(now Alliance<br />
Gaming Inc.) from<br />
1993-’97. She also<br />
served as executive vice president, information<br />
technologies, from 1979-’91, for<br />
Howard Hughes Estate Businesses, where<br />
she participated in the management team<br />
responsible for the divestiture of Hughes<br />
Gaming Properties, Hughes Helicopters<br />
and Hughes Aircraft.<br />
Carter is president of Ronald McDonald<br />
House Charities of <strong>Las</strong> <strong>Vegas</strong>, is active in<br />
Women’s Cancer Survivors Group and is<br />
a past board member of Shade Tree Shelter.<br />
She received the “Women of Distinction<br />
Award in Gaming 2005” from the<br />
National Association of Women Business<br />
Owners (NAWBO) Southern Nevada<br />
Chapter.<br />
She has a Bachelor of Science in accounting<br />
and computer science and an<br />
MBA from the University of California,<br />
Berkeley. She also holds a CPA certification<br />
in California and Florida.<br />
“The greatest pleasure in life is doing<br />
what people say you cannot do,” said<br />
Carter, who plays eight musical instruments<br />
and collects African antiques. “Stay<br />
tuned, the best is yet to come.”<br />
Danielle Birkin
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