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Joseph Morabito
President jmorabito@snpaa.org Joseph Morabito is President and Chief Executive Officer of Paragon Global Resources. Mr. Morabito has more than 36 years of relocation, real estate and elder care industry experience. As a pioneer and innovator in the field, Mr. Morabito has worked with clients and business partners throughout the United States, Europe and Asia, touching virtually every industry with delivery of management consulting services. Prior to founding Paragon 26 years ago, Mr. Morabito held positions in senior management at Premier Relocation Services (a Weyerhaeuser company) and Merrill Lynch Relocation Management. Mr. Morabito has been published in HR industry publications including Human Resource Executive and Mobility. He has been featured as a speaker at a variety of conferences and was written about in The Wall Street Journal. Mr. Morabito was named 2012 International Relocation Personality of the Year by Re:locate magazine. More recently, he was named a 2015 HR Superstar in the Relocation Providers category by HRO Today, a leading HR publication. Mr. Morabito earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in both history and political science with a minor in foreign languages; a Master of Arts degree in education, with emphasis in personnel administration; and teaching and education administration credentials, all from California State University. In addition, Mr. Morabito completed all the coursework for the real estate brokers exam in California. He holds the Worldwide ERC® Senior Certified Relocation Professional (SCRP) designation and is a Worldwide ERC® Distinguished Service award winner. He has served on Worldwide ERC®'s Public Policy Committee, which assesses and deals with business risk and opportunities arising from legislative, regulatory and judicial actions that impact relocation. In addition, Mr. Morabito broadcasts a syndicated weekly radio show, CEO Business Mind, focused on developing business professionals in the United States. In years past, Mr. Morabito served on the board of the Hayek Group in Reno committed to programs to advance financial literacy for high school students. In 2013, Mr. Morabito founded the Sierra Nevada Performing Arts Association, as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization to support the performing arts in Northern Nevada and to provide scholarships to students graduating from local high schools pursuing university education in the performing arts. In the process, the Sierra Nevada Performing Arts Association creates economic activity in Reno Tahoe by sponsoring various events each year to raise money to support the mission of the organization. |
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Margaret Ciorciari
Vice President, CFO & Treasurer mciorciari@snpaa.org Margaret Ciorciari retired after 15 years from International Game Technology (IGT), where she held various positions in Finance and Accounting. While at IGT, Margaret was the CFO for an IGT subsidiary located in the United Kingdom. Prior to that, she was the Vice President of Finance and Accounting for IGT's Gaming Systems Business. In addition, she has years of experience working with IGT subsidiaries in Argentina, Brazil and other Latin American countries. Margaret also had 13 years of experience in Finance at Digital Equipment Corporation. Margaret is currently a board member of the For Kids Foundation, a Reno non-profit that helps kids in need. Margaret received her B.B.A. in Finance from the University of New Mexico |
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Carole Fineberg
Vice President, Secretary cfineberg@snpaa.org Carole Fineberg retired in December, 2008, when she and her husband moved to Reno from Simi Valley, California. Her career in real estate spanned 27 years, including the last 14 years as Relocation Director for a multi-office Century 21 firm in Ventura County, California. Since retirement, Mrs. Fineberg has been creating hand-crafted greeting cards and teaching paper-crafting throughout Reno and parts of California. A music-lover, who recreationally plays the piano, violin and sings in local choirs, Mrs. Fineberg is thrilled to be part of the ground level of SNPAA and hopes to help in the development of young local talent as well as bring great music to her adopted home in the greater Reno area. |
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Diana McIntyre
Vice President, School Relations & Event Coordination dmcintyre@snpaa.org Diana McIntyre, MAEd, ADM, has worked for the Washoe County School District for the past 19 years. Diana has had experience at the preschool, elementary, middle, high school, and community college levels. She has served as a teacher, instructional coach and dean. She is passionate about education and discovering ways to improve instructional practices, engage students, and focus on student learning. Diana was selected to serve as a literacy coach for the Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education’s (OCTAE) project, Implementing College and Career Readiness (CCR) Standards in Adult Education. As a national coach, she provides guidance and support to state teams participating in CCR Standards-In-Action as they learn to apply the CCR standards in their state programs and evaluate their curriculum. Additionally, Diana has a Bachelor of Science in Education: Elementary Education & Special Education from the University of Nevada, and she owned and operated a local business for twelve successful years. |
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John Wyaux
Vice president, Community Relations After a brief stint in Hollywood where he worked on several shows including the X-Files as a visual effects production assistant, John transitioned into a more traditional field where he focused on advising start-up companies on how to fine tune their brand and ideally how to appear larger than they were; co-founded a small pharmaceutical company where he took charge of designing marketing materials and company logos, prepared trademark and patent applications, and for one company handled the preparation of conformity assessment procedures necessary to qualify a class 1 anti-microbial product for distribution in the European Market. John, an amateur artist and art-lover, received an International Design Award (IDA) for Self-Promotion Category in 2009 and a “Product of the Year” Award in 2009 from caregiver.com for CompressionAssist® a donning aid for lymphedema sufferers. Currently, John owns and manages an executive rental space for businesses in downtown Reno and a Coin Operated Laundromat which services vacation rental agencies in Lake Tahoe. A native of Belgian, John speaks French, English and Spanish. He is married, the father of twin girls and a recently adopted golden doodle. |
