Opportunity Alliance Nevada

To build financial stability for all Nevadans

Cori Fisher

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Cori Fisher is Housing Manager for the City of Reno.

Reno native, Cori Fisher, currently serves as the Housing Manager for the City of Reno. In this capacity, Cori spearheads initiatives focused on neighborhood development and revitalization within the Housing and Neighborhood Development Department.

Prior to her current role, Cori held the position as the Director of Resident Services at the Reno Housing Authority, where she demonstrated her leadership through developing and managing self-sufficiency programs for RHA adults, fostering growth opportunities for RHA youth, and organizing comprehensive services and events for RHA seniors and persons with disabilities.

With a diverse background spanning youth development and various roles at the Reno Housing Authority, Cori’s passion lies in empowering individuals to achieve their full potential. She is deeply committed to creating pathways for low to moderate income households to thrive and is dedicated to being an enthusiastic voice for all members of the rapidly expanding community.

Phyllis Gurgevich

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Phyllis Gurgevich is president and CEO of Nevada Bankers Association (NBA).

NBA works to create an environment where banks are able to make the best financial products and services available to Nevadans. This is accomplished through industry advocacy, education, and through collaborative and community efforts that increase Nevadans financial capabilities.

Gurgevich is a veteran industry association development and leadership professional: throughout her career and across industries, she’s been continually involved in industry education, advancement and advocacy through the power of association.

Sidney Sullivan

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Sidney Sullivan is the Program Director of the Career & Partnership Programs Office at Truckee Meadows Community College in Reno, NV.

Sidney Sullivan is passionate about people and helping them find their way. She is currently the Program Director of the Career & Partnership Programs Office, a part of the Student Services and Diversity division of Truckee Meadows Community College in Reno, NV. Sidney is also a lifetime certified Bridges Out of Poverty trainer.

Her personal goal is to help people find fulfilling employment that will support themselves and their families. She believes that everyone has the ability, but we all need a little help overcoming barriers.

Sidney holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Journalism from the University of Montana and a Master of Science Degree in Equity and Diversity in Education from the University of Nevada, Reno.

To contact Sidney Sullivan, please email ssullivan@tmcc.edu.

Deborah Loesch-Griffin

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Deborah Loesch-Griffin, Ph.D., is the owner, founder and CEO of Turning Point, Inc.

Deborah Loesch-Griffin earned her Education Specialist degree in Evaluation (1986) and doctorate degree in Educational Psychology and Child Development from Stanford University in 1987. For the past thirty-two years she has owned and operated a small woman-owned business, Turning Point, Inc. (TPI) that works in partnership with organizations and communities to convene conversations, serve as a social artist for designing and facilitating integrated spaces and events for community groups, and act as a catalyst for change.

TPI’s approaches include program development, management and evaluation; facilitation, coaching and mentoring for non-profits and for-profits and community coalitions in organizational development, leadership, and human resources.

Deborah Loesch-Griffin is a Say-It-Straight (SIS) Master Trainer and is also a Fellow of Creating the Future. She is the co-founder of a social justice non-profit, Community Chest, Inc., in Virginia City, Nevada. Throughout her many roles, she emphasizes both the power of one and the potential of the collective.

In 1998, TPI entered a ten-year partnership with the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) to co-sponsor the Center for Program Evaluation (CPE) to train and mentor individuals as professional evaluators using a partnership (i.e., empowerment or participatory) orientation. The Center continues to thrive under new leadership and Deborah maintains a partnership with them in her evaluation work.

For the past 30 years, she has served as a trainer, facilitator and evaluator on local, regional, statewide, national and international project. She specializes in rural community development and community youth development initiatives as well as provides leadership training, coaching and mentoring to individuals and organizations in transition to build their capacity to achieve their vision and create social change.

To contact Deborah Loesch-Griffin, please email deb.turningpoint@gmail.com.

Ta-Tiana Anderson-Hall

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Ta-Tiana Anderson-Hall works with Charter College.

Ta-Tiana has coordinated all aspects of Teen Empowerment, including college preparation, career preparation, financial literacy, civic engagement and community leadership for the teen centers in the Reno Sparks area.

Ta-Tiana is no stranger to youth development, having been involved with the Boys & Girls Club of Truckee Meadows for almost 20 years, she has worked her way up the ranks from member, to Jr. Staff, to now Site Director. Before working full time at the Boys & Girls Club, Ta-Tiana was the Club’s Leader in Training Coordinator, a substitute teacher and tutored for the Washoe County School District as well as the University of Nevada, Reno.

Ta-Tiana has immense experience with youth and teen with a primary focus on at-risk youth and teens in the Northern Nevada community.  She has ran multiple financial literacy programs including My Path, Money Matters and Bite of Reality, over the last 5 years.  At Boys & Girls Club the teen team works hard to ensure our teens successfully graduate high school, attended college, join the military, attend a trade school or assimilate into the work force. Throughout her time at Boys & Girls Club, she has influenced national programing, by hosting teen focus groups as well as helped teens earn prestigious awards such as Boys & Girls Club of America National Money Matters Ambassador.