Who we are

Jon Bunker is an International Advisor for Optum in the UK and previously served as the Optum Mountain West Regional President.  He has over 25 years of experience in the healthcare industry. Jon previously served as the Chief Executive Officer during the transition to UnitedHealthcare from Sierra Health Services, where he held the positions of President and Chief Operating Officer from 2000 to 2008.  He was President of the Western region for Sierra Health Services, Inc. subsidiaries from 1996 to 2000, which included Health Plan of Nevada, Sierra Health and Life, Med One, Primary Health Holdings Inc., M.E.G.A Inc, and Elias Grahem, Ltd. A native to Nevada, Jon has served his community in many capacities over the years.  He was Chairman of the Boy Scout Chemeguevi District from 2006 to 2009, a board member of the Boys and Girls Club, and Trustee of Sierra Community Healthcare Foundation. 

Sarah is a certified public accountant and holds a Masters Degree in Accountancy from the University of New Mexico, in Albuquerque. She has over 15 years of accounting and finance experience, and is currently the Managing Director of Financial Planning and Analysis at Allegiant Travel Company, where she has been since 2011. An Albuquerque native, Sarah moved to Las Vegas in 2010, where she now lives with her family, and finds fulfillment in civic involvement and being a mom.

Brian Barton is Region President of Sysco Northern California, including San Francisco, Sacramento and Modesto operating companies. Brian has been with Sysco Foods for over 20 years, working his way up from a marketing associate to Region President. He’s managed Sysco operating companies in Boise, Las Vegas and Phoenix. He’s been in food service for over 30 years and in 1990 graduated from the Culinary Institute of America located in Hyde Park, New York.  Brian grew up in NW Montana where he enjoyed the outdoors so when not working Brian is probably out riding his mountain bike and hiking up mountains or trail running with his wife and dogs. 

Michael Gardineer is Head of Strategy and Finance at Optimal Therapy. He is a life-time Southern Nevadan, he attended K-12 Clark County public schools and earned a degree in Philosophy and an MBA, both from UNLV. Mike worked in hyper-growth entrepreneurial organizations for the last fifteen years in various sectors, including healthcare, logistics, manufacturing, insurance and technology. When not in the office, he's with family, finding something to do outside or training jiu jitsu.  The Gardineer family spends their non-Pop-Up Saturdays coaching or cheerleading games for their four kids.

Archie has been in the human services field since 1997 and part of the nonprofit, New Vista since 2005. He serves as its Executive Director since 2014. Archie has worked with troubled youth/teens, mental health, and people who have intellectual/developmental disabilities. The majority of his career has been working with IDD/MH individuals. 

Archie is an Army Veteran, PSI-Seminars Graduate, active Prince Hall Mason since 1994, and Shriner, since 1995 as well as a Community Activist and Organizer. Archie has led and implemented volunteer programs throughout the Las Vegas community.

“Empowering and growing through love.”

Jennifer is the FC National Operations Executive for Bank of America and has been with the company for 24 Years. She started her career as a CSR and grew with the company. She has always worked in the Consumer channel and always in Las Vegas. Jennifer serves as the Executive Sponsor for the Las Vegas Bank of America Volunteer Network and is on the local LEAD Network board.

She always lived by the saying, "No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.” She believes that if you truly care about your teammates, support them and help them reach their personal and professional goals; they will give you discretionary effort.

Missy Young is the Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Switch. She drives the

company’s solutions architecture to create a fundamental and sustainable

change in the way clients ultimately design and implement intelligent data strategies. As a technologist, Missy has played a pivotal role in the company’s evolution from the most innovative data center company in the world to the world’s only exascale retail colocation ecosystem that it is today.

Since joining the company in 2005, Missy has also held roles with leadership responsibilities for all sales operations and solutions engineering with respect to potential clients and win-win contract negotiations. Her expertise in technology trends, forecasting client needs and connecting those trends with results has been a great asset to Switch and its success. She worked to help take Switch public in 2017 and continues to interact with investors and analysts. As a public speaker Missy continues to take the unique message of Switch to the world, and frequently speaks on the topics of leadership and empowering women.