Aynalem Workneh, Founder/Executive Director
Aynalem (Aynee) is Ethiopian-American, the Founder and Executive Director of Angels of Las Vegas, a non-profit organization with a mission to inspire hope to those affected by all types of cancer and life threatening illness. She is an accomplished business woman, visionary thinker, unshakable optimist, believes in a bright future & ability to build it together by helping others. Aynee is very active in the Las Vegas community. She served as Community Outreach Chair on the Board of the National Association of Women Business Owners of Nevada (NAWBO) for two years, on the Board of the Women’s Chamber of Commerce of Nevada’s Young Professional Society, and currently the Director of African Diaspora of Las Vegas. For her dedication and community service, Aynee was awarded the 2012 Athena Award for “Young and Professional Youth Leadership." She became the 2012 finalist for the Rising Star Award for “Women of Distinction Award for National Association of Women Business Owners.” She was named in newsmakers for Las Vegas Review Journal in March 2013, and inducted into the Women’s Chamber of Commerce of Nevada Hall of Fame in 2013. Aynee hopes that her story inspires others to build businesses and serve their local community. |
Warlesea R. Fatta, Chief Financial Officer
Warlesea R. Fatta is a Health and Wellness Coach who has spent the last 33 years of her life in the health and wellness Industry In many capacities. In her day job she Is a Overseas Manager with a medical building company where she manages three teams of over 150 associates who live in India and in Bangladesh. She is also an Entrepreneur where she proudly manages a team of over 100 partners who are changing lives everyday with better health and wealth. She has been very instrumental in helping moms and dads stay at home with their children while making a lucrative work from home business. Serving on the board of Angels Of Las Vegas as Chief Financial Officer has been a a wonderful journey and life fulfilling to say the least. To be able to feed and clothe hundreds of homeless people monthly right in our own city. And now with the help of our organic, natural, whole food nutritional products we are providing help for those who are sick with Covid and who are undergoing cancer treatments. What a awesome non-profit organization to be a part of. She resides here in Las Vegas with her husband and three children. |
Dr. Ati Hakimi, Director of Community Healthcare
Dr. Ati Hakimi has been practicing medicine for over 20 years. She was trained in family medicine at Northwestern University and is fellowship trained in Geriatric medicine from Rush University medical center. Hakimi started her direct primary care practice to re- establish the quality of care each person deserves with a physician. She believes in preventive healthcare to maintain overall wellness physically and mentally. She practices compassionate healthcare and treats every member as if they are a part of her own family. |
Angela Go, Secretary
Angela Go is an audit director at BDO and previously served as an audit principal at PBTK, where she joined in September 2006. Prior to PBTK, she worked in the retail industry for 13 years, holding several management positions. Angela’s retail experience has provided her with valuable customer service and management skills that translate well to the accounting profession. During her 14 year tenure with PBTK, she evolved to become a technical resource for compliance engagements. In 2015, Angela became a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA). |
Lisa Neshite, Office and HR Director
Lisa is a Seasoned Senior HR professional with over 15 years of Human Resource Management experience in several industries. She joined the Board of Directors for Angels of Las Vegas (AOLV) in 2020 to develop HR and office processes and procedures, as well as donate her time helping with AOLV's Community Outreach initiatives. |
Vonne M. Triplett, Director of Community Outreach/Donation and Volunteer Coordinator
Spent the last 20 years of my life working in the Healthcare field and also serving in the US Military for 10 years. Recently started my new business as a Healthcare Forensic Auditor. I enjoy making a difference in the community. Serving on the Board of Angels of Las Vegas for the last year and a half has been a wonderful life-changing experience meeting wonderful men and women sharing the same passion and dreams for our community. Helping people in our Community is not only a need, it is a must. Angels of Las Vegas has given me the opportunity to serve in the community with an organization built on serving others. |
Eliza Chavez, Community Outreach
I am a style-fun-people loving wife to my best friend, mother of 3 and grandmother of 6 who loves to live on the edge and be challenged. I'm originally from New Mexico, but have called Las Vegas home since 1988. After having cancer in 2014, five months of chemo took a serious toll on my skin and my self-esteem. Wanting to reverse these effects, a friend introduced me to a skincare brand which gave me amazing results, and I knew that this was something I needed to share. I now have a passion to help people of any age, with any skin concern restore confidence and feel amazing about themselves again. |
Leslie LaGuardia, Media and Public Relations
Leslie LaGuardia represents a wide array of clients whose talents span sports, dance, healthcare, corporate, lifestyle, and more. Leslie prides herself on her rapport with these clients, but also her media relationships. Originally from New York, Leslie brought her marketing and public relations savvy to Las Vegas in 2014 to enjoy a warm and tropical environment and to expand her operations. Leslie possesses a life long love for the arts and has channeled this passion into first-hand experience working with celebrities and dancers from ABC's "Dancing With The Stars", legends in film and Broadway on the Broadway Theatre Project, dancer legends for the Center for Career Transitional Dancers, and many, many world renown inductees into the National Museum of Dance and Hall of Fame. |