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WOMEN OF INTRIGUE 2017 INTRIGUE NIGHTCLUB

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On August 31, 2017, Las Vegas Weekly, Industry Weekly and Wynn Las Vegas celebrated 9 extraordinary women operating in Las Vegas entertainment, hospitality, media, community, culture and cuisine to makeup the second-annual list of Women of Intrigue. Wynn hosted the women and their guests for an exclusive dinner atMizumi, followed by a personal experience inside Intrigue Nightclub.

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Helix Vodka, Lemon Juice, Sugar, Cranberry Juice, Triple Sec

HELIX VODKA GIMLET Helix Vodka, Fresh Lime Juice, Sugar

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Celebrate this year’s Women of Intrigue on August 31 at 10 p.m. at Intrigue nightclub inside Wynn Las Vegas.

Reserve your spot at lasvegasweekly.com/ womenofintrigue.

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hen you exit the Valley of Fire, you can keep going; you can go to Lake Mead,” Desiree Reed-Francois says.

“So we did that, and then we ended up looking at Sam Boyd Stadium. It was a perfect Sunday.”

It’s a good sign that UNLV’s recently appointed Director of Athletics is so keen to talk up Southern Nevada’s natural charms and the trails that wind through them. “It’s the most underrated piece of Las Vegas. I don’t think people realize how gorgeous it is here,” she says, while we talk about hiking trails. The person we’ve trusted to keep UNLV’s teams in the running can’t stand still herself.

“I spent about 25 years preparing for this opportunity,” she says, “ever since I was 3 years old and put on my first pair of soccer cleats.” The field she faces is a challenging one: ensuring that UNLV’s 17 sports programs—comprised of 480 student-athletes and 242 staff members—become “the best in the west.”

“We want to provide our student-athletes with access to a valuable degree, a championship experience and a pathway to a meaningful career,” she says. “We want to lead academically, athletically and administratively.” And that’s not even mentioning the fundraising, program-building and community engagement work that needs doing. A little over two months into the job, Reed-Francois is sensibly starting by meeting with every single one of those 242 staffers. “If you don’t spend time getting to know your folks, you’re not going to really do a good job at leading.”

So, how can the community help Reed-Francois put UNLV athletics on top? “Go to the game,” she says. “Our studentathletes and our whole staff are working really hard. And I can promise you we’re going to work every day to make this community proud.”

–Geoff Carter

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They operate in the complicated worlds of Las Vegas entertainment, hospitality, media, community, culture and cuisine, but the individuals who make up our secondannual list of Women of Intrigue have something in common: They’re leaders, and they’re pushing our city into the future. Read on to get a glimpse of what that future looks like.

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Complimentary makeovers at Sephora.

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With a custom Women of Intrigue Snapchat filter.

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