Alexis Michaud

Kim Johnson Kim Johnson of Funk It Up Interiors has creativity running through her veins like no one I have ever known.  By her own admission design is as natural as breathing.  A native to Las Vegas she was, she designs luxury custom homes, has appeared three times on Property Brothers shows, and yet still will help people like me who are designing a space room by room over the years.  Read more

Cheryl Cooley & Neyda Becker Cheryl Cooley serves as the Executive Director for the Southern Nevada Children's Advocacy Center. Cheryl has worked in the child welfare arena for the past 16 years. From childhood, Cheryl's desire has been to work in the helping profession. She earned a Bachelor of Social Work degree from Arizona State University and from there went on to work with a variety of populations in need of assistance. Read more

Ike Dweck & Heidi Carlsen Ike Dweck is Founder and Owner of Stately Home Staging. Building on a long career spanning decades in luxury retail, through his family’s business Regis Galerie — which has a 25,000 square foot showroom, located in the Venetian Hotel. Regis Galerie specializes in luxury home decor, Asian art, French antiques, decorative lighting, fine jewelry and antique art glass — Ike launched Stately to embark on the business of home staging concentrating on curating furniture collections for luxury homes. Read more

Barbra Jo Batterman Barbra Jo Batterman was born and raised in Philadelphia, and her mother was also a makeup artist. She watched clients come into her home from a young age, and also worked in her mother’s boutique, developing a deep passion for beauty and wellness. For more than 40 years, Barbra Jo Batterman has served anyone who seeks to look and feel their best. Being a professional multimedia makeup stylist has helped her collect clients that range from celebrities, dignitaries, business moguls and everything in between. Read more

  Rebecca Parkey Rebecca Parkey is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the States of Nevada, Missouri, and Kansas.  She has been practicing for over 12 years.  Her expertise ranges from couples who are experiencing typical relationship distress, infidelity, infertility problems and more.  In addition she has a specialty in trauma and has several evidence based certifications in both trauma and depression, anxiety, and more. In addition to providing therapy, Rebecca also provides leadership coaching and training to businesses and entrepreneurs.   Read more

Kathleen Barnett Kathleen Barnett of Vitality Family Chiropractic was raised on an island in the Atlantic Ocean. She was a curler and describes it as a very serious sport. Her methods for wellness can be attested to by many and she is the first person I call after a workout injury, which is more often as we age.  She’s a breath of fresh air, incredibly bright, and has built a successful practice helping many people live their best lives. Read more

Kim Johnson Kim Johnson of Funk It Up Interiors has creativity running through her veins like no one I have ever known. By her own admission design is as natural as breathing. A native to Las Vegas she was raised in a very creative home but went to school to be an English major. Her path has zigged and zagged as all the good ones seem to do. She is the mother of six kids and it wasn’t until her youngest went to school that she got to drop the throttle and go full bore into a design business she had dreamed about daily for decades. Read more

Tom Michaud Tom Michaud was born and raised in Marin County California, just north of the Golden Gate Bridge.  He has an energy level that is off the charts. He attended small private schools K-12.  His class sizes in high school ranged from 10-14 students and his entire graduating class had just 80 kids, a large percentage of which were accepted to Ivy League colleges.  Athletics, nightly dinners around the dining room table, spirited discussions about sports and history were a staple of his childhood.  Read more

Rick Williams, CEO of Las Vegas based AirSmart. Looking for alternate ways to travel this summer and beyond but concerned about the masses? Maybe flying private is a good fit for you and your family. Check out this episode of Home with Alexis Michaud which aired last year. On this episode of Home with Alexis Michaud we speak with Rick Williams, CEO of Las Vegas based AirSmart. From lying on the ground as a child watching the clouds roll by and dreaming of being Neil Armstrong, to becoming a SWAT officer, eventually a pilot, and now CEO of AirSmart, Rick Williams has led an interesting life.  Read more

Tevis Holborow Tevis Holborow is one of the rare people that leaves an indelible impression on everyone she meets. At nearly six feet tall, with a head of vibrant red curly hair, and green eyes she is striking and when she smiles she radiates an energy through her eyes that is truly unique and unique she certainly is, in all the right ways. A graduate of the University of Oregon, she returned to her hometown of Las Vegas to pursue a career in public relations with the hospitality giant MGM. Read more

On this first episode of Home with Alexis Michaud we speak with Micah Landis of Mountain View Financial Advisors. Have you ever wanted to sell everything, hop on a boat, leave behind the stress of the corporate grind and sail around the world? Micah talks to us about his humble roots, living in tee pees, to bear and cougar trapping for the Forest Department, to designing a better life for himself, his family, and his clients; one of which did in fact design, plan, and execute a 5 year circumnavigation of the world. Read more

Gina Bongiovi Gina Bongiovi is a Las Vegas local through and through. She is a well known attorney, graduate of UNLV for her undergrad as well as law school. She serves on boards and committees with the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce as well as UNLV. Her honesty and directness is a breath of fresh air. I’ve been lucky to call her a friend for years and as an attorney she’s top notch. Read more

Leanna Marchese Leanna Marchese, co-owner of Fitness In Motion has to be the most giving person I have ever met. She tells her story starting with a mom who worked three jobs to provide her family with a good life, to the challenges she has faced and the obstacles she has overcome. In an industry that is predominantly male, Leanna owns her own gym and touches so many peoples lives through their health and all of the service work she does. Read more

Today on the first episode of Grit, Grace, and Leadership we speak with Tara Young. Tara tells her story starting in a small town that seemingly everyone wanted to get out of, to figuring out why law school was right for her. She talks about the importance of family and faith and how setting big goals has shaped her into who she is today. From small town dreams, to lawyer, mother of 5, and Iron Man finisher Tara’s story is inspiring. Read more

Lindsay Harper Today on the podcast we speak with Lindsay Harper, Executive Director of Core Academy. Have you ever listened to or read a story about someone so inspirational that you know it will stick with you for a lifetime? This is that story. Lindsay sees the world as it should be and literally effectuates multi-generational change on a daily and yearly basis. Her skill set, attitude, character, and light are a blessing to this community and I cannot wait for you to hear her story. Read more

Jason Couchman Jason is the Managing Director of Ready Set Gig! a music school for kids and adults. Jason’s story begins in Albany, New York in an all boys, military, Catholic school. He later goes on to Vassar College for his undergraduate work and then Columbia Business School for his MBA. He’s written 14 award-winning books on preparing for Oracle database certification exams, and for the last 14 years he served as a technology executive and Global Experience Specialists (GES). Read more

Tanner Jackson Tanner Jackson is a photographer, videographer, student, and return missionary. His work caught my attention about a year ago when I was searching LA, San Francisco, and Las Vegas for someone who could create, curate, and produce a certain aesthetic I had created in my imagination. I stumbled upon Tanner almost by accident and the accident has proved time and time again to be fortuitous. Recently ranked one of the top 20 photographers, videographers in Las Vegas, Tanner is only 20 years old. Read more

Ken Boehlke Today’s guest is Ken Boehlke founder of the popular sinbin.vegas, website about all things news and opinion on the Vegas Golden Knights.  To hear him describe his success, at some points you’d think he was a guy in the right place at the right time but there is so much more to Ken than that. At the age of 13 he realized he wasn’t going to play professional sports for a living, (he was 5 feet 2 at the time and later shot up to 6 feet 4), so he instead pivoted to setting his sights on a career where he could talk about professional athletes for a living and that’s exactly what he has done.  Read more

Paul Terry, Entertainer On this episode of Home with Alexis Michaud we speak with entertainer Paul Terry who plays Ed Sullivan in the Beatles Show in Las Vegas. Paul is one of those rare people who followed his dreams in life. From drumming and driving his way across the United States, to having his own talk show in Las Vegas interviewing Sammy Davis Jr., the Mamas and the Papas, and locals like Benny Binion to name a few, to doing stand-up comedy, and now playing Ed Sullivan in the Beatles Show at Planet Hollywood. Read more

Rick Williams, CEO of Las Vegas based AirSmart. On this episode of Home with Alexis Michaud we speak with Rick Williams, CEO of Las Vegas based AirSmart. From lying on the ground as a child watching the clouds roll by and dreaming of being Neil Armstrong, to becoming a SWAT officer, eventually a pilot, and now CEO of AirSmart, Rick Williams has led an interesting life. Although after speaking with him, you get the feeling he doesn’t see it as unusual.  Read more

Have you ever wanted to sell everything, leave the corporate grind behind, and sail around the world?  Leslie and Andrew Godfrey are doing just that. They have designed a life that many only dream of. Leslie was a partner in a prominent national law firm, Andrew a successful chemical engineer.  They spent years building their careers and then one day resigned from the life they knew to set sail into a new life, on a 5 year circumnavigation of the globe.  Read more

​Raised in Rodeo City, New York on a beef farm in a town of 400 people, Steve Pacitti briefly considered going to rodeo clown school before settling on becoming an attorney. First a tax and corporate law attorney and then almost by accident evolving into an entertainment lawyer. From actors, to athletes, to entertainers, Steve’s career takes him all over the West and eventually lands him in Las Vegas. Steve shares stories and insights he’s gained in representing a wide breadth of people and the difference just one minute can make when calculating taxes for a professional athlete. Read more

Liberty Leavitt  is the Graduation Initiative Coordinator for the Clark County School District, the fifth largest school district in the Nation. First an educator, and then an administrator before moving into her current position. Her passion for kids started when she was just one herself and now she has devoted her career to improving the lives of children in our community.  It is easy to become jaded when obstacles seem ever present but Liberty sees challenges as opportunities to improve our community. Read more

On this first episode of Home with Alexis Michaud we speak with Micah Landis of Mountain View Financial Advisors. Have you ever wanted to sell everything, hop on a boat, leave behind the stress of the corporate grind and sail around the world? Micah talks to us about his humble roots, living in tee pees, to bear and cougar trapping for the Forest Department, to designing a better life for himself, his family, and his clients; one of which did in fact design, plan, and execute a 5 year circumnavigation of the world. Read more