Board of Directors
Alec Thomas PhD
President
Alec Thomas is Director of Applications at Apoha, a London life sciences platform company, where he was the first employee and built the scientific applications organization. He previously held a postdoctoral research position at the University of Oxford and holds a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder.
Kelly Thomas-Boyers
Secretary
Mrs. Thomas-Boyers is the co-founder and board secretary of Adam's Place. She brings over 25 years of business and healthcare experience to the board. Her unwavering passion for Adam's Place is obvious in writing and in person. She has a much deeper connection to helping families with grief as she started Adam's Place after her son Adam passed away in 2007.
John Dlouhy
Treasurer
John Dlouhy is the President of Office Movers Las Vegas.
Board Members
Kelly Brockman
Kelly Brockman is Vice President of business banking, for Bank of Nevada, where she works with small-to-medium sized businesses in gaming, healthcare, real estate and more. Based in the Siena Heights office in Henderson, she joined Bank of Nevada in 2017 and has over 30 years of banking industry experience. Ms. Brockman has been named among the Distinguished Women of Southern Nevada, and was honored with a “40 under 40” award from Vegas Inc. She was a member of the inaugural 2001 Class of Leadership Henderson, served as the Leadership Steering Chair and has been an alumni for over 20 years. Active in the community, Ms. Brockman participates with the Henderson Chamber, the Friends of the North Las Vegas Library Board, the UNLV Community Health Sciences Board and the American Cancer Society Leadership Board and Construction vs. Cancer Committee and the board of Living Grace Homes and Adams Place. She has served in different capacities for the Southern Highlands Charitable Foundation’s Governor's Black Tie Planning Committee, Women's Development Center and the National Charity League Henderson Chapter and the Henderson Foundation Board.
Dan Corsi, Ed.D
Dan J. Corsi, Ed.D. joined the Las Vegas community in 2021 where he currently serves as the Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs at the College of Southern Nevada. Dan possesses a unique and diverse professional background with 20 years of career experience in public and private education, as well as a business owner, entrepreneur, and a NV licensed real estate agent. Dan spends his free time enjoying the Nevada sunshine on the golf course.
Anthony J. DiRaimondo, Esq.
Alan Doucette
Jennifer Keene, PhD
Jennifer Keene is a Professor of Sociology and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at UNLV. Her research expertise is in the Sociology of Aging and the Life Course and Death and Dying with particular attention to inequalities. She is a founding board member of Adam's Place.
J'aime MacPherson, LCPC, PhD
Dr. J’Aime MacPherson, LCPC, is a licensed clinical professional counselor specializing in perinatal mental health, life transitions, and parenting. She earned her PhD in Marriage and Family Therapy with a specialization in medical therapy from National University.
Early in her career, Dr. MacPherson worked in a different area of counseling. However, after the birth of her second child, she experienced postpartum depression for the first time. This personal experience opened her eyes to the widespread lack of awareness surrounding perinatal mental health. Determined to make a difference, she shifted her professional focus to psychoeducation and advocacy, aiming to normalize conversations about perinatal mental health.
For nearly a decade, Dr. MacPherson has owned and operated Mending Mac Counseling, a private practice in Las Vegas, NV. Her PhD research emphasizes the critical need for consistent perinatal mental health screenings. With these findings, her next career goal is to integrate mental health support into maternity wards, working alongside healthcare providers to ensure comprehensive care for perinatal patients—both physically and mentally. She also seeks to collaborate with OBGYNs, pediatricians, and general practitioners to implement standardized perinatal mental health screenings across various healthcare settings.
Beyond her professional endeavors, Dr. MacPherson is a wife to her high school sweetheart and a mother of four. She is deeply committed to advancing the field of perinatal mental health. Serving as Vice President of the Nevada State Chapter of Postpartum Support International marks a significant step toward realizing her vision of widespread perinatal mental health awareness and support.
Shyla Magee
Shyla Magee is a highly energetic young professional who has committed herself to the real estate industry as her full time career and passion. She is a Certified Relocation Specialist and has gone through extensive training to assist relocation buyers or sellers that are moving to or from the Las Vegas/Henderson area. When she is not helping people with their real estate needs, Shyla loves spending time with her husband, RJ, their children, Bryce, Sadie & Rhett, going to their cabin in Utah, playing with their dogs, eating good food, running, playing volleyball, watching college football, going to the movies and traveling.
RJ Magee
RJ Magee is the Vice President of Operations of Sierra Air Conditioning and Plumbing.
Jake Vukasin
Jake Vukasin is the Director of Business Analytics at Leap Theory. He is also a Bishop Gorman and San Diego State University Graduate.
