Board Members
Philip E. Larson
CHAIRMAN
Philip E. Larson is currently serving his second term. Mr. Larson was elected Chairman of the Board in July of 2013. He previously served as the Board’s Vice-Chairman. Before retiring from full-time employment, Mr. Larson worked in the Information Technology field for nearly 40 years including 26 years with the IT Department of Sonoma County, CA and retired as their Technical Services Manager. He and his wife Linda have been married for 15 years, reside in Minden, NV and are the parents of three children and four grandchildren.
Brent C. Eckersley, Esq.
VICE-CHAIRMAN
Brent C. Eckersley, Esq., is currently serving his firm term with the EMRB Board. Mr. Eckersley is a Las Vegas attorney with the law firm of Levine, Garfinkel & Eckersley specializing in a wide array of business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, and securities offerings. Mr. Eckersley was admitted to the State Bar of Nevada in 1999. He and his wife Jennifer have been married for 19 years and are the parents of five children.
Sandra Masters
BOARD MEMBER
Sandra Masters is currently serving
her second term. Ms. Masters, a businesswoman with more than thirty years of
experience in real estate and entrepreneur ventures, also is licensed to sell health and life insurance
policies. Active in various political organizations, she also serves the state
and the Reno community on various boards, including the Desert Research
Institute. Sandy, as she
is known, has an MBA from Walsingham University and a B.A. from Burdett College.
Staff
Bruce K. Snyder
COMMISSIONER
Bruce Snyder has served as EMRB Commissioner since November 2013. Prior to this appointment Mr. Snyder, an attorney, had been the General Counsel of a local public sector labor union for more than a dozen years. He is a graduate of the John Marshall Law School in Chicago, where he ranked third in his class. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Snyder was an office manager for a wastewater utility in Illinois for almost two decades, where he was in charge of the human resources, information technologies, finance, purchasing, and other office functions and served as the agency’s liaison with its various outside counsel. Mr. Snyder is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science and Urban Affairs and later received his MBA.
Marisu Romualdez Abellar
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
Marisu was appointed the EMRB's Executive Assistant/Board Secretary in December 2014. Before her appointment to the EMRB, Marisu was the Legal Secretary for the Nevada Real Estate Division, bringing with her over 20 years of experience as a Legal Secretary/Assistant working for various firms in Los Angeles, Honolulu, and Las Vegas. She attended the University of the Philippines, College of Manila where she majored in History, and received her paralegal certificate from the Attorney Assistant Program at the UCLA School of Law Extension in Los Angeles, California.