Rick Johnson was born in Las Vegas in 1969.
A second generation insulator
following in the footsteps of his father Robert
Johnson, Rick is a life long Las Vegas resident.
He remembers a much different Las Vegas valley,
growing up with five brothers and three sisters,
all running around the still mostly barren
desert landscape under the watchful eye of their
mother Linda.
After graduating
from Western high School, Rick joined the Heat
and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers Local
135. He has held several leadership
offices over the years and currently serves his
local as Business Manager and Apprenticeship
Coordinator.
He was re-elected in
2007 and is serving in his second term as President of
the Southern Nevada Building Construction Trades
Council. He also serves as Vice-President of the
Southern Nevada Central Labor Council as-well-as
Vice-President of the Western States Conference of Heat
and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers.
Rick stays busy participating in baseball, softball,
camping, fishing, girl scouts and boy scouts, all with
his wife Angie and three children, Kayla, Brandon and
Jaylyn. He admits to occasionally leaving his
family behind for a nice relaxing ride on his Harley.
Dave Garbarino Vice-President
Dave Garbarino is a
native of Idaho, but has spent the last 30 years raising
his family in Nevada. Dave graduated from Basic High
School in Henderson in 1981, before going on to study
auto mechanics at the Arizona Automotive Institute.
Dave would eventually become a member of the
International Union of Operating Engineer’s.
He has served his local
union, Operating Engineers Local 12, in just about every
capacity a member can. He served his local in jobs
ranging from Job Steward to craft representative and
would eventually serve as an Advisory Board member.
Since 1997 Dave has served as Business Representative
for Local 12.
In 2007, Dave was
elected Vice-President of the Southern Nevada Building
and Construction Trades Council. He also sits on the
Clean Water Coalition Community Advisory Board. He
resides along with his wife Lisa in Henderson. They
have 4 children and 2 Grand Children
Steve Ross
Secretary/Treasurer
In
2007, Steve Ross was elected as Secretary/Treasurer of
the Southern Nevada Building and Construction Trades
Council. But, Steve also serves the citizens of Las
Vegas as Councilman Steve Ross representing Ward 6, the
fastest growing area of Las Vegas.
Ross, a native Nevadan, was born in Reno and, as a
child, moved to Las Vegas with his family. He graduated
from Western High School and went on to study at the
University of Nevada, Reno and UNLV. With deep roots in
the community, Ross ran for office for the first time in
the spring election of 2005. Elected that year, he was
sworn into office on the Las Vegas City Council on July
6, 2005.
As the Ward 6 councilman, Steve Ross serves as the chair
of the Local Elected Official Consortium overseeing the
Southern Nevada Workforce Investment Board. Steve Ross
also serves as an alternate on the Clean Water Coalition
and the Southern Nevada Board of Health. In addition, he
is a member of the Clark County Shooting Park Advisory
Community, the Nevada League of Cities, the Yucca
Mountain Nuclear Repository Committee and was appointed
by the mayor to serve as a commissioner on the Board of
the Las Vegas Housing Authority.
Steve is also an active member of the community, serving
on the Board of Directors for the Las Vegas Area Boy
Scout Council and has been very active with Little
League, lacrosse and other youth sports activities. Ross
is an active member of his church.
A certified master electrician, Ross served for a number
of years as an assistant business manager for the
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. For
years, Ross worked for his wife Kelli, who is a small
business owner operating a successful family business,
Keleeco Electric, which she opened in 1998.
Ross and his wife Kelli have five children and a new
grandson.
