TAM Card^® Class Instructors

Originally from New Jersey, Sherry has lived and traveled extensively throughout America, Mexico and the Caribbean. At each new destination, Sherry learned the local cultures, traditions, and cuisines.

Hotel marketing in Mexico led her to owning multiple restaurants in Puerto Vallarta, one which could only be reached via boat. Sherry’s tenure as Food & Beverage Manager at Pegasus, a Mobile Four Star dining room (non-gaming hotel) inspired her to explore and hone her service skills, food knowledge and wine expertise.

The Court of Master Sommeliers certified Sherry and she continues to attend sommelier seminars and training programs. Sherry attended the Sterling School of Hospitality and was also certified by London’s Wine & Spirit Trust.

At the Rio Hotel & Casino, Sherry became a member of the wine team and had the profound opportunity to work at Jean-Louis Palladin and later sold gourmet food products for Made in France. She enjoyed spending each day discussing food, recipes and wonderful stories with Chefs!

The restaurant business again reached out to Sherry and she became General Manager of Gatsby’s at the MGM. Southern Wine and Spirits invited Sherry to work with the fine wine and spirits division as an account executive where she discussed wine, food, pairing, and wonderful stories with wine directors, sommeliers and chefs up and down the strip!

Sherry’s newest endeavor as a TAM® account manager and instructor is simply an expansion of her experience. As such, she looks forward to making your acquaintance and providing to the point and interesting alcohol awareness training for you.

Donna worked in the aviation industry providing subcontracted services to the major commercial airlines at McCarran International Airport. Her general manager responsibilities included employee development and training for Aviation Security, Customer Service, Americans with Disabilities Act and Hazardous Materials Acceptance and crew transportation services.

Donna also owned her own company consulting to small businesses throughout the Las Vegas Valley. She holds a Bachelor’s in Business Administration and an MBA focused in Finance and Accounting.

As a child, she lived in Germany and has traveled extensively throughout Europe. When not working, Donna enjoys spending time in the mountains and playing with her grandson.

Mike worked at Nevada Beverage Co. for nearly 28 years, holding many roles, including merchandiser, salesman, supervisor of P.O.S department and sales supervisor.

For the last 12 years, Mike was head of training at Nevada Beverage Co., with the responsibility of training everyone in the sales and merchandising department for their positions and making sure existing employees stayed current with company training.

Mike set up several programs necessary to run the training department, as well as designed and developed the programs that were implemented.

When Mike is not teaching for TAM®, you’ll find him golfing, watching football, fishing, coaching baseball and playing with his grandchildren.

Ed was born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and graduated with a Bachelor’s of Arts in Business Administration with the University of Pittsburgh. He worked his way through college as a door-to-door salesman, selling Kirby vacuums and WearEver cookware. He also worked in sales for General Electric Co. and Westinghouse Electric Corp.

He moved to Las Vegas in 1977 and purchased the first of three bars/lounges, which he owned and operated for a few years. He worked in the title insurance industry for thirty years as the marketing vice president for Stewart Title Co. and First American Title.

Ed’s hobbies include golfing, hunting, fishing, photography, and reading spy and adventure novels. His favorite authors are Daniel Silva, Vince Flynn, Tom Clancy, Clive Cussler, among others.

In characteristic good humor Ed says, “Other facts about my exciting life may be found on page 13299 of the Encyclopedia Brittanica, paragraph 73 if you care to look them up.”

Ed is a veteran Certified TAM® Instructor and has been teaching TAM® in the Las Vegas community for over 20 years.

Ken is a 35-year resident of Las Vegas. He attended elementary school, Faith Lutheran Junior Senior High School and graduated the University of Nevada Las Vegas with a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice. He has also attended the Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego, California.

Ken has been teaching and training for over 15 years and has been a panelist and speaker for the National Association of Drug Court Professionals Convention regarding programming to address addictions and criminal behavior.

He also holds training certifications from the Center for Domestic Preparedness for Hazardous Material Response, Incident Command and Response to Bombing Incidents. He also teaches Blood Borne Pathogens He has designed and built several training programs related to these topics.

Roberto was born in Mexico City. He graduated as a CPA through a private University in Mexico. He has worked for SCI Systems, Philips Consumer Electronics, and DPC Investments. Roberto is a student at the University of Nevada Las Vegas and teaches TAM in Spanish.

Roberto is charismatic and engages the audience through his quick wit and personable style.

As a hobby, he enjoys playing the guitar and the bass guitar. In fact, he was in a band for three years and they almost made it into the radio.

Roberto works with people to create a better life and values ongoing learning and self-improvement.