SNVMC Advisory Committee Members

Sharon Cusumano was born in London, England, and emigrated to the United States in 1967. She settled in Las Vegas, Nevada. Upon graduation from Bishop Gorman High School, in 1976, Sharon went on to a successful 20-year career as a dancer in both the Lido show and Enter the Night at the Stardust Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip. Retiring from performing in the year 2000 she began working at United Blood Services, now Vitalant, in the Donor Care department. Currently, Sharon works in the Hospital Services department at Vitalant.

Sharon volunteers as a lector at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church and is a member of the Parish Pastoral Council. She is also a member of Catholic War Veterans Post 1947, is a Lay Carmelite and a member of Daughters of the British Empire. Sharon is the West Coast representative for Children and Families of Far East Prisoners of War (COFEPOW) based in Great Britain. She has served on the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery Advisory Committee for several years. Sharon’s commitment to veterans stems from her grandfather, who served with the Royal Air Force in WWII. He was captured by the Japanese and was imprisoned for four years.
In 2002, Sharon became a proud citizen of the United States.

Sharon is an avid reader and loves to hike in her leisure time. She resides in Las Vegas with her husband of 30 years, Joey, and their two rescued greyhounds.

Jeff Detrick is a US Army veteran who served 12 years as a medic, deploying to Iraq and Afghanistan. Currently, he works as an Academic Coordinator at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas where he assist adults pursuing a university/vocational/technical diploma/certification or their high school equivalency diploma. He sits on the Adult Learner Advisory Committee and the Non-Traditional Student Scholarship Committee at UNLV. Jeff is also a student pursuing his Master’s degree in Public Administration at UNLV.

Jeff is a Committee Member on the Southern Nevada Veterans Cemetery Advisory Committee and the president of the UNLV Alumni Veterans Club. Jeff was the president of the UNLV Rebel Vets (2013-2015) and the first Team Leader for the Peer Advisors for Veteran Education (PAVE) program at UNLV (2015-2016).

Jeff spends his free time with his wife Elizabeth, also an US Army veteran pursuing her Master’s degree in Public Health at UNLV, and their two dogs, Chuck and Odin.

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Past Department Commander (PDC) William “Bill” George Dolan was born in Buffalo, New York, and was the youngest of four children. PDC Dolan enlisted in the U.S. Army in December 1972 where he attended basic training at Ft. Dix, New Jersey. Upon completion of his basic training he was sent to Military Police School.

After school PDC Dolan was stationed at Ft. Meade, MD, Germany, Ft. Huachuca, AZ, Korea, Ft. Sam Huston, TX, Ft. Wainwright, AK, Ft. Carson, CO, and the Recruiting Command for Buffalo / Niagara Falls, NY. When he left active duty in November 1982 to help care for an ill father but remained as a member of the active reserves for four years.

During PDC Dolan’s time on active duty he was blessed with the opportunity to learn many aspects of law enforcement from basic patrol, dog handler, traffic accident investigator, MPI & MP Intelligence, capping off his long and decorated career as an Army Recruiter.
PDC Dolan comes from a long line of military members, his father James Dolan was in the U.S. Navy during WWII, his oldest brother Raymond Dolan was in the U.S. Army, his middle brother Richard Dolan was in the U.S. Navy and his two son’s Michael & James were both in the U.S. Army. Marilyn Dolan’s son Scott May is also retired from the U.S. Air Force.

In 1984 PDC Dolan moved to Nevada to retire which did not last long as he returned to school and earned a degree in nursing. This career would span almost 25 years first as a Operating Room Staff Nurse and then as an Operating Room Cardio-Vascular Surgical Nurse, Operating Room Charge Nurse and then Director of Surgery until his second retirement.

Commander Dolan also served 5 1/2 years in local politics in Pahrump, NV where he now resides with his wife Marilyn Dolan of ten years. Between them they have a combined family of 13 children, 24 grand-children and 12+ great-grand-children. PDC Dolan enjoys working on their property “Dolan Ranch LLC” along with spending time with family and good friends; he is also an Ordained Minister. He enjoys shooting many different kinds of weapons when he finds the time.