Meet the Board Members
Sharon Harding
MVP Liaison
Lt. Landon Reyes
Metro Liaison
Capt. Raul Rodriguez
Metro Liaison
To Be Announced
Director
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Laurie Buchman, from Detroit, earned a BA and MAT in education from Oakland University in Rochester, MI. She retired from City of Oak Park Department of Recreation and West Bloomfield School District both located just north of Detroit.
She was an elected West Bloomfield Parks and Recreation Commissioner from 1984-2002. Laurie served on the City of Las Vegas Recreation Advisory Board for 8 years and has since moved her interest to the Las Vegas Senior Softball Association (LVSSA) Board of Directors. She was the first woman President 2018 – 2020.
Laurie is manager and player on the Vegas Strong Woman’s 70s tournament team. She was inducted into the LVSSA Hall Of Fame in 2018.
She is honored and humbled to serve our community as President of the Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association since July 2017. Laurie has met many interesting Metro officers and employees while researching and authoring more than 50 articles featuring Metro in the MVP All Points Bulletin.
Laurie also spends free time as a Metro Volunteer and on the shooting range. With her husband Dave, she has lived in LV since 2002, sharing their home with a dog and cat. “We have wonderful friends and enjoy life here.”
Donna was born in Oaks, Pennsylvania. Upon graduating High School, she joined the US Air Force for a long fulfilling career. After spending 22 years serving her country all over the world as a Munitions Maintenance/Logistics Director, she retired in 2000 as a Senior Master Sergeant. Her retirement brought her to Las Vegas where she began her second career in healthcare.
After working for Southwest Medical Associates, Healthcare Partners of Nevada, P3 HealthCare, and finally Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield as a Finance Director, Donna decided to wrap up her 20-year healthcare career and retire.
Donna got involved with CPAAA upon graduating the CPA class in 2009 when Janet Delaney told her all about the exciting things the organization did to help Metro and our community. Beginning as a Sales Associate to Janet Delaney as a Director At-Large, Donna went on to run the CPAAA Store once elected as a Board Director in February 2019. She actively worked to widen the selection of logo items offered so our members can proudly display their support for our organization. In 2019, Donna also volunteered to be the Chairperson to the CPAAA’s annual holiday party, which through auctions, raffles, and donations generates the highest amount of funds raised each year.
When not actively involved with CPAAA, Donna enjoys spending time with her husband Joey, her dog Stella, and her friends. She loves to travel abroad exploring new places and also plans to expand her involvement with volunteering opportunities.
Sharon Harding grew up in Kansas then moved to Las Vegas to attend UNLV. She graduated with a degree in Business Management. She has worked for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department for over 25 years. She started as a Fingerprint ID Technician, then worked as an Evidence Custodian and in November 2002 she promoted to the Volunteer Coordinator. Currently she is responsible for over 500 volunteers ranging in age from 20-90 years old. In 2019 our volunteers donated over 181,000 hours helping our community and LVMPD.
I am Lt. Landon Michael Reyes, 41. Born and raised in Redondo Beach, CA and moved to Las Vegas in 2001. I worked in financial management and as a real estate loan officer until 2007.
I earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice and then joined LVMPD in 2008.
As a patrol officer I worked in DTAC, NEAC, and BAC and was assigned to an area command investigative unit for two years and then spent some time in the Internal Affairs Bureau. Then I became a Field Training Officer, I worked at NEAC, SEAC, and DTAC.
I was a member of LVMPD’s search and seizure committee, pursuit committee, and the UOF committee along with being a Firearms Instructor.
I promoted to SGT in 2017 where I worked patrol in BAC, SEAC, NWAC and was a Field Training SGT. I was an IAB SGT for two years and also worked in the Office of the Sheriff as the ADMIN SGT for three years.
In 2023 I was promoted to Lieutenant assigned as the ADMIN LT for DTAC from January to August and recently transferred to LVMPD’s Organizational Development Bureau; specifically, the section that oversees AOST, RBT, MACTAC, EVOC, and the JETI.
My wife is on the department, we met in the academy in 2008. She is a SGT assigned to LVMPD’s IAB section. My brother-in-law is also on the department currently as a field training officer at NWAC.
I have twin boys that are 11.
When I am off duty my hobbies include family time, surfing (since I was very young), playing the drums and restoring a 1955 Volkswagen Beetle. Our family poodle is Potato.
A Captain with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. I have been with the agency for over 24 years. I am currently assigned as the Bureau Commander for the Organizational Development Bureau. Our bureau is responsible for providing education and training to develop and prepare our employees for a career in law enforcement.
Over the last 24 years, I have had the opportunity to work in many sections and various units of the agency. Some career highlights include being promoted to detective, assigned to Community Oriented Policing (COP), Field Training, and Northwest Area Command. I was promoted to Sergeant in 2011, Lieutenant in 2017 and Captain in 2022.
During my time off, I enjoy spending time with my family, camping, fishing, and hiking. As a hobby, I like woodworking.
Cookie Panno-Penton moved to Las Vegas from Chicago in 1979. She started working at the Fremont Hotel/Casino in January 1980. She is still there.
She has two children: Tara and Tommy plus two inherited boys from her marriage to Bob Penton. Together they have seven grandchildren and two doggies; Simon and Oliver. They run the house.
Cookie became an MVP in 2001 which launched her into the Citizens’ Police Academy. She has had been Vice-President and is presently a Director charged with booking guest speakers and posting our pictures, synopsis and announcements on the CPAAA Facebook page. It’s turned into a big job with her thoughts of covering the day-to-day activities that CPAAA gets into and involved with. In each of her 20 years she has always been an active and vital member of the CPAAA.
Janet’s life began in West Chester, PA in the loving Taliercio Italian family. She went to Cosmetology Academy after high school.
In 1957, Janet married Charles (Chuck) Delaney and they had four children. In 1969, his military assignment brought him and his family to Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas, NV.
Since their children were getting older, Janet accepted a job at United Health Services as a Volunteer/Resource Coordinator. Involved in meetings, Janet and Sharon Harding met.
Thus, began Janet’s volunteering for Metro Volunteer Program and joining the Citizen’s Police Academy Alumni Association accepting Board positions and various MVP assignments. A great deal of satisfaction, joy and values of being with people and staying active tend to let volunteers live longer and healthier
I grew up in North Dakota and enlisted in the Air Force, then I was transplanted by the Air Force in 1985 and have been a resident of Las Vegas ever since. I attended UNLV and received a degree in Business Management. I worked for the State of Nevada in the Compliance Enforcement Division early on in my career, then I was the General Manager of Bobcat of Las Vegas for over 10 years. I am currently the Director of Operations at DOLCRX a Functional Medicine Pharmacy (the only one with our credentials in the state) which specializes in chronic medical conditions that include blood pressure, diabetes, weight loss (to name a few) we manage patients the holistic way.
I have worked and volunteered with The Las Vegas Rescue Mission in the past, along with volunteering at the Las Vegas Blind Center. I like to be involved in my community and have a community for everyone to enjoy.
In my spare time love working with my hands and understanding the mechanics on how things work, in addition I enjoy home remodeling projects. I also enjoy trying new things, such as hang gliding, which was my last new experience. I graduated the Citizen Police Academy Alumni Association in 2014 and have been a member ever since. I am honored
