
Christina Stoever Young
About
A marketer by profession, an environmentalist at heart and a parent by divine design, Christina puts her heart, expertise and full energy into every cause she carefully chooses to support.
Christina Stoever Young is the owner of Sunshine Tahoe. A native Nevadan with deep roots in both Nevada and Northern California, she is active within her community-at-large.
Community Associations
Founder | After five successful years the Tour was gifted to Trails and Vistas in 2015
Founding sponsor of the 2014 & 2015 Tahoe Rim Trail Challenge
A “Queen of Hearts”
Past Community Board Member
A past member of the Board of Directors and a 3 term Member of the Allocations Committee
Grant Committee, Strategic Marketing Committee & Board of Directors member
Past President (2020-2021); Board of Directors & Advancement Committee member; and a founding committee member of their “Raise the River” fundraiser
University of Nevada, Reno | President-elect for the Board of Directors; Alumni Council Member; Director of Special Projects Committee
Advisor
Past proprietor | A luxury vacation rental home in historic Truckee, California
Past member | Tourism Committee
Past Community Relations Director
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Qualifications
Professional
Christina’s national experience began in Reno, NV in the hotel casino industry. The skills she gleaned in her early years catapulted her into a dream job at the national outdoor apparel company, Sportif USA, where she served as Marketing Director. While at Sportif, she created and managed a multi-million-dollar marketing department, developed and facilitated trade show planning and marketing and built strategic, cause-related marketing alliances with key outdoor industry agencies.
In 2002, she transitioned to Public Relations Account Manager / Marketing Strategist for KPS3 Marketing Communications, where she was able to utilize personal contacts in the outdoor industry to help position and integrate KPS3 as sought-out marketing strategist.
In 2004, she began consulting for R&R Marketing in Las Vegas, NV, providing services for Strategic Marketing and Public Relations. She focused on both the design and implementation of marketing planning for a variety of City of Las Vegas Centennial events and a national public relations plan for Mitsubishi Electric.
From 2005-07, she served as a consultant and Associate Director of Marketing for the University of Nevada School of Medicine. She created the department from scratch and served as its sole director until a permanent candidate could be found.
In 2018 and 2019, Christina was designated a “Woman of Achievement” by Nevada Women’s Fund (NWF). This unique event celebrates the determination, passion, and dedication of women in the community and the businesses that support them. Coming from all walks of life, NWF celebrates women who meaningfully contribute to their workplace, families, and community.
Education
Christina graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno in 1994 with a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing. While a senior at UNR, she served as President of the collegiate chapter of the American Marketing Association and led their team through a successful national competition. Furthering her education and career interests, she attended and graduated from the TMCC Special Event Management Certification Program in 1995 and the Nevada Women’s Fund Professional Development Series in 1996.
She is a 1998 Northern Nevada PRSA Chapter Silver Spike Award recipient for “Best Community Relations Program” and 2009 Truckee Chamber of Commerce “Volunteer of the Year” nominee. Christina was inducted into the “Flash Can Hall of Fame” by Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful, an organization she has supported for over 15 years.
Community
Throughout the years, Christina has only grown more passionate for the Tahoe / Truckee Meadows regions and has served her community by immersing herself in many organizations, panels, and boards including:
- American Marketing Association (AMA), Reno / Tahoe Chapter
- BEAR League
- Friends of Nevada Wilderness
- Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe – Supporter & 2012 Fundraising Honoree on behalf of Rex
- Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful – Former President
- Spin Games – Community Relations
- Tahoe Rim Trail Association – 2013 Honoree / Tahoe Rim Trail Challenge Corporate Sponsor since 2012 Inception
- Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation – Queen of Hearts, Member
- Trails and Vistas – Former Board of Directors, Ongoing Advisor
- Truckee Donner Chamber of Commerce – Member, 2009 & 2014 Award Nominee (Volunteer of the Year, Hospitality Award Nominee, Not for Profit of the Year Nominee), Member of Tourism Committee
- Truckee Donner Land Trust – Supporter
- Truckee Historical Haunted Tour Fundraiser – Producer since 2009
- University of Nevada, Reno – Alumni Association, Member
- University of Nevada, Reno – Reynolds School of Journalism Intern Host
- Wylie Animal Rescue Foundation – Supporter
Prior
- Girl Scouts of America – Former Volunteer
- Junior Achievement of Northern Nevada – Former Volunteer
- Outdoor Industry Association – Former Member
- Public Relations Society of America (PRSA)
She served as an invited guest speaker on partnerships and marketing at the United States Forest Service Partnership Series Conference in Las Vegas in June of 2002. She facilitated funds to sponsor a Student Conservation Association (SCA) team on the Ophir Creek Trail for a 6-week trail stewardship project, and also served as a liaison between Sportif and the San Bernardino Forest Association where Sportif sponsored a $25,000 fire tower refurbishment project for one on the nation’s most visited forests.