Press Release: Mego Financial Corp.
June 14, 2002
LAS VEGAS, NV -- Mego Financial Corp. (Nasdaq: LESR) announced yesterday the appointment of Angie Jester as the
company's new Senior Vice President of Human Resources.
Ms. Jester joins Mego from Texas Station Hotel and Casino where she served as Director of Human Resources. As director,
she managed a team of 1500 employees and a staff of six. Prior to her employment with Texas Stations, Ms. Jester
was Sales and Marketing Manager for Westin Resort and Hotel. Ms. Jester has been the recipient of the Nevada Human
Resource Association's Quarterly Super Star Award and has been invited to speak before the Southern Nevada Society
of CPAs. As Vice President for Human Resources of TRIRIGA, in Las Vegas, she was instrumental in helping the company
win the eStart-Up Company of the Year Award.
"Our commitment is to a better working environment, strong training programs, and enhanced employee communications.
Corporate compliance requires the best professional available to serve our current 1,100 employees. I believe Angie
is that professional," said Floyd W. Kephart, Chairman and CEO. "Her education, experience, and dedication
to building a strong employee enhancement program, in addition to her ability to enforce the complex employment
regulations, make her the Human Resource leader this Company needs."
"I am excited to join Leisure Industries," said Ms. Jester. "Floyd Kephart's commitment to excellence
for himself and for his team is an inspiration to me. I'm proud to be part of a group that aims to elevate this
company within the leisure industry."
Ms. Jester is a 1989 graduate of the University of Oklahoma, and earned an MBA and an MA in Psychology from Oklahoma
City University. She is certified a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR), and is a program chairperson
of the Society of Human Resources Management.
The Company announced on April 12, 2002, the launching of its new corporate identity with a name change to Leisure
Industries Corporation of America, subject to shareholder approval. Leisure Industries Corporation develops and
operates vacation ownership resorts, develops properties, and provides consumer financing to purchasers of vacation
ownership interests and land parcels through its wholly owned subsidiary, Leisure Homes Corporation. Leisure Industries
is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada and has properties in Nevada, New Jersey, Colorado, Florida and Hawaii. The
Company also has announced that it entered into a letter of intent to acquire Raintree Resorts International, a
leading developer, marketer and operator of luxury, upscale vacation ownership resorts in the United States, Mexico
and Canada in phases beginning with the acquisition of Raintree Resorts' three properties in North America.
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties or
other factors which may cause actual results, performance or achievements of Leisure Industries (Mego Financial)
to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements express or implied by such forward-looking
statements. Factors that might cause such a difference, include, but are not limited to, those discussed in the
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in Mego Financial's Annual
Report on Form 10-KT for the year ended December 31, 2001, and in the Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31,
2002, and subsequent documents filed by Mego Financial Corp. with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Contact:
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