TABLE OF
Contents
04 Chamber Leadership
06 Welcome from the President and CEO
08 What’s Happening
10 Celebrating Membership Anniversaries
11 Welcome New Members
12 Member News
14 Support Women’s Leadership Development
16 Vegas Chamber
18 Member Spotlight
20 Leadership Foundation
24 Chamber News
26 Convention and Visitors Authority
28 President’s Club Spotlights
30 Celebrating New Businesses
32 Business Corner
33 Membership Listings
VOLUME 45 NUMBER 03
Vegas Chamber
575 Symphony Park Avenue, Ste. 100
Las Vegas, NV 89106
702.641.5822 • VegasChamber.com
Mary Beth Sewald
President & CEO
Vegas Chamber
2023 Executive Committee
Paul Anderson
Senior Vice President
Government and Industry Affairs for Boyd Gaming
2023 Chairman of the Board of Trustees
Rob Novotny
Brigadier General (retired)
Skyracer Consulting and Chairman-elect
Michael Feder
Immediate Past Chair
Dickinson Wright
Hugh Anderson
High Tower Las Vegas and Chairman of the Chamber’s Government Affairs Committee
Mike Bolognini
MFB Enterprises
Gina Bongiovi
Bongiovi Law
Tom Burns
Cragin & Pike
Betsy Fretwell
Switch
Lori Nelson-Kraft
LVCVA and President of the Chamber’s Leadership Foundation
Ellen Schulhofer
Brownstein
Terry Shirey
Nevada State Bank
Chris Wilcox
Eide Bailly and Chairman of the Chamber’s Finance & Audit Committee
Ryan Woodward
National Technical Institute
Michael Feder
Dickinson Wright and Immediate Past Chair
2023 Board of Trustees
Jeremy Aguero
Applied Analysis
Brandon Barkhuff
NV Energy
Maj. General Ondra Berry
Nevada National Guard
Danielle Bisterfeldt
The Howard Hughes Corporation
Jan Jones Blackhurst
Caesars Board of Directors
Justin Brown
Southwest Gas
Kerry Bubolz
Vegas Golden Knights
Michael Crome
Las Vegas Raiders
Vincent Ciminise
Valley Bank of Nevada
Tyler Corder
Findlay Automotive
Jaime Cruz
Workforce Connections
Teresa Di Loreto
Nevada Military Support Alliance
Victor Fuchs
Helix Electric
Brigadier General Richard Goodman
Nellis Air Force Base
Kelly Hahn
Wells Fargo
Chuck Ley
Cornerstone Merchant Services
Dr. Rex Liu
Family & Cosmetic Dentistry
Bill Nelson
BDO USA
Shaundell Newsome
Sumnu Marketing
Karla Perez
Valley Health System
Emily Prazer
Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix
Tina Quigley
Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance
Chase Rankin
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Larry Singer
Newmark
Joyce Smith
Bank of Nevada
Bryant Thornton
Republic Services
Janet Uthman
Cox Communications
Dr. Keith Whitfield
UNLV
Michael Woodfield
JP Morgan Chase
Emeritus Board
Jay Barrett
President
The JABarrett Company
Michael Bonner
Managing Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig
Bob Brown
President and Chief Executive Officer
Opportunity Village
Sen. Richard Bryan
Partner
Fennemore Craig, P.C.
Steve Hill
Chief Executive Officer
Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority
John Guedry
CEO
Bank of Nevada
Fafie Moore
Executive Vice President of Southern Nevada
ERA Brokers Consolidated
Bill Noonan
Former SVP of Industry & Governmental Affairs
Boyd Gaming Corporation
James Prather
Executive Director of Digital Gaming
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Bruce Spotleson
Vice President of Fund and Partner Development
The Neon Museum
Vicky Van Meetren
Special Assistant
Dean & GENESIS Business Development
John Wilcox
Principal
JDW Group
Past Chairpersons
Berlyn Miller 1979
Phil Arce 1984
Elaina Blake 1985
Dave Vlaming 1986
Jeffrey A. Silver 1988
Peter Thomas 1989
William Martin 1991
Bob Maxey 1992
David Smith 1994
Ted Wiens, Jr. 1995
John O’Reilly 1996
Diane Dickerson 1997
Edward Crispell 1998
Bill Wells 2001
Jay Kornmayer 2002
Lou Emmert 2003
Tim Cashman 2004
Hugh Anderson 2005
John Wilcox 2006
Fafie Moore 2008
Steve Hill 2009
Kristin McMillan 2010
Michael Bonner 2011
Kevin Orrock 2012
Jay Barrett 2013
Bruce Spotleson 2014
Bob Brown 2015
John Guedry 2016
Bill Noonan 2017
Michael Bolognini 2018
Terry Shirey 2019
Tom Burns 2020
Gina Bongiovi 2021
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