President’s Club Members

President

Stefan Gastager President, Hofbrauhaus Las Vegas Stefan Gastager visited Las Vegas in 2000 and decided to introduce high-quality Bavarian food, premium beer and coziness – “Gemütlichkeit” – to the country at a location that would appeal to tourists and locals. Partners Klaus Gastager, Franz Krondorfer and Anton Sinzger spent three years making Hofbrauhaus Las Vegas a reality. They have created an authentic replica of the Munich Hofbrauhaus that was originally commissioned in 1589 by King William V.

Executive Director

Stacey Lockhart serves as the executive director with HopeLink of So. Nevada, a nonprofit with a mission of preventing homelessness, preserving families, and providing hope.  Since joining HopeLink in 2019, the organization has experienced 525% growth in operating revenue, staff and four additional locations in Southern Nevada.  In 2020-21 HopeLink served over 10,000 individuals, provided over 75,000 services, and more than $6M in COVID relief to assist with homeless prevention of those households impacted by the shutdown.  Prior to HopeLink, Lockhart served as the executive director of The Shade Tree.

Chief Executive Officer

Robert Maricich is widely recognized as one of the home furnishings industry’s most innovative leaders. He was instrumental developing the strategy for the creation of International Market Centers, L.P. and for raising over $1 billion to fund the purchase of the International Home Furnishings Center, ShowPlace properties, and the Market Square properties in High Point, N.C. and merging them with World Market Center Las Vegas forming the world’s largest operator of premier showroom space. International Market Centers encompasses over 11.7 million square feet of world-class exhibition space.

CEO

What do entrepreneurship, technology, telecommunications, finance, marketing and branding all have in common? They are the cornerstones upon which Joe Haber draws his expertise and ability to run a wholesale national marketing and distribution company for his flagship product JOECOOL – gourmet CBD-infused coffee. Mr. Haber has spent the last two years strategizing and preparing for a national launch this summer of JOECOOL. Joe is also the Founder of the League of Giving Foundation, a non-profit organization since 2005, dedicated to serving Las Vegas community causes.

CEO

Kara Kelley is a proven CEO with expertise in business and political strategy as well as marketing, media relations and organizational leadership skills. As the former CEO of the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, Kelley led the organization to become Nevada’s most influential business association. Kelley has built a reputation as a tireless advocate for business and free enterprise and was one of only 120 business leaders to be invited by President Barack Obama to participate in his 2009 Jobs Summit. As president of The Kelley Co., Kelley advises companies on branding, business strategy and organizational development.

Market CEO

Bud has been in Healthcare since joining Scottsdale Healthcare in 2002. He has worked in varying levels of leadership within healthcare across the West. He Joined Kindred Healthcare in 2015 as CEO at their Albuquerque Hospital. He then relocated to Las Vegas as Kindred’s Market Chief Executive Officer in January of 2019. Prior to Healthcare, Bud spent 10 years in law enforcement, was an entrepreneur and then worked for the Franchisor overseeing the Rocky Mountain West. Bud was drawn to healthcare as way to fulfill his passion of helping people.