The Voice of Business. Standing Up For You, Every Day.
The Vegas Chamber is the voice for your business in government. It fights for your business every day, actively developing and promoting policy positions on critical issues impacting the business community, as well as continuously asserting its role as the leading business organization in the state on your behalf at all levels of government.
Click Here To View Our 2019 Legislative Session Report!
On April 3, the Vegas Chamber led a 50-member delegation to Carson City for its Legislative Day. The team met with several lawmakers engaging in discussions about the challenges and rewards from this legislative session, and keeping small businesses at the forefront. Nevada thrives when Nevada businesses thrive; this special visit exemplified the Chamber’s one voice cultivating growth and prosperity – our purpose at the Chamber.
Enjoy our photos from Legislative Day!
The Vegas Chamber’s Government Affairs team:
- Promotes policy priorities that support the expansion of business and job creation
- Protects employers
- Commissions thorough, ongoing policy reports and research
- Furthers economic development initiatives and activities
A fundamental component of the Vegas Chamber’s mission is to advocate the views of the business community to our elected officials. This is done by engaging elected officials in meaningful policy discussions on your behalf. The Government Affairs team identifies, develops, and recommends policy to the Government Affairs Committee. The committee is a dynamic volunteer committee of Vegas Chamber leaders who meet monthly to guide the Vegas Chamber in its public policy positions, such as representing the best interests of business through candidate endorsements, contributions, and grassroots campaign support.
Government Affairs Team
The Government Affairs team keeps you informed of important issues facing your business through newsletters, policy reports, political events, and policy committee meetings. With more than 50 years of combined public policy and advocacy experience on staff, the Vegas Chamber’s Government Affairs team are experts in your corner every day. Feel free to reach out to the team with any questions you may have.
- Paul J. Moradkhan – Senior Vice President of Government Affairs
- Nick Schneider – Policy Analyst
- Dylan Keith – Policy Analyst
- Erica Valdriz– Fundraising Coordinator
Phone: 702.641.5822
Government Affairs Committee Members
The Vegas Chamber’s legislative and policy priorities are developed by its Government Affairs Committee. This is a group of Vegas Chamber members who analyze issues and make determinations that guide the Vegas Chamber’s positioning on matters to promote fiscal responsibility at the state and local government levels, improve our education system, and strengthen the business environment and economy in Southern Nevada. The committee also makes decisions regarding endorsements of candidates and political contributions.
- Hugh Anderson, Chairman of Committee, Hightower Las Vegas
- Michael Feder, Chairman, Dickinson Wright
- Paul Anderson, Chairman- Elect, Board of Trustees Boyd Gaming Corporation
- Gina Bongiovi, Immediate Past Chair, Board of Trustees, Bongiovi Law Firm
- Michael Britt, Red Rock Resorts, Inc
- Michael Bolognini, MFB Enterprises
- Mark Brown, Miracle Flights
- Thomas J. (Tom) Burns, Cragin & Pike, Inc.
- MaryKaye Cashman, Cashman Equipment Co.
- Tim Cashman, The Cashman Companies
- Lisa de Marigny, Omni Limousine, Inc.
- J.T. Foley, Las Vegas Sands
- Betsy Fretwell, Switch
- Craig S. Galati, LGA, Inc.
- John Guedry, Bank of Nevada
- Keith Hansen, Allegiant Travel Company
- Dave Howell, Wells Fargo
- Karlos LaSane, Caesars Entertainment Corp.
- Chad Leavitt, Findlay Automotive Group
- Scott Leedom, Southwest Gas
- Todd Mason, Wynn Resorts
- Meghan McLean Fair, Anderson, & Langerman
- Erin McMullen Midby, Boyd Gaming Corporation
- George F. Ogilvie III, Esq., McDonald Carano LLP
- John O’Reilly, O’Reilly Law Group
- Damon Schilling, AMR/Medic West
- Greta Seidman, Opportunity 180
- Jennifer Simich, Republic Services
- Craig Stevens, Cox Communications
- Judy Stokey, NV Energy
- Sasha Sutcliffe-Stephenson, MGM Resorts International
- Todd Sklamberg, Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center
- Ted Wiens, Jr., Ted Wiens Tire & Auto
Featured President's Club Members
Paul Caudill
NV Energy
President and Chief Executive Officer
Paul Caudill was named president of NV Energy in December 2013. Most recently, Caudill was president of MidAmerican Solar, a division of MidAmerican Renewables LLC. Prior to joining MidAmerican in 2012, Caudill was CEO and president of Phoenix Solar U.S. He also served as vice president, global systems operations for SunPower Corporation. Caudill began his career in the energy industry with Bechtel Power Corporation in 1976. He has extensive experience in commissioning, start-up and outage management at generating facilities throughout the United States.
Lisa de Marigny
Omni Limousine
Chief Executive Officer
Lisa de Marigny leads a team passionate about luxury and innovation. Omni is known for premier service and pristine chauffeured fleet of black sedans, SUVs, limousines, and mini coaches. The team opened Tango Car, the first app-based on-demand transportation service for passengers traveling in wheelchairs. Lisa’s desire to provide mobility to the paratransit community made Tango a fitting name for this unique startup. She grew up in the transportation business while earning a B.S. Organizational Leadership from Penn State University, she is a 2012 graduate of Leadership Las Vegas.
John Tippins
Northcap
Founder & CEO
John Tippins is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Northcap. He began his real estate career in 2000 as a commercial agent for Insight Holdings. Following a brief period as President of Mark L. Fine and Associates, Tippins branched out and started his own company, Northcap, in 2006. Tippins serves on several boards and councils in addition to being a member of the UNLV President’s Inner Circle, the UNLV Advisory Board, and the Mayors Fund. He graduated from UNLV with a B.A. in Marketing and is an adjunct professor at UNLV. He is also a graduate of the prestigious Leadership Las Vegas program through the Vegas Chamber.
Tim Bremer
Deloitte
Managing Partner
Tim Bremer has been selected to serve as the new managing partner of Deloitte’s Nevada practice. Tim has extensive experience serving publicly held companies. During his 25 year career in public accounting, Tim has served SEC registrants as well as some of the firm’s most prestigious clients in the consumer and industrial products industry segment, and was also the managing partner of Deloitte’s Audit and Enterprise Risk Services practice for the aerospace and defense industry for seven years. Tim is also an avid golfer, and he and his wife Randi live in Henderson.
