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.
- 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
Joshua Smith
Veteran Benefits Guide
CEO
Josh Smith is the Chief Executive Officer of Veteran Benefits Guide. He spent six years in the Marine Corps. In 2009 Smith started a job at the Department of Veterans Affairs. During his tenure at the VA, he discovered many inefficiencies in the way Veterans’ disability ratings were evaluated and saw a need to provide Veterans a better option for processing their disability claims. In 2017, he and his wife decided to start a business to assist Veterans with their disability claims. Today, Veteran Benefits Guide is proud to have successfully guided over 20,000 Veterans nationwide!
Robert J. Maricich
International Market Centers
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.
Chase Rankin
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Chase Rankin is the Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Nevada’s largest and most widely read news and information source in Nevada, northern Arizona and southern Utah. He leads sales and marketing initiatives of the Review-Journal’s strong portfolio of print and digital niche products, including Desert Deals, Sunday Select, LUXURY Magazine, Highlander Magazine, and El Tiempo to name a few.
Greg Lee
Eureka Casino Resort
President
Gregory Lee is President of Rancho Mesquite Casino, LLC; a company that operates the Eureka Casino Resort, Mesquite, Nevada, a company he co-founded with his parents. Lee remains involved in the Lee family business, but focuses his energy on the development, marketing and leadership cultivation of the Mesquite operation. Lee serves on the Board of the Mesquite Resort Association, the Mesquite Health and Wellness Foundation and the Nevada Independent Gaming Operators Organization. Lee is a graduate of Harvard College and earned a J.D. from the University of Southern California.
